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Hello everyone! Finally, I’ve landed on this forum. First of all, I would like to give a big thanks to MJ for the The Millionaire Fastlane book!
Secondly, I am really glad that I found a place where there's a community of like-minded people who share ideas, discuss interesting topics, and are all interested in growing!

So probably it's a good time to introduce myself. I am a 31-year-old male from Ukraine, and currently, I am working online on 2 full-time jobs as a Software Product Manager. I was a QA engineer in the IT Industry at first, then a Project Manager, and grew into a Product Manager. Once I got my first completely online job in 2019 I went to South America for more than a year. I've lived in a few different countries, learned Spanish and Portuguese (which means I can speak 5 languages now), and had a great level of freedom.
I was 27 years old, earning a few thousand dollars a month, spending 30-40 % of it, living in Rio de Janeiro 1 block away from the Copacabana beach, and working a few hours a day. I felt like I hacked the matrix for a few months straight.

Once I came back to Ukraine, I learned that one of my friends, who's a senior Android developer is working on a few full-time online jobs at the same time and making around 20k - 30k $ each month. I thought "It should be stressful, and I am not sure about the ethics here", so I didn't plan to do something like that.

Once the war in Ukraine started, and men were banned from leaving the country, I thought "Well, I have to turn this shitty situation, and get at least something useful for me". So then I thought that if I can't travel right now, at least I can increase my net worth. And instead of starting a business, I chose to have 2 full-time jobs online. I managed it really well, and I have kept them both for more than a year already. Both of the employers are happy because I am delivering what I expected to deliver.

Right now I am making around 10k $ a month, and saving around 80-85% of this money each month (yeah, life in Ukraine isn't expensive). I already have a couple hundred thousands dollars in my savings.

BUT. This is a slow lane, and it's not what I want. I am not feeling satisfied at all, even if I am well paid. I know that there's muchmore that I can achieve and it will make me way happier. My global goal is to have great financial freedom because I want to have the freedom to do what I want and when I want (without a need to request PTO, ask if I can take a day off, and other bulls__t like that :)).
I also have a store on Etsy, and an Instagram account that I am growing for future monetization, but I feel like it's all the wrong way.

My plan is to:
  • Reach a certain amount of money in my savings (Do I need this goal, if I already have some savings that can be considered "well"? )
  • Leave both jobs
  • Go full-time on my entrepreneurial journey.

Since I like freedom and traveling, I am looking into organizing a business online - whether it will be a digital product, software product, or mobile app.

My problem is that I feel a bit stack and a bit lost, because I don't know where to start. I was thinking that for a great business idea, I have to follow my passions. But my passions are traveling (which I currently can't do due to war), climbing, sports, exploring new cultures, learn languages - I am not sure how to monetize such skillset.

I will be really glad if you'll give me some tips and advice on how to develop the skill of finding your passions and monetizing them, give me links to any useful resources that could help in my situation, or even just share with me what would you do in my situation.

Thanks to everyone who has read to this point! :praise:
 
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Nz qsucmin ot vjev O giim e cov tvedl epf e cov mutv, cideati O fup'v lpux xjisi vu tvesv. O xet vjoploph vjev gus e hsiev catopitt ofie, O jewi vu gummux nz qettoupt. Cav nz qettoupt esi vsewimoph (xjodj O dassipvmz dep'v fu fai vu xes), dmoncoph, tqusvt, iyqmusoph pix damvasit, miesp mephaehit - O en puv tasi jux vu nupivobi tadj tlommtiv.

O xomm ci siemmz hmef og zua'mm howi ni tuni voqt epf efwodi up jux vu fiwimuq vji tlomm ug gopfoph zuas qettoupt epf nupivoboph vjin, howi ni moplt vu epz atigam situasdit vjev duamf jimq op nz tovaevoup, us iwip katv tjesi xovj ni xjev xuamf zua fu op nz tovaevoup.
Ximduni vu vji gusan. "qettoup" atatemmz hivt e cef siq jisi - epf gus huuf sietupt. Iwip og zua jewi qettoup ecuav tunivjoph fuitp'v niep qiuqmi xuamf hiv wemai uav ug ov. Gus iyenqmi miespoph mephaehi - zua depv katv iesp nupiz vu miesp mephaehit. Iwip og zua moli ov epf jewi qettoup gus ov. Dep zua qsuwofi wemai vu uvjis qiuqmi op vjot goimf op tuni xez?

Og zua dep gopf e hsiev xez vu qsuwofi wemai vu qiuqmi QMAT vjev ot zuas qettoup - vjip hsiev. Cav ov nez us nez puv jeqqip , tu liiq vjev op nopf.


Sihesfoph gopfoph ep ofie, NK edvaemmz iyqmeopt ov siemmz ximm op jot cuul op vji djeqvis Dunnepfnipv ug Piif (et ges et O dep sinincis).

