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I have occasionally heard or read the term "streams of income" in reference to personal financial development and I was thinking earlier tonight about how difficult the prospect of developing additional sources of income seems when I do not have even one steady source of income as a foundation from which to build. Since I left my last regular job at the end of August and only recently took on a small amount of freelance work and since even that last regular job did not compensate me very well, I have had no such foundation for quite some time. My sole current source of income—freelance work—is more of an occasional trickle than a stream of income. Obviously, this situation has to change; I need at least one steady source of income and I need to be able to afford my basic living expenses.
There is, however, another consideration: things outgoing from me. Money is the obvious one. Less obvious are thought and effort. How many streams of thought and effort am I generating? How thin am I spreading myself? Too thin, it seems. I need to focus both my thoughts and my efforts toward productive ends.
