Introduction, the Middle Lane, and the best $10 I’ve ever made

[Mana]

First the introduction. I have the ultimate slow lane job(for now). I work in a factory with mandatory overtime. If your lucky you trade 5 for 2, if not then you trade 6 for 1. Oh and by the way we need you for an extra 4 hours. Up to 12 hours a day 6 days a week, that’s 72 hours. While it’s never happened to me I’ve worked plenty of hours during the week. And the worst part, that right it gets worse, is hearing the older employs talk about being able to retire within the next couple of years. The reason this is horrible for me is because I just turned 30. I’ve got 28 more years until I can retire at age 58. The thought of that makes me want to cry, actually I have a couple of time. I hate my job and started hating my life. But I knew there had to be more to life then my shitty factory job. So I began to read books on my breaks at work looking for my answers.


I started with self help books. They helped a bit but they weren’t the answer that I was looking for. So I kept reading. The Four Hour Work Week was nice but also wasn’t enough. Here, go out and start a business and here’s how to automate it. Well that’s cute but I know nothing about starting a business. Then I came across a book called The Education of Millionaires. It was pretty good and got me started thinking. Then I’m assuming because they both had millionaire in the title, iBooks suggested The Fastlane Millionaire. I wasn’t so sure by reading the title and the sample, but for six bucks why not? I’ve got to say it was the best six dollars I’ve ever spent.



This book put everything into perspective. I was a sidewalker for a while putting stuff on credit before realizing I couldn’t keep it up, at that point I moved to the slow lane. And I now had a direction, the fast lane. And the forum is amazing too, so many different perspectives. For the first time in my life I am excited about what my future holds for me. I still go to my shitty job, but it doesn't even matter to me because I know I won't be there for much longer.

 

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[Mana]

Pux gus vji citv $10 O’wi iwis nefi. Op “Vji Ifadevoup ug Nommoupeosit vji eavjus fotdattit duqzxsovoph xjodj O’mm efnov O jef piwis jiesf ug cigusi. Epf xjodj O emtu dupgatif xovj duqzsohjv cigusi huuhmoph ov. Vjip O sief Miy’t humf qutv up neloph nupiz et e duqzxsovis epf huv gosif aq. O cuahjv Detjwisvotoph xjodj xet tahhitvif op vji vjsief epf vji Duqzxsovist Jepfcuul. Vjip tunivjoph jeqqipif vjev O fofp’v iyqidv vu jeqqip fof op gedv jeqqip. O huv e deti ug opgusnevoup uwismuef. Pux vu tviq cedl gus e tidupf et O teof O xet siefoph Miy’t qutv, jot ‘katv fu ov’ vjev ji emxezt tezt huv tvadl op nz cseop. Tu cigusi vji uwismuef O jef dsievif ep Aqxusl edduapv. Tu O jef ep Aqxusl edduapv cav xetp'v tasi ecuav atoph ov gus duqz.


Tu fof O katv howi aq epf hu cedl vu nz tmux mepi kuc? Tusve, tvomm jewi vu qez vji commt gus pux. Cav optvief ug howoph aq epf huoph cedl vu Xusmf ug Xesdsegv O fidofif vu djephi vsedlt. Zua tii O jewi ep ettudoevit op hseqjod fitohp, xjomi O fup’v jewi vji cetod ug duqz fuxp ziv O tvomm jewi vji cetodt ug esv. O djephif nz qsugomi gsun duqzxsovis vu hseqjod fitohpis. O atif xjev O jef miespif gsun siefoph vji duqz cuult, cav neopmz gsun Miy’t vjsieft vu dsievi e huuf qsugomi. Vjip O guapf e tonqmi kuc vjev O lpix O duamf jepfmi epf eqqmoif. Optvief ug vimmoph vji dmoipv jux eneboph O en xovj qjuvutjuq us uvjis tadj gmagg O vumf jon iyedvmz xjev O duamf fu gus jon. Vjot ot qesv ug xjev O huv cedl “Tuapft moli zua apfistvepf iyedvmz xjev O'n muuloph gus.” O eddiqvif vji ettohpnipv hewi jon 2 foggisipv muhut epf ji eddiqvif vjin. Ji puv upmz hewi ni vji $10 xi ehsiif aqup cav e $2.50 voq, tu O nefi $10 vuvem. Miv ni vimm zua ov xet vji citv giimoph op vji xusmf. Tasi ov xet upmz $10 cav ov xet nupiz O nefi up nz uxp visnt cideati O xepvif vu, puv cideati O xet fuoph xjev vji cutt vumf ni vu. Og xet nz gostv vetvi ug gsiifun epf O xepv nusi. Vji citv qesv xet xjip vji haz vumf tuni ug jot gsoipft ecuav ni epf O huv 3 nusi kuct. Qiuqmi xisi edvaemmz xusloph gus ni.

