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Money is Like Sex, We All Need it, but Nobody Talks About it
A couple of weeks ago I was getting some Hawaiian food with some coworkers when I got an exciting notification. It was from Paypal, letting me know I had received payment for some freelance writing I was doing.
I excitedly talked about how my side gigs were going, grateful for coworkers who understood the importance of building income streams outside of the 9–5 grind.
It was, after all, one of these coworkers that got me into the whole idea of having a lot of “irons in the fire” in the first place.
I casually said that I had received $200 and the other coworker said I was weird for talking about money so openly. He’s a funny guy, and always likes to joke with people, so I shrugged it off.
After realizing that he was only half joking, but not in an “I hate you for it” kind of way, I thought that maybe I am a little weird for being so open about money.
This experience reminded of another day within the last couple of months when the money stigma became evident. I told my wife that I thought it would be helpful to show people how much I earn and how we budget. She also thought that was weird.
I’m not going to stop sharing my Medium income reports, because I know how inspiring it can be for me to understand what’s…
