I can't talk to anyone in my family or friends about this so here I am.
I made a previous post about how I tried many different online things to get started making money.
My short story is typical. Kid from the ghetto who lived with his mom in hotels, tried college. Wasn't for me. Especially at 23. Realized I'd rather spend my life trying to work for myself than someone else. Especially 4 years. Especially having to live on my own. I needed money ASAP not on even 2 years, hell 3 months. Started flipping products online, ecommerce, but didn't get far. Found MJs book. Now I'm 26 and homeless.
But I do have a job. Always have. And to be frank I think it's the only way nowadays you can save a ton of money to try and start your own business if you really are on your own. Otherwise you spend like half your check atleast running the rat race. I'd rather sacrifice my quality of life to stack a deck needed to beat the game than run that race.
Thing is... I'm lost. And losing willpower by the year. It gets harder to refuse just going to school when you're sleeping outside. But I eat better then when I had to pay rent, can actually afford to invest in ideas and feel kind of... Free financially. Just tired of getting barely anywhere with this online stuff.
I hire models via IG for porn and fetish clips I sold and I made like... Barely rent money. Then I realized it violates the commandment of control. Dropshipping was meh, affiliate marketing... Dynamic.
I've tried so many things I'm thinking of doing a youtube channel where I share and experiment my process of ways to make money online. I made money. Just never stuck with it long enough to make a big change. Just 3k a month would be life changing. Even 2 tbh.
And yes I want to provide value but I have low willpower when I wanna get off the streets and still don't have a business making atleast 2k a month to live on.
I live in San Diego and even living in Mexico and working here allows me to be atleast housed but I don't even wanna have to spend 600 a month while trying to get this off the ground.
Sorry if this was long winded but I just don't know who else to turn to. My pride won't let me tell family and my mother ranted at me the other night all the way back East about how I should give up and take the safe route. "All the college kids have passed you by this point, you're gonna be 27."
It echoes in my mind because she's right? Had I stayed in school of be done this year and atleast housed with a decent salary... But at what cost? I don't want debt, location dependency and a corporate boss either. I'd actually rather be homeless, no cap.
I've come too far (2 years on the streets) to give up now. And I'm just sick of watching videos after videos on new ways to make money online. What to learn to freelance, side hsitles online and on and on and on. And it's so frustrating because I know I possible. I made money online to pay tuition before. I literally watched people on youtube like the Black Hustlers Club start his channel and on 2 years he's making six figures online at NINETEEN. He looks like me and we have a similar background yet I can't even house myself off my knowledge.
View: https://youtu.be/DGnzhVK3BAw
People like cupcake trainings made 300k on her channel on 1 year. Teens making 5k on shoplfy, and the onlyfans girls just showing their feet and living in Thailand. Meanwhile look at me.
I feel like a failure and to be honest I question the point to all this anyways. Why keep playing this game between ordeals. The country is a shit show politically, nuclear family gone, everyone is selfish, marriage and dating is at a cataclysm and it's just... The only thing keeping me going is knowing once I break through I'll be beyond happy. And my sis and mom. Otherwise I'd opt out.
I find ways to stay positive even amidst this and HAVE gotten results. But it's getting harder and I feel now in my late 20s I'm getting "old" and time is running out.
I'm willing to learn anything. And I know the direction I wanna go... I'm just overwhelmed and don't know which direction to go. Affiliate marketing, web dev, flipping... Just too much...
But I refuse to give up and will continue. I only spent 500 upfront for my fetish modeling thing and the results sucked... But I know after a couple of thousands saved I can do way more. So I'm working to save for that and I'm gonna try youtube. Even if I gotta throw some money at people for interviews. 2 good years of consistent quality content in the make money online niche is a guarantee good return on investment.
Also I can always go back to flipping pcs and hardware. Which I will. Just gotta stop feeling bad for myself and do the work. Mainly made this to announce you gotta take the small victories in life. And even failures are success.