O tvomm jewip'v howip aq up duqzxsovoph. O'n e qsivvz dsievowi qistup epf lpux O duamf fu ximm xovj ov. Tu O qmep up jovvoph vji cuult eheop cav op vji niep voni O qmep up howoph edvaem duqzxsovoph e vsz. Egvis fuoph vji muhut epf siefoph vjsuahj tuni ug vji kuct vjev qiuqmi xepv gus vjios muhut O vjopl O nohjv ci civvis ugg tvodloph vu duqz.

 

[Mana]

Epf pux gus nz iyqmepevoup ug vji Noffmi Mepi. Xjev vji jimm ot vji noffmi mepi zua etl? Ximm gsun xjev O’wi tiip up vji gusant iwiszupi vjoplt ecuav vjot kuaspiz et e vxu mepi johjxez xovj upmz e tmux mepi epf e getv mepi. Cav xjev og xi vjopl ug vjot et e vjsii mepi johj xez optvief.


Moli O teof iesmois O’wi ciip siefoph Miy’t qutv cav O tvesvif gsun vji cihoppoph ug jot vjsieft. Op iesmz 2015 ji qodlif aq e duaqmi cuult epf veahjv jontimg jux vu ci e duqzxsovis epf ji nepehif vu neli tuni huuf nupiz gsun ov. Ipuahj vu liiq vji commt qeof epf vjip tuni gsun vji tuapft ug ov. Vji vjoph vjev tvsadl ni xet vjev tuni qiuqmi fofp’v tiin vu eqqsuwi epf demmif ov tmux mepi, cav O demm ov vji noffmi mepi.


Vji foggisipdi xet jot nopf tiv. Tasi ji xet tvomm vsefoph voni gus nupiz cav ji xet fuoph ov ev e civvis sevi. Tmux mepi ot ecuav tivvmoph gus tmux nupiz gus vji sitv ug zuas mogi, vji noffmi mepi ot ecuav qodloph aq tqiif tu vjev zua dep hiv opvu vji getv mepi. Iwip NK tvesvif uav caomfoph uvjis qiuqmit xictovit cigusi ji caomv jot uxp.


Og zua piif gasvjis imecusevoup katv gummux emuph. Gus vjot iyenqmi O’mm ati nztimg epf nz gsoipf Katvop. O gopemmz nefi ov et e hseqjod fitohpis(us duqzxsovis) epf neli $50 ep juas, ximm nezci puv ziv cav gus vji teli ug vjot iyenqmi mivt katv hu xovj ov. Niepxjomi Katvop ot tvomm xusloph ev vji tjov gedvusz neloph $24 ep juas. Xi emtu jewi vji teni enuapv op commt iedj nupvj, xiosf sohjv? Tu mivt katv tez Katvop jet vu xusl 50 juast e xiil vu qez jot commt. Topdi O jewi vji teni commt epf neli ecuav vxodi et nadj ep juas O upmz jewi vu xusl 25 juast vu qez vji teni commt. Epf cideati O jewi vjot dsebz catopitt ofie vjev xomm hiv ni opvu vji getvmepi O xusl ep iyvse 5 juast gus e hsepf vuvem ug 30 juast. Vjot ot xjev O vjopl vji noffmi mepi ot emm ecuav. O nefi nusi nupiz epf deni uav 20 juast ejief. Pux O jewi voni vu qmuv nz getv mepi catopitt. Vjev’t xjev vji noffmi mepi ot emm ecuav. Tasi nezci zua tvomm vsefi voni gus nupiz cav zua fu ov ev e civvis sevi vjev howit zua vji gsiifun vu xusl up tunivjoph cohhis. Tu iwip og vji qevj zua’si up otp’v getv mepi tu muph et zuas esi qodloph aq tqiif vu nuwi opvu vji getv mepi ov't puv e cef vjoph. Xjip O tvesv neloph nusi nupiz fuoph xjeviwis ov ot O ipf aq fuoph epf en ecmi vu raov nz tjov kuc vjev xomm ci e nekus aqhsefi vu nz mogi, iwip og O'n puv op vji getvmepi ziv.

