Hey guys, just looking for some encouragement here. Sorry for the length of this but I just want to paint the picture of my current situation.
About a year before I read TMF I decided that college wasn't what I wanted to do with my life. That was at age 19. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and be a free man.
Back then I had tons of ideas but no plan of execution. Fast forward a year later to today. I am 20 years old, have the rough draft of my first ever self help book finished. Just trying to put the pieces together from here as I have no money, & need to have my book edited amongst other things.
My plan is to sell this book and use the earnings from it, to have more books created for me. I want to be making $5,000 a month by the end of the next six months. My biggest goal right now is just moving out of this house. It stifles and decimates my drive, and happiness living in this house.
The big problem comes in because my parents hate the fact that I'm not going to college. They threaten to kick me out. They don't try to understand what I want for my future. Nor does it seem like they care. They just want to be able to tell their friends "my son is in college".
Mind you they never went themselves. My parents didn't get a great education growing up because they come from the islands, so they're really old school. I know they want the best for me but they are very inconsiderate of my goals as a entrepreneur. It feels like I have no body on my side. They don't ask about my progress, all they do is talk shit about me and brag about other people in college my age. They say I have no ambition, and that I'm a let down to my family. That I'm lazy, and have no goals for my life.
They don't know about all the nights I've spent writing down business plans and ideas for potential startups. They ignore and tell me to go to bed when I'm up at night working on my book. They ignore all the books I read and only see me playing video games which to be honest, I do spend a lot of time playing games. But I still have a plan for my life non the less.
No money, I sleep in the living room of my parents house. Nobody to support my vision. Friends I don't trust to share my vision with.
All I have is my humbly small knowledge of business, my book and a fire in my heart.
If any body can chip in with some advice id be very grateful. I apologize from now for the grammatical errors as I'm just typing away in emotion.
About a year before I read TMF I decided that college wasn't what I wanted to do with my life. That was at age 19. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and be a free man.
Back then I had tons of ideas but no plan of execution. Fast forward a year later to today. I am 20 years old, have the rough draft of my first ever self help book finished. Just trying to put the pieces together from here as I have no money, & need to have my book edited amongst other things.
My plan is to sell this book and use the earnings from it, to have more books created for me. I want to be making $5,000 a month by the end of the next six months. My biggest goal right now is just moving out of this house. It stifles and decimates my drive, and happiness living in this house.
The big problem comes in because my parents hate the fact that I'm not going to college. They threaten to kick me out. They don't try to understand what I want for my future. Nor does it seem like they care. They just want to be able to tell their friends "my son is in college".
Mind you they never went themselves. My parents didn't get a great education growing up because they come from the islands, so they're really old school. I know they want the best for me but they are very inconsiderate of my goals as a entrepreneur. It feels like I have no body on my side. They don't ask about my progress, all they do is talk shit about me and brag about other people in college my age. They say I have no ambition, and that I'm a let down to my family. That I'm lazy, and have no goals for my life.
They don't know about all the nights I've spent writing down business plans and ideas for potential startups. They ignore and tell me to go to bed when I'm up at night working on my book. They ignore all the books I read and only see me playing video games which to be honest, I do spend a lot of time playing games. But I still have a plan for my life non the less.
No money, I sleep in the living room of my parents house. Nobody to support my vision. Friends I don't trust to share my vision with.
All I have is my humbly small knowledge of business, my book and a fire in my heart.
If any body can chip in with some advice id be very grateful. I apologize from now for the grammatical errors as I'm just typing away in emotion.
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