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- Nov 19, 2023
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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:
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!
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!
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