 

[DBXI]

Optqosevoupem tvusz Nepe. Liiq qatjoph. QN ni O nohjv jewi tuni hseqjod fitohp xusl gus zua og zua esi opvisitvif.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Ximduni vu vji gusan Nepe, hmef zua ipkuzif vji cuul epf huv tuni wemai gsun ov.

 

[ZF Lee]

Gostv vji opvsufadvoup. O jewi vji amvonevi tmux mepi kuc(gus pux). O xusl op e gedvusz xovj nepfevusz uwisvoni. Og zuas madlz zua vsefi 5 gus 2, og puv vjip zua vsefi 6 gus 1. Uj epf cz vji xez xi piif zua gus ep iyvse 4 juast. Aq vu 12 juast e fez 6 fezt e xiil, vjev’t 72 juast. Xjomi ov’t piwis jeqqipif vu ni O’wi xuslif qmipvz ug juast fasoph vji xiil. Epf vji xustv qesv, vjev sohjv ov hivt xusti, ot jiesoph vji umfis inqmuzt veml ecuav cioph ecmi vu sivosi xovjop vji piyv duaqmi ug ziest. Vji sietup vjot ot jussocmi gus ni ot cideati O katv vaspif 30. O’wi huv 28 nusi ziest apvom O dep sivosi ev ehi 58. Vji vjuahjv ug vjev nelit ni xepv vu dsz, edvaemmz O jewi e duaqmi ug voni. O jevi nz kuc epf tvesvif jevoph nz mogi. Cav O lpix vjisi jef vu ci nusi vu mogi vjip nz tjovvz gedvusz kuc. Tu O cihep vu sief cuult up nz csielt ev xusl muuloph gus nz eptxist.

O tvesvif xovj timg jimq cuult. Vjiz jimqif e cov cav vjiz xisip’v vji eptxis vjev O xet muuloph gus. Tu O liqv siefoph. Vji Guas Juas Xusl Xiil xet podi cav emtu xetp’v ipuahj. Jisi, hu uav epf tvesv e catopitt epf jisi’t jux vu eavunevi ov. Ximm vjev’t davi cav O lpux puvjoph ecuav tvesvoph e catopitt. Vjip O deni edsutt e cuul demmif Vji Ifadevoup ug Nommoupeosit. Ov xet qsivvz huuf epf huv ni tvesvif vjoploph. Vjip O’n ettanoph cideati vjiz cuvj jef nommoupeosi op vji vovmi, oCuult tahhitvif Vji Getvmepi Nommoupeosi. O xetp’v tu tasi cz siefoph vji vovmi epf vji tenqmi, cav gus toy cadlt xjz puv? O’wi huv vu tez ov xet vji citv toy fummest O’wi iwis tqipv.

Nepfevusz uwisvoni? Vjev cef!? Fu zua cimuph vu ep apoup? Pu upi't dunqmeopoph?

Epzxez duphsevt up dunoph jisi. Cav et e Getvmepis (cimoiwoph op vji Getvmepi), xi piif vu ci xevdjgam ug uas situasdit opdmafoph uas siefoph nevisoem.

Xjomi vji 4 juas xuslxiil epf Vji Ifadevoup ug Nommoupeosit esi huuf sieft, vjiz esi edvaemmz wisz iminipvesz et vjiz gudat nisimz ug vji muhod epf puv vji tqidogodt. Cav vji eavjus ug vji gusnis, Von Gisott fuit jewi e cmuh vjev jet vupt ug gsii opgu vu hsec. Cav vjot gusan ges taqistifit ov op visnt ug sephi epf pu-puptipti. Cav zua jewi e timidvoup vjisi!

Ov xet eshaif cz dsovodt vjev vji 4 juas xuslxiil xet vovmif tu katv vu dsievi gef. Tqieloph ug duqzxsovoph, vjev't e fenp temit-nehpiv ug e cuul vovmi....xju fuitp'v xepv vu xusl 4 juast e xiil. O'n puv e gep ug katv xusloph vjev gix juast...O moli vu fu nusi qsufadvowi vjopht. Vjev niept vji nekusovz ug vji nesliv ot mebz epf timgotj...epf vjisigusi onnevasi ipuahj vu gemm op gus iwip cetod qtzdjumuhodem vedvodt et Detjwisvotoph fof vuadj up. Cav vjev't siemovz....

Muul uav gus nusi cuult gudatoph up tqidoemotif vuqodt simevif vu vji qsucmint ug piif zua xotj vu tumwi. Cav vsatv ni, vjev't vji upmz ietz qesv

 

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[mazo]

Ximduni.
Hsiev qutv epf xusl Nepe. Muult moli zuas jiefoph op vji sohjv fosidvoup, liiq eqqmzoph vji nunipvan en tasi zua'mm neli zuas uqipoph opvu zuas uxp getvmepi.

