Christian Parker
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For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a kid, something just felt F*cking off about this world. Hearing left and right "there's not enough money" "need more money" or "it just doesn't work that way" or the one I hated the absolute most "that's just the way life is, kid." I knew from the start there is more to life. I have grown up in a severely mediocre thinking family and rather poor given the absent financial education. As a side note, I am born and raised & live in Romania, the overwhelming majority of people here have a very limited mindset and rather depressing view upon life. Everybody lives like there's no tomorrow; in the bad way.
I've wasted my passion for life and creativity via indulging into modern consumerism big time. Lots of video games, porn, hanging out with people who thought having big ambitions is cringe, the whole nine yards.
One game that I was particularly investing my time into was 'ROBLOX'. Played that for a very long time until I decided to try 3D modeling because I was curious how do games have all of these objects around and how they were made.
Fast forward a few months I was doing 3D modeling commissions for people earning from as little as $70 to $350+ per commission. I remember the first time I made my first money online, which was $350 -- Roblox has this program called DevEx which at the time the minimum threshold for cashing out was 100,000 Robux (in-game currency) which translates to $350 USD.
I ended up easily being capable of earning $1,000+ every month from 3D modeling commissions, I was making money from home at the age of 16! For me, that was a huge achievement. $1,000 is considered a pretty good salary in Romania. But I wanted way more than that. One of my clients owned a type of game on ROBLOX (an 'Outfit' game where people come in and buy accessories and clothing made by others put together in outfits for them to wear on their avatars) that was earning him thousands upon thousands of dollars every month. He even showed me how one month he earned $11,000, I was blown away.
You can already guess what happened next, I made one such game myself and whilst I did not see the same numbers as this guy I was making more than what I was making with 3D modeling 'passively'. However, as time went on, I've gotten complacent. I had no other direction in my life. I've completely IGNORED all other aspects of life MJ DeMarco talks about in TMF , all I focused on was the money and as quickly as that money came that's how I spent in. I always thought of myself as a financially disciplined person but my lizard brain got the best of me and fallen victim to the world of consumerism, this period of money making was followed by a huge depression.
I have earned a total of approximately $14,000 online net. I am now digging myself out of the rut I've put myself in, reviving my now dead but once highly effective ROBLOX business as the potential for the money it can earn me is immense. But this time I am taking into account all aspects of life. I'm choosing to live healthier, understand myself on a profound level, exercise, eat right, meet and spend time with quality people and if I don't find them hell just interact and have a chat with a random stranger. I am also taking great interest in AI and a specific sub-niche of it as I want to extend my skillset and money making abilities outside of the ROBLOX spectrum (although this has taught me various skills that can be applied in other places).
One of my biggest struggles is loneliness, very few people can relate to me and my story on any level. Almost everybody I meet thinks I am crazy for having such ambitions and taking this 'too seriously'. I know for a FACT there are people on this forum who can very well relate at least to some of the things I've wrote on here. If so, please let me know below.
I am mainly here to feel like I belong somewhere, to seek insights and even potentially make long-lasting friendships. I am not necessarily looking for specific 'techniques' and all of that as I believe that's not what someone who wants to become a successful entrepreneur requires.
I've wasted my passion for life and creativity via indulging into modern consumerism big time. Lots of video games, porn, hanging out with people who thought having big ambitions is cringe, the whole nine yards.
One game that I was particularly investing my time into was 'ROBLOX'. Played that for a very long time until I decided to try 3D modeling because I was curious how do games have all of these objects around and how they were made.
Fast forward a few months I was doing 3D modeling commissions for people earning from as little as $70 to $350+ per commission. I remember the first time I made my first money online, which was $350 -- Roblox has this program called DevEx which at the time the minimum threshold for cashing out was 100,000 Robux (in-game currency) which translates to $350 USD.
I ended up easily being capable of earning $1,000+ every month from 3D modeling commissions, I was making money from home at the age of 16! For me, that was a huge achievement. $1,000 is considered a pretty good salary in Romania. But I wanted way more than that. One of my clients owned a type of game on ROBLOX (an 'Outfit' game where people come in and buy accessories and clothing made by others put together in outfits for them to wear on their avatars) that was earning him thousands upon thousands of dollars every month. He even showed me how one month he earned $11,000, I was blown away.
You can already guess what happened next, I made one such game myself and whilst I did not see the same numbers as this guy I was making more than what I was making with 3D modeling 'passively'. However, as time went on, I've gotten complacent. I had no other direction in my life. I've completely IGNORED all other aspects of life MJ DeMarco talks about in TMF , all I focused on was the money and as quickly as that money came that's how I spent in. I always thought of myself as a financially disciplined person but my lizard brain got the best of me and fallen victim to the world of consumerism, this period of money making was followed by a huge depression.
I have earned a total of approximately $14,000 online net. I am now digging myself out of the rut I've put myself in, reviving my now dead but once highly effective ROBLOX business as the potential for the money it can earn me is immense. But this time I am taking into account all aspects of life. I'm choosing to live healthier, understand myself on a profound level, exercise, eat right, meet and spend time with quality people and if I don't find them hell just interact and have a chat with a random stranger. I am also taking great interest in AI and a specific sub-niche of it as I want to extend my skillset and money making abilities outside of the ROBLOX spectrum (although this has taught me various skills that can be applied in other places).
One of my biggest struggles is loneliness, very few people can relate to me and my story on any level. Almost everybody I meet thinks I am crazy for having such ambitions and taking this 'too seriously'. I know for a FACT there are people on this forum who can very well relate at least to some of the things I've wrote on here. If so, please let me know below.
I am mainly here to feel like I belong somewhere, to seek insights and even potentially make long-lasting friendships. I am not necessarily looking for specific 'techniques' and all of that as I believe that's not what someone who wants to become a successful entrepreneur requires.
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