What would you guys do if you woke up tommorow, lost everything and were homeless and on the streets suddenly?
I made a previous post about how I tried many different online things to get started making money.
My short story is typical. Kid from the ghetto who lived with his mom in hotels, tried college. Wasn't for me. Especially at 23. Realized I'd rather spend my life trying to work for myself than someone else. Especially 4 years. Especially having to live on my own. I needed money ASAP not on even 2 years, hell 3 months. Started flipping products online, ecommerce, but didn't get far. Found MJs book. Now I'm 26 and homeless.
But I do have a job. Always have. And to be frank I think it's the only way nowadays you can save a ton of money to try and start your own business if you really are on your own. Otherwise you spend like half your check atleast running the rat race. I'd rather sacrifice my quality of life to stack a deck needed to beat the game than run that race.
Thing is... I'm lost. And losing willpower by the year. It gets harder to refuse just going to school when you're sleeping outside. But I eat better then when I had to pay rent, can actually afford to invest in ideas and feel kind of... Free financially. Just tired of getting barely anywhere with this online stuff.
I hire models via IG for porn and fetish clips I sold and I made like... Barely rent money. Then I realized it violates the commandment of control. Dropshipping was meh, affiliate marketing... Dynamic.
I've tried so many things I'm thinking of doing a youtube channel where I share and experiment my process of ways to make money online. I made money. Just never stuck with it long enough to make a big change. Just 3k a month would be life changing. Even 2 tbh.
And yes I want to provide value but I have low willpower when I wanna get off the streets and still don't have a business making atleast 2k a month to live on.
I live in San Diego and even living in Mexico and working here allows me to be atleast housed but I don't even wanna have to spend 600 a month while trying to get this off the ground.
Sorry if this was long winded but I just don't know who else to turn to. My pride won't let me tell family and my mother ranted at me the other night all the way back East about how I should give up and take the safe route. "All the college kids have passed you by this point, you're gonna be 27."
It echoes in my mind because she's right? Had I stayed in school of be done this year and atleast housed with a decent salary... But at what cost? I don't want debt, location dependency and a corporate boss either. I'd actually rather be homeless, no cap.
I've come too far (2 years on the streets) to give up now. And I'm just sick of watching videos after videos on new ways to make money online. What to learn to freelance, side hsitles online and on and on and on. And it's so frustrating because I know I possible. I made money online to pay tuition before. I literally watched people on youtube like the Black Hustlers Club start his channel and on 2 years he's making six figures online at NINETEEN. He looks like me and we have a similar background yet I can't even house myself off my knowledge.
People like cupcake trainings made 300k on her channel on 1 year. Teens making 5k on shoplfy, and the onlyfans girls just showing their feet and living in Thailand. Meanwhile look at me.
I feel like a failure and to be honest I question the point to all this anyways. Why keep playing this game between ordeals. The country is a shit show politically, nuclear family gone, everyone is selfish, marriage and dating is at a cataclysm and it's just... The only thing keeping me going is knowing once I break through I'll be beyond happy. And my sis and mom. Otherwise I'd opt out.
I find ways to stay positive even amidst this and HAVE gotten results. But it's getting harder and I feel now in my late 20s I'm getting "old" and time is running out.
I'm willing to learn anything. And I know the direction I wanna go... I'm just overwhelmed and don't know which direction to go. Affiliate marketing, web dev, flipping... Just too much...
But I refuse to give up and will continue. I only spent 500 upfront for my fetish modeling thing and the results sucked... But I know after a couple of thousands saved I can do way more. So I'm working to save for that and I'm gonna try youtube. Even if I gotta throw some money at people for interviews. 2 good years of consistent quality content in the make money online niche is a guarantee good return on investment.
Also I can always go back to flipping pcs and hardware. Which I will. Just gotta stop feeling bad for myself and do the work. Mainly made this to announce you gotta take the small victories in life. And even failures are success.
What would you guys do if you woke up tommorow, lost everything and were homeless and on the streets suddenly?
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