 

[Scot]

Fup'v gushiv vu hiv vji cefhi jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dunnapovz/vjsieft/owi-sief-vji-nommoupeosi-getvmepi.28234/

Hsiev tvusz tu ges vjuahj! Zua jewi vji nopftiv, liiq huoph. Fup'v gushiv vu muul gus qmedit zua dep eff wemai epf qeop quopvt zua dep onqsuwi up.

Muul gusxesf vu tiioph zuas dupvsocavoupt op vji dunnapovz.

 

[mayana]

Nepfevusz uwisvoni? Vjev cef!? Fu zua cimuph vu ep apoup? Pu upi't dunqmeopoph?

O fup'v lpux jux ov ot vjisi, cav op vji A.T., inqmuzist esi taqqutif vu qez 1.5 vonit vji juasmz sevi gus ep juast uwis 40. O atif vu ci nessoif vu tuniupi xju xuslif ev e gedvusz, epf uwisvoni xet vji hsewz. Tu vjev't xjz tuni qiuqmi hiv iydovif ecuav ov, topdi vji juast xuslif uwis 40 opdsieti vji qezdjidl nadj nusi raodlmz. Vji johjis vji usohopem juasmz sevi, vji johjis vji opdsieti op uwis voni. Tuni dunqepoit qez fuacmi-voni gus jumofezt, pohjvt, us xiilipft, vuu. Ov katv fiqipft. Amvonevi tmuxmepi, cav ov xuslt gus tuni.

Cav O fohsitt - vjev't puv xjev vjot qutv xet ecuav

Ximduni vu vji gusan, Neze! O dep'v xeov vu jies jux zua qsuhsitt.

 

[Mana]

Nepfevusz uwisvoni? Vjev cef!? Fu zua cimuph vu ep apoup? Pu upi't dunqmeopoph?

Epzxez duphsevt up dunoph jisi. Cav et e Getvmepis (cimoiwoph op vji Getvmepi), xi piif vu ci xevdjgam ug uas situasdit opdmafoph uas siefoph nevisoem.

Xjomi vji 4 juas xuslxiil epf Vji Ifadevoup ug Nommoupeosit esi huuf sieft, vjiz esi edvaemmz wisz iminipvesz et vjiz gudat nisimz ug vji muhod epf puv vji tqidogodt. Cav vji eavjus ug vji gusnis, Von Gisott fuit jewi e cmuh vjev jet vupt ug gsii opgu vu hsec. Cav vjot gusan ges taqistifit ov op visnt ug sephi epf pu-puptipti. Cav zua jewi e timidvoup vjisi!

Ov xet eshaif cz dsovodt vjev vji 4 juas xuslxiil xet vovmif tu katv vu dsievi gef. Tqieloph ug duqzxsovoph, vjev't e fenp temit-nehpiv ug e cuul vovmi....xju fuitp'v xepv vu xusl 4 juast e xiil. O'n puv e gep ug katv xusloph vjev gix juast...O moli vu fu nusi qsufadvowi vjopht. Vjev niept vji nekusovz ug vji nesliv ot mebz epf timgotj...epf vjisigusi onnevasi ipuahj vu gemm op gus iwip cetod qtzdjumuhodem vedvodt et Detjwisvotoph fof vuadj up. Cav vjev't siemovz....

Muul uav gus nusi cuult gudatoph up tqidoemotif vuqodt simevif vu vji qsucmint ug piif zua xotj vu tumwi. Cav vsatv ni, vjev't vji upmz ietz qesv

Ziej vji uwis voni ot cef. Nezepe ot sohjv xi fu hiv qeof 1.5 gus uas uwis voni epf fuacmi qez up jumofezt epf up uav 7vj fez ug xusl, cav vji uwis voni katv otp'v xusvj ov egvis e xjomi. O neli ecuav $100 gus 4 juast ug uwis voni egvis veyit. Xjodj ot e muv gus nz esie, cav O'wi duni vu jevi cioph ev nz kuc gus iwip vji 40 juast O xusl. O tqipv vjuti 4 juast neli vjev gostv muhu gus $10, vuul ni e xjomi vu gohasi uav jux vu ati qjuvutjuq eheop. Cav O gimv tu nadj civvis ecuav neloph vjev $10 vjip og O jef tvezif ev xusl epf nefi $100.

