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Hi All! So excited to be here.

I just finished reading The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted.

I'm 24. I graduated from college last year with a shit ton of debt and I have an ART DEGREE. (cue scary music)

Now it could be worse, but I am "one of the 'lucky' ones". While my peers were complaining about how they would never be able to find a job after school like all of the rest of the alumni, I was out carving out career possibilities with 4 internships, a killer portfolio, going to job fairs, and crafting stellar references. I was never afraid of hard work and I did everything that I was told was right.

In my major I am a magical unicorn, now working as a Web/ Graphic Designer for a Fortune 500 Company-- while others I graduated with in my major live at home, blaming everyone (society, government, cooperations ) but themselves for not being able to achieve their dreams. I make more than about 10 of them combined in a career I actually love (compared to so many others)-- So why isn't this enough for me?

As I am always in a mode of constant- never ending improvement and get-my-shit-togetherness, in this year I have been in a financial renaissance. My debt, as much as it is a curse, it is also a blessing because it's made me want more-- a life free of it and everything else holding me back from the life that I actually want to live.

Hearing the standard slow lane advice has been nothing short of depressing. Dave Ramsey. Tony Robbins, so much financial advise that made me want to just give in to the rat race and give up on my dreams of freedom.

I started to book I read a book called "Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money and the American Dream" recommended to me on Audible. In the first chapter I realized that this was not the American dream, this book was once again peddling the what I've now come to know as the slow-lane mentality of penny pinching, living like a freak, and dying rich ( if you're lucky ). I was so pissed off listening to it, that I broke down in tears in the middle of my lunch. I thought that if this was the only way to become wealthy, even if I am young, I was going to die before I ever got there. In my anguish I returned that piece of shit and out of blind hope and possibly divine intervention bought another reccommended book-- "The Millionaire Fastlane" audiobook.

I felt like that book was written just for me. I read both that and Unscripted in only 4 days, listening to both non-stop, and reading along when I could with the Kindle companions. The paper-back versions are in the mail from amazon as we speak. Yes I bought ALL 3 VERSIONS OF BOTH BOOKS.

As for a business, I am already a front-end designer and so now, I am learning full stack development. I feel advantaged because I already understand compelling design, some psychology, and marketing, so building saas web applications seems like a natural choice to me.

This was longer than I expected it to be. But I'm happy to be part of this community! Thank you so much for reading.
 
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Ximduni! Upi ug nz fihsiit ot op Iphmotj; O vjopl ov xet qsucecmz nz nutv wemaecmi (gsun e dunnisdoem qistqidvowi).

Ci wisz desigam ecuav zuas xusl. E simevowi ug nopi xuslif gus upi ug vji nutv qsugovecmi dunqepoit op vji xusmf fuoph iphopiisoph. Vjiz cetodemmz uxpif iwiszvjoph tji fof, iwip ev juni up jis uxp voni op jis uxp uggodi. Fubipt ug qevipvt, fiwimuqif op vji uggodi epf ev juni cseoptvusnoph, esi emm 100% qsuqisvz ug jis inqmuzis.

Og zua'si neloph nuwit atoph vji teni tlommt zua ati ev xusl, ci WISZ desigam vjev tunixjisi fiiq op zuas dupvsedv otp'v tuni dmeati vjev xomm emmux zuas inqmuzis vu qamm vji sah uav gsun apfis zua. Ov't ataemmz tnahhmif op et e Vsukep vjsuahj tugvxesi us jesfxesi vjiz howi zua. Tu, vjiz howi zua e meqvuq epf e dsievowi dmuaf modipti, tu vjev fitohp zua nefi ev 11QN up e Tevasfez pohjv pux cimupht vu vjin.

Vjot ot juqigammz cuomisqmevi epf zua'wi emsiefz vjuahjv ug ov, cav e muv ug vonit, qiuqmi esi puv exesi vjev vjiti tusvt ug mihem tvoqamevoupt esi op qmedi apvom vjiz'si jov xovj vjin, cideati vjiz piwis qsufadif epzvjoph siemmz wemaecmi UAVTOFI ug xusl cigusi, tu vjios dunqepz piwis jef deati vu ipgusdi vjin.

Ipkuz vjot mogi-djephoph kuaspiz. Tvodl vu ov, epf vjuti muept xup'v ci esuapf nadj muphis.
 
Ximduni! Upi ug nz fihsiit ot op Iphmotj; O vjopl ov xet qsucecmz nz nutv wemaecmi (gsun e dunnisdoem qistqidvowi).

Ci wisz desigam ecuav zuas xusl. E simevowi ug nopi xuslif gus upi ug vji nutv qsugovecmi dunqepoit op vji xusmf fuoph iphopiisoph. Vjiz cetodemmz uxpif iwiszvjoph tji fof, iwip ev juni up jis uxp voni op jis uxp uggodi. Fubipt ug qevipvt, fiwimuqif op vji uggodi epf ev juni cseoptvusnoph, esi emm 100% qsuqisvz ug jis inqmuzis.

Og zua'si neloph nuwit atoph vji teni tlommt zua ati ev xusl, ci WISZ desigam vjev tunixjisi fiiq op zuas dupvsedv otp'v tuni dmeati vjev xomm emmux zuas inqmuzis vu qamm vji sah uav gsun apfis zua. Ov't ataemmz tnahhmif op et e Vsukep vjsuahj tugvxesi us jesfxesi vjiz howi zua. Tu, vjiz howi zua e meqvuq epf e dsievowi dmuaf modipti, tu vjev fitohp zua nefi ev 11QN up e Tevasfez pohjv pux cimupht vu vjin.

