Hi all,
Some background for anyone interested. You may jump to the next post if you are not interested in the recent history leading to right now.
Born in Brazil, scripted family, scripted friends. Always felt like Neo, believing that there needed to be something out there. Searched about how to make money on youtube around Jan/Feb 2017 and got into a self-improvement loophole that eventually led me to Rich Dad, 4 hour week and, finally, Fastlane.
I still say it's the most important book I've ever read. I thought Rich Dad was important until the 4 Hour Work Week. Then I read MJ's book and nothing was the same. Everything made so much sense and the majority of the book was a direct punch to my face shouting "It's your fault you are like this". I think I've read it about 6 times. Unscripted 4 if I'm not mistaken.
I have been living in Canada since September 2015 thanks to my brother and mother's investment in a college program for me. I didn't need more "education", but it makes it so much easier to immigrate if you have a degree from a Canadian institution. And this whole immigration ordeal has been a little shadow following my steps over the last four years here but it will be soon over.
2018. I started it with lots of expectations because the unscripted ideas were fresh in my mind. However, I still had two more terms in college, winter, and summer, bound to graduate at the end of August. Good thing is that my best friend from College vouched for me and I scored a good enough slow lane job a month before I finished the program. I need to work 12 months in Canada before I can apply for immigration. With that in mind, I went to work without much of a fuss. Trust me, any slow lane job in North American is eons better than most "good" jobs of 3rd world countries.
I dreaded the job. I went to Brazil during the holidays thinking I would've come back from feeling better, refreshed and ready to work. I quit after a week, got myself a web dev program to follow and told myself I'd learn it and make something for myself. Long story short, I didn't and went into a crippling depression for most of this year. Unemployed for 8 months straight. Not good. I had savings to keep me afloat but it was not easy. I managed to pull myself out of the slumber with the help of some new friends and a lot of self-reflecting. Got a new and way better slow lane job for the foreseeable future. I need it to guarantee my stay in Canada. Almost 3 months in and I know this is gonna help me in my Fastlane plan while being very tolerable. Pays more than the previous one too.
Overall, my 2019 is ending WAY better than it started. I'm going (again) to Brazil for the holidays because 3 close friends are getting married (with 3 other people, 3 different weddings heh). But I plan to work/action-fake a bit while there since I will have lots of downtimes between each event. On what will I be working on? Check the next post.
Some background for anyone interested. You may jump to the next post if you are not interested in the recent history leading to right now.
Born in Brazil, scripted family, scripted friends. Always felt like Neo, believing that there needed to be something out there. Searched about how to make money on youtube around Jan/Feb 2017 and got into a self-improvement loophole that eventually led me to Rich Dad, 4 hour week and, finally, Fastlane.
I still say it's the most important book I've ever read. I thought Rich Dad was important until the 4 Hour Work Week. Then I read MJ's book and nothing was the same. Everything made so much sense and the majority of the book was a direct punch to my face shouting "It's your fault you are like this". I think I've read it about 6 times. Unscripted 4 if I'm not mistaken.
I have been living in Canada since September 2015 thanks to my brother and mother's investment in a college program for me. I didn't need more "education", but it makes it so much easier to immigrate if you have a degree from a Canadian institution. And this whole immigration ordeal has been a little shadow following my steps over the last four years here but it will be soon over.
2018. I started it with lots of expectations because the unscripted ideas were fresh in my mind. However, I still had two more terms in college, winter, and summer, bound to graduate at the end of August. Good thing is that my best friend from College vouched for me and I scored a good enough slow lane job a month before I finished the program. I need to work 12 months in Canada before I can apply for immigration. With that in mind, I went to work without much of a fuss. Trust me, any slow lane job in North American is eons better than most "good" jobs of 3rd world countries.
I dreaded the job. I went to Brazil during the holidays thinking I would've come back from feeling better, refreshed and ready to work. I quit after a week, got myself a web dev program to follow and told myself I'd learn it and make something for myself. Long story short, I didn't and went into a crippling depression for most of this year. Unemployed for 8 months straight. Not good. I had savings to keep me afloat but it was not easy. I managed to pull myself out of the slumber with the help of some new friends and a lot of self-reflecting. Got a new and way better slow lane job for the foreseeable future. I need it to guarantee my stay in Canada. Almost 3 months in and I know this is gonna help me in my Fastlane plan while being very tolerable. Pays more than the previous one too.
Overall, my 2019 is ending WAY better than it started. I'm going (again) to Brazil for the holidays because 3 close friends are getting married (with 3 other people, 3 different weddings heh). But I plan to work/action-fake a bit while there since I will have lots of downtimes between each event. On what will I be working on? Check the next post.
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