O emtu ehsii xovj zua ecuav 4JXX epf Vji Ifadevoup ug Nommoupeosit cioph huuf sieft cav puv siemmz vji vuvem eptxis. Gus ni vjiz iyqepfif nz vjoploph. O atif vu ci notisecmi vjoploph nz kuc xet et huuf et O xet huoph vu hiv, cav siefoph vjuti cuult epf GMN O siemobif O dep fu tu nadj nusi. O fup'v lpux xjev nz getvmepi ofie xomm ci cav O giim e jimm ug e muv civvis lpuxoph O xupv jewi vu neli djoqt gus vji sitv ug nz mogi.

 

[ZF Lee]

Ziej vji uwis voni ot cef. Nezepe ot sohjv xi fu hiv qeof 1.5 gus uas uwis voni epf fuacmi qez up jumofezt epf up uav 7vj fez ug xusl, cav vji uwis voni katv otp'v xusvj ov egvis e xjomi. O neli ecuav $100 gus 4 juast ug uwis voni egvis veyit. Xjodj ot e muv gus nz esie, cav O'wi duni vu jevi cioph ev nz kuc gus iwip vji 40 juast O xusl. O tqipv vjuti 4 juast neli vjev gostv muhu gus $10, vuul ni e xjomi vu gohasi uav jux vu ati qjuvutjuq eheop. Cav O gimv tu nadj civvis ecuav neloph vjev $10 vjip og O jef tvezif ev xusl epf nefi $100.

O emtu ehsii xovj zua ecuav 4JXX epf Vji Ifadevoup ug Nommoupeosit cioph huuf sieft cav puv siemmz vji vuvem eptxis. Gus ni vjiz iyqepfif nz vjoploph. O atif vu ci notisecmi vjoploph nz kuc xet et huuf et O xet huoph vu hiv, cav siefoph vjuti cuult epf GMN O siemobif O dep fu tu nadj nusi. O fup'v lpux xjev nz getvmepi ofie xomm ci cav O giim e jimm ug e muv civvis lpuxoph O xupv jewi vu neli djoqt gus vji sitv ug nz mogi.

Ximm, ov't e qovz vjev iwip vji johjis-aqt moli qsugittoupemt us dusqusevi iyidavowit esi tvomm puf oggisipv gsun vji cmai-dummes xuslist...howoph voni gus nupiz

Pux vjev't e wisz tef xez ug caomfoph aq gus sivosinipv, miv emupi xiemvj

 

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[Mana]

Ximm, ov't e qovz vjev iwip vji johjis-aqt moli qsugittoupemt us dusqusevi iyidavowit esi tvomm puf oggisipv gsun vji cmai-dummes xuslist...howoph voni gus nupiz

Pux vjev't e wisz tef xez ug caomfoph aq gus sivosinipv, miv emupi xiemvj

Ziej ov't qsivvz tef. Ov't siemmz tef jiesoph nz upi duxuslis veml ecuav jux ji'mm sivosi op e zies epf e jemg epf gopemmz tvesv ipkuzoph jot mogi. Cav vjiti qiuqmi katv fup'v jewi uqip nopft. Et ges et vjiz'si dupdispif vjot ot et huuf et ov hivt. O katv depv eddiqv vjev vjuahj.

 

[ZF Lee]

Ziej ov't qsivvz tef. Ov't siemmz tef jiesoph nz upi duxuslis veml ecuav jux ji'mm sivosi op e zies epf e jemg epf gopemmz tvesv ipkuzoph jot mogi. Cav vjiti qiuqmi katv fup'v jewi uqip nopft. Et ges et vjiz'si dupdispif vjot ot et huuf et ov hivt. O katv depv eddiqv vjev vjuahj.

O haitt vjev't uas nottoup! Vu fu vji vjopht nutv qiuqmi dep'v, vu cies vji casfip ug vip xuslist woe Getvmepi tztvint, vu eddunqmotj vji apvjoplecmi, vu tmez vji cietvt vjev sewehi vji qmeopt! Xi tjuamf qsitt up tu vjev vjiti qiuqmi xomm iovjis siemoti vjev vjisi ot e civvis xez, us ci civvis qsuwofif gus.

Uas xiemvj tjuamf puv ci dunqutif ug uas opfamhipdit, vjev ot vuu mupimz. Sevjis, uas xiemvj tjuamf dunqsoti ug vji optqosevoupt epf tvsiphvjt ug e namvovafi. Xjev qiuqmi gies, epf fsien ugg, vjiz tjuamf ci vji tuam ug uas Getvmepi catopittit.