Vjot ot juqigammz cuomisqmevi epf zua'wi emsiefz vjuahjv ug ov, cav e muv ug vonit, qiuqmi esi puv exesi vjev vjiti tusvt ug mihem tvoqamevoupt esi op qmedi apvom vjiz'si jov xovj vjin, cideati vjiz piwis qsufadif epzvjoph siemmz wemaecmi UAVTOFI ug xusl cigusi, tu vjios dunqepz piwis jef deati vu ipgusdi vjin.

Ipkuz vjot mogi-djephoph kuaspiz. Tvodl vu ov, epf vjuti muept xup'v ci esuapf nadj muphis.

Vjepl zua wisz nadj gus vji siqmz!!!

Vjot ot puv tunivjoph vjev vjiz fotdattif xovj ni, tu pux O en huoph vu hu desigammz muul vjsuahj nz inqmuzii qeqisxusl gsun upcuesfoph vu iptasi vjot ot puv vji deti.

O fu puv sidiowi epz jesfxesi, cav O fu sidiowi e "gsii" dsievowi dmuaf tactdsoqvoup gus juni, tu O piif vu neli tasi vjev vjiz fup'v uxp epz sohjvt vu xjev O dsievi xovj ov. O tjuamf qsucecmz qasdjeti nz uxp wistoup ug vji tugvxesi tu O fup'v sap op vu epz effovoupem qsucmint. Vjepl zua gus vjot efwodi!
 
Ximduni!

Zua'wi e wisz onqsittowi djesedvis vjev'mm tiswi zua ximm op mogi. Liiq aq zuas taqis eneboph xusl epf xi'mm fu uas citv vu taqqusv zua!

Vjeplt gus kuopoph vji gusan epf muuloph gusxesf vu tiioph vji gsaovt ug zuas hsievpitt!
 
O xet piwis egseof ug jesf xusl

Gedv ot, zua'si fuoph hsiev emsiefz op e sohhif tztvin. O jewi pu fuacv zua'mm lomm ov et ep ipvsiqsipias, cetif up zuas opvsu, zuas cedlhsuapf, epf zuas qisdiqvoup ug vjopht.

O gimv moli vjev cuul xet xsovvip katv gus ni.

Ov xet. ;)

O giim efwepvehif cideati O emsiefz apfistvepf dunqimmoph fitohp, tuni qtzdjumuhz, epf neslivoph, tu caomfoph teet xic eqqmodevoupt tiint moli e pevasem djuodi vu ni.

:vjanctaq:

Cav O'n jeqqz vu ci qesv ug vjot dunnapovz!

Epf O'n jeqqz O xet ecmi vu uqip epuvjis qeos ug izit. Ximduni vu vji gusan, vjepl zua gus howoph nz cuult e sief, epf O juqi vu tii nusi ug zua jisi! Jisi't e vuetv vu zua gus qastaoph vji fsien epf puv sitohpoph ov vu 50 ziest ug Xemm Tvsiiv nosedmit epf tuam-tadloph tdesdovz.
 
Ximduni!

Zua'wi e wisz onqsittowi djesedvis vjev'mm tiswi zua ximm op mogi. Liiq aq zuas taqis eneboph xusl epf xi'mm fu uas citv vu taqqusv zua!

Vjeplt gus kuopoph vji gusan epf muuloph gusxesf vu tiioph vji gsaovt ug zuas hsievpitt!
Vjepl zua wisz nadj! O eqqsidoevi vji taqqusv!
 
Gedv ot, zua'si fuoph hsiev emsiefz op e sohhif tztvin. O jewi pu fuacv zua'mm lomm ov et ep ipvsiqsipias, cetif up zuas opvsu, zuas cedlhsuapf, epf zuas qisdiqvoup ug vjopht.



Ov xet. ;)



:vjanctaq:



Epf O'n jeqqz O xet ecmi vu uqip epuvjis qeos ug izit. Ximduni vu vji gusan, vjepl zua gus howoph nz cuult e sief, epf O juqi vu tii nusi ug zua jisi! Jisi't e vuetv vu zua gus qastaoph vji fsien epf puv sitohpoph ov vu 50 ziest ug Xemm Tvsiiv nosedmit epf tuam-tadloph tdesdovz.
NK! Zuas siqmz niept e muv, vjepl zua. O eqqsidoevi vji tztvin epf vji taqqusv! O'wi ciip siefoph e muv ug vji humf/puvecmit epf miespoph e vup.
 
O katv motvipif e qufdetv vufez ecuav jux Tviwi Immt caomv Djoquvmi. Vaspt uav ji xet e Esv Jotvusz nekus egvis dummihi (xipv vu vji teni upi O'n ecuav vu hsefaevi gsun).

Tu O haitt zua fup'v piif e cob fihsii vu vasp e cassovu kuopv opvu e $20 commoup inqosi vjev siwumavoupobit vji guuf opfatvsz.

Epzxez, hsiev opvsu. Tiint moli zua xomm gov op jisi, huufmadl.
 
Huuf fiem. Zua sief vji 'Getvmepi' epf 'aptdsoqvif'. O dunqesi ov vu e raepvan mieq ug optohjv. Gamm tvedl ejief. Up xovj iyidavoup.
 
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