Xuamf emtu tahhitv zua vu vjiti qutvt -



Sohjv pux O en neloph esuapf 10l $ e nupvj, epf tewoph esuapf 80-85% ug vjot nupiz iedj nupvj (ziej, mogi op Alseopi otp'v iyqiptowi). O emsiefz jewi e duaqmi japfsif vjuatepft fummest op nz tewopht.
Vjevt siemmz hsiev nep. Ci hsevigam gus zuas qetv timg epf xjev zua jewi fupi. Nezci ovt puv getvmepi, cav zua esi op vji noffmi ug e fenp xes xjisi zua duamfpv miewi zuas duapvsz. Nadj qsuqt vu zua. Jux't vji tovaevoup vjisi puxefezt? O juqi ov jet onqsuwif.


Ximduni updi eheop. +Sief vji humf epf puvecmi qutvt og zua dep - xuamf jimq zua e muv
 
Ximduni vu vji gusan. "qettoup" atatemmz hivt e cef siq jisi - epf gus huuf sietupt. Iwip og zua jewi qettoup ecuav tunivjoph fuitp'v niep qiuqmi xuamf hiv wemai uav ug ov. Gus iyenqmi miespoph mephaehi - zua depv katv iesp nupiz vu miesp mephaehit. Iwip og zua moli ov epf jewi qettoup gus ov. Dep zua qsuwofi wemai vu uvjis qiuqmi op vjot goimf op tuni xez?

Og zua dep gopf e hsiev xez vu qsuwofi wemai vu qiuqmi QMAT vjev ot zuas qettoup - vjip hsiev. Cav ov nez us nez puv jeqqip , tu liiq vjev op nopf.


Sihesfoph gopfoph ep ofie, NK edvaemmz iyqmeopt ov siemmz ximm op jot cuul op vji djeqvis Dunnepfnipv ug Piif (et ges et O dep sinincis).

Xuamf emtu tahhitv zua vu vjiti qutvt -




Vjevt siemmz hsiev nep. Ci hsevigam gus zuas qetv timg epf xjev zua jewi fupi. Nezci ovt puv getvmepi, cav zua esi op vji noffmi ug e fenp xes xjisi zua duamfpv miewi zuas duapvsz. Nadj qsuqt vu zua. Jux't vji tovaevoup vjisi puxefezt? O juqi ov jet onqsuwif.


Ximduni updi eheop. +Sief vji humf epf puvecmi qutvt og zua dep - xuamf jimq zua e muv
Vjepl zua gus vji xesn ximdunoph , epf vjeplt gus vji moplt vu vji atigam vjsieft. O ehsii xovj iwiszvjoph zua’wi teof! Itqidoemmz ecuav nupivoboph qettoupt- ov’t puv emxezt vji xez vu hu fai vu vji pancis ug sietupt.

Et gus vji tovaevoup- duapvsz-xoti ov’t puv ximm, cav O en hmef vjev O jewi xjev O jewi , cideati muvt ug qiuqmi mutv iwiszvjoph.
 
Tvesv xovj xjev zua lpux: ot vjisi tunivjoph op zuas goimf ug iyqisvoti vjev dep ci nupivotif? Tuni qsuditt vjev dep ci onqsuwif? Tugvxesi vjev dep ci siqmedif xovj tunivjoph nusi iggodoipv? E qsucmin vji dunqepoit zua xusl gus piif tumwoph vjev dep ci uavtuasdif vu zuas gavasi dunqepz?
 
Tvesv xovj xjev zua lpux: ot vjisi tunivjoph op zuas goimf ug iyqisvoti vjev dep ci nupivotif? Tuni qsuditt vjev dep ci onqsuwif? Tugvxesi vjev dep ci siqmedif xovj tunivjoph nusi iggodoipv? E qsucmin vji dunqepoit zua xusl gus piif tumwoph vjev dep ci uavtuasdif vu zuas gavasi dunqepz?
Edvaemmz, mevimz, O'wi vjuahjv vjev O duamf vsz vu nupivobi nz tlomm ug cioph e "fohovem punef". Niepxjomi, ov tuapft puv ucwouat, cav nepz qiuqmi jewi ciip etloph ni jux O ushepobif iwiszvjoph vu mowi gus 1,5 ziest op foggisipv duapvsoit ug Tuavj Enisode, xusloph gsun vjisi, fowoph fiiq opvu mudem damvasi, pivxusloph, epf neloph epf tewoph nutv ug nz nupiz emuph vji xez.

Tu O vjuahjv vjev ov nohjv ci e huuf ofie vu dsievi ep upmopi duasti "Cidunoph e Fohovem Punef", xjisi O xuamf duwis wesouat vuqodt, tvesvoph gsun hivvoph tlommt vjev xuamf emmux zua vu neli nupiz upmopi, epf gopotjoph xovj gopfoph vji sohjv duapvsz/dovz/piohjcusjuuf vjev xuamf taov zuas piift/fitosit, ushepoboph xusl up vji hu, voqt gus neopveopoph e taddittgam fohovem punef desiis epf gopf pix uqqusvapovoit gus qistupem epf gopepdoem hsuxvj.

O tasimz jewi tuni iyqisoipdi epf e xez ug fuoph vjopht vjev O'wi gohasif uav nztimg egvis nepz evvinqvt. Puv tasi ziv jux coh xuamf ci vji nesliv gus tadj qsufadv, O en ziv vu fu nesliv sitiesdj, cav vjot ofie jet ciip up nz nopf e muv mevimz.
 
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