I am young, motivated, and in some ways I don't have a clue.

[Ninjakid]

So, I decided to be selfish and just talk about myself for this first post:

I'm 20 years old currently, and for the past year up until the last month or so, I've been a wantrepreneur. NOT proud of it, but that's the truth. I had some dollars saved up, but I've gone through most of it by now, even trying to be frugal.
I recently had to start (or rather made the choice) to start looking for slowlane jobs. I know, I know, we at fastlane forum tend to believe that we should not have a 9-5 and focus solely on our business, and live way below our means until we hit our eventually pay-day.

DO NOT GET ME WRONG. I HAVEN'T ABANDONED MY FASTLANE FOCUS! But the truth is, I'm pretty much broke at the moment, and I've made very little money from my business. And until I get a job, pretty much all my time will be my business.

The last time I was completely broke was when someone really close to me attempted suicide. I spent a lot of time with this person after, and I wanted to take care of her, but I could barely do anything for her because of my financial situation. However, some how I managed, maybe just because of iron willpower.

I made two promises to myself: 1) I would never let this happen to anyone ever again (my aunt, whom I was really close with committed suicide four months earlier), and that I would never ever be that broke again. And right away, I got my tax return and started putting my business together. But I had absolutely had no idea WHAT to actually do, so I ended up wasting a lot of time and making no money. My savings continued to deplete until I started taking jobs writing for people and made some extra money. But as I had made no progress with my business, things were looking hopeless.

Then, my uncle (I'm really tight with him and he's like one of my best friends) told me that he's interested in programming and he's been learning python. I was interested too, because I've always been a techy, but I had never seriously done programming before. I pretty much mastered python in about two days, and my uncle and I made a program designed for a pizza restaurant right after. After this I had a brand new idea for an internet business, and seeing as my uncle lives about a thousand miles away from me, it's pretty much left all up to me, except with occasional help from him when he visits.

Fast forward to today. I recently broke up with my S.O., and even though it was mutual, there's still a lot of feelings between us, and that makes it even harder to cope. Apparently the reason for the break-up was because I'm an a**hole (I'm known to be arrogant, cocky, and a little bit vain), but I sometimes feel like I'm a little bit behind in my life, and that's one of the reasons she wanted to break up. For example, I don't have a car (yet), I don't have my own place, and I don't have a steady source of income. Also, many of the people she knows are in university right now, and I'm not; or they have jobs and can go out to concerts, clubs, and boat rides (even though sometimes I see that as people working slowlane jobs and just blowing all their money every weekend). I see posts of her on facebook doing tons of stuff that looks fun, and I feel like crap that I can't really make any of that happen right now. I'm not a loser, my ambitions are to be a tech billionaire, as crazy and vast as that sounds, and I'm ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS IT, and I have a detailed and methodical plan to make it happen. People have suggested that the reason she wanted to break up was because I don't have a job and wasn't going anywhere in my life. I know that the idea of me not going anywhere in my life is so far from the truth it shouldn't even be acknowledged. But I can't help but think, maybe that's what she thinks..

So, I'm getting a job now to get a car, my own place, etc. and I'm going to be working on my business whenever I can. But I'm tired of feeling so behind everyone else and being stuck where I am, so I'm gonna at least do some things to make myself feel better now. But I know for AN ABSOLUTE FACT that I will AT LEAST be a fastlane millionaire before I turn 25. That is my pledge and oath.

I actually had tears in my eyes as I wrote this.

 

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[Solrac]

Good luck man!

 

[chrischapman]

But I know for AN ABSOLUTE FACT that I will AT LEAST be a fastlane millionaire before I turn 25.

thats a good goal. i hope you can achieve it.

remember to be humble, selfless and loving toward all - it makes you and everyone around you happier. if we ain't happy, what do we really have mate?

you can be a 'fastlane millionaire' by serving LOTS of people in a MASSIVE way. our goal here is to provide value. by doing so we can become rich and as @IceCreamKid says (read his posts) you can get/give a lot of ice cream haha

 

[Rcaraway1989]

But I know for AN ABSOLUTE FACT that I will AT LEAST be a fastlane millionaire before I turn 25

I made a similar claim when I was 21: I wanted to be worth $20M by age 27. Three-ish years later and my income is beginning to snowball -- $20M is still a lot but damnit I'm going to go down swinging.

You're going to make it happen, brother. Stay frugal. KEEP GOING.

 

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[Ninjakid]

@chrischapman couldn't agree with you more. In buddhist lore there was a man called Anathapindika who was a very rich businessman, but he was a businessman out of compassion and giving, and not of selfishness. I think if a person strives for riches to fill a void in themselves and to give everyone the middle finger they become hollow and empty inside. I haven't read @IceCreamKid's posts but I'll be sure to check them out.

@Rcaraway1989 Good work man! You've been at it for just three years and you see the results, you'll see that $20M for sure! Thanks for the words of encouragement

 

[Ninjakid]

@chrischapman I wanted to add that I think what makes a business successful is the desire to provide value, not just the idea that if you do A you get B in terms of passive income or something.

 

[chrischapman]

@chrischapman I wanted to add that I think what makes a business successful is the desire to provide value, not just the idea that if you do A you get B in terms of passive income or something.

its both. the desire to provide value is just a push to actually do it and give people what they want, also frames your mental attitude and affects how much satisfaction you get from reaching business/income goals.

 

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[Late Bloomer]

Coming here to catch up on your story, as you suggested I do.

You joined the forum at a dark time in your life. I'm sorry to learn of the loss of your aunt, the near loss of another friend, the loss of your relationship, the feelings of being alienated from the in crowd with weekend money from day jobs (even if nothing's left for the future). Your intro was a few years ago. At that time a day job made perfect sense so you could build up some stability and pride. I hope that since then, things have only taken an upward path for you and that you're well on your way to fulfill all your dreams.