Hi!
I wanted to create this thread before but I needed to make sure... that I got rid of bridges behind me. Yeah, I don't see any of them. Burned. I improved a lot during this year. In the first post, I will write a little bit about my behind-the-scenes story. The story that motivates the shit out of me.
The Fakeline Millionaire
It was beginning of the academic year and I was so proud. I got into college. Wow. I thought that it would bring some hope and let me forget about the past and make me wealthy. For the first time in my life, I could live in my own flat. Doing whatever I wanted to do. I didn't have to listen to and watch my drunk dad anymore. Well actually- I started drinking.
Drink To Forget
I did it to relax and forget about reality. It was fun but only for few months because I recalled that my home is not ok. I just wasn't able to see it. I haven't lived there anymore. I knew that my mother couldn't give me as much as my friends got but I know that she tried to give me everything she could. But truly, she gave me a lot... of time. I took it and quit. F*ck. I left her with problems and I felt like an ingrate a**hole. Furthermore, I was losing too. I realized that I can't waste more time. It's my obligation to be successful. I started to see how it really looked like. Well- like shit. I never dreamed about cars and big houses. I always wanted to help my family and be wealthy enough to secure my own one in future. And to have time for them.
Money. If I had some I would skip 90% of my biggest family problems. At the same time, I was sitting in college having fun. Drinking a cheap beer for my mother's money. F*ck. I felt like the biggest pussy on the Earth. Maybe I was really close?
Closer To Success
I knew that I wouldn't make a big difference in 5 years living like that. I lied to myself. I wanted to stay in college but at the same time, I felt ultra upset there. I decided to drop it, hustle and improve my coding skills. From this time I became obsessed. I worked on my things as long as I could. Earned enough money to live cheap and then worked on my things. Hustled here and hustled there. I dropped every other activity except hitting a gym. Actually, it helped me to refresh my mind. Now I'm stronger. Mainly mentally.
It took me a lot of time to develop my current mindset. Maybe half a year? To develop my work ethic and confidence. It's no longer the fake one that I had. No... I got it from my small wins. And I knew that in this period time I did more than my peers. Now ex peers?
I listed everything that I knew can help me in my mission and I started to do it.
So what I've done?
Magic of Goals
To be honest, I like this process. I try to plan as much as I can, to always know what to do. I learned to be more grateful and realized that I have a huge advantage. Most of my ex-peers still gets money from parents. They don't have to do anything. I think that I wouldn't have tried so hard if I had the same goods. Maybe somebody who was/is in a similar situation is reading it and thinks that he is a victim. Actually, you are not. My living conditions are probably worse than most of my friends. But I don't care. I buy my time. Now I'm hustling from the bottom of my heart. Lol. I really like it. And I don't care if I do my app eating healthy oat-milk or gluten-free brownies outside. It's temporary. It's made on purpose. It's my choice. It's the magic of goals.
Why I post it?
I don't want to be a freelancer for 10 years. I want to use coding in my Fastlane journey and freelancing will provide me some money.
I will post here trying to add some value. This one is like the introduction but maybe somebody who is 1 year younger version of me will get something from it. I'm still at the beginning but I want to share knowledge as soon as I understand something. I didn't want to create thread out of context so that's how the first post looks like.
Sometimes rough childhood is a win. It makes people strong. Do you agree?
I wanted to create this thread before but I needed to make sure... that I got rid of bridges behind me. Yeah, I don't see any of them. Burned. I improved a lot during this year. In the first post, I will write a little bit about my behind-the-scenes story. The story that motivates the shit out of me.
The Fakeline Millionaire
It was beginning of the academic year and I was so proud. I got into college. Wow. I thought that it would bring some hope and let me forget about the past and make me wealthy. For the first time in my life, I could live in my own flat. Doing whatever I wanted to do. I didn't have to listen to and watch my drunk dad anymore. Well actually- I started drinking.
Drink To Forget
I did it to relax and forget about reality. It was fun but only for few months because I recalled that my home is not ok. I just wasn't able to see it. I haven't lived there anymore. I knew that my mother couldn't give me as much as my friends got but I know that she tried to give me everything she could. But truly, she gave me a lot... of time. I took it and quit. F*ck. I left her with problems and I felt like an ingrate a**hole. Furthermore, I was losing too. I realized that I can't waste more time. It's my obligation to be successful. I started to see how it really looked like. Well- like shit. I never dreamed about cars and big houses. I always wanted to help my family and be wealthy enough to secure my own one in future. And to have time for them.
Money. If I had some I would skip 90% of my biggest family problems. At the same time, I was sitting in college having fun. Drinking a cheap beer for my mother's money. F*ck. I felt like the biggest pussy on the Earth. Maybe I was really close?
Closer To Success
I knew that I wouldn't make a big difference in 5 years living like that. I lied to myself. I wanted to stay in college but at the same time, I felt ultra upset there. I decided to drop it, hustle and improve my coding skills. From this time I became obsessed. I worked on my things as long as I could. Earned enough money to live cheap and then worked on my things. Hustled here and hustled there. I dropped every other activity except hitting a gym. Actually, it helped me to refresh my mind. Now I'm stronger. Mainly mentally.
It took me a lot of time to develop my current mindset. Maybe half a year? To develop my work ethic and confidence. It's no longer the fake one that I had. No... I got it from my small wins. And I knew that in this period time I did more than my peers. Now ex peers?
I listed everything that I knew can help me in my mission and I started to do it.
So what I've done?
- I learned English. I speak this language whenever I can. Like calling some English speakers as often I can (more than in my native language). So now I'm pretty comfortable with it.
- Improved Android skills. A lot. I believe that I'm really close to the first freelance jobs.
- I started Android dev blog. Learned WordPress, set up a simple site and made 9 posts.
- Created few youtube videos that I won't publish. But now I know how to do it. I learned to code and speak better at the same time
- Learned some things about material design and used it in design tools
- Created about 75% of the app that I use in my first blog series. I learned a lot. Now I will make it easier.
- Finally earned some money to have more time for coding.
Magic of Goals
To be honest, I like this process. I try to plan as much as I can, to always know what to do. I learned to be more grateful and realized that I have a huge advantage. Most of my ex-peers still gets money from parents. They don't have to do anything. I think that I wouldn't have tried so hard if I had the same goods. Maybe somebody who was/is in a similar situation is reading it and thinks that he is a victim. Actually, you are not. My living conditions are probably worse than most of my friends. But I don't care. I buy my time. Now I'm hustling from the bottom of my heart. Lol. I really like it. And I don't care if I do my app eating healthy oat-milk or gluten-free brownies outside. It's temporary. It's made on purpose. It's my choice. It's the magic of goals.
Why I post it?
I don't want to be a freelancer for 10 years. I want to use coding in my Fastlane journey and freelancing will provide me some money.
I will post here trying to add some value. This one is like the introduction but maybe somebody who is 1 year younger version of me will get something from it. I'm still at the beginning but I want to share knowledge as soon as I understand something. I didn't want to create thread out of context so that's how the first post looks like.
Sometimes rough childhood is a win. It makes people strong. Do you agree?
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