Hello Forum, Sidewalk Architect here.

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Hello fellow Fastlaners, after silent reading for a few weeks, it’s finally time to introduce myself.

My Name is Marcel and I'm from Austria. I'm 32 years old, am married, and have two children (a 3-year-old boy and a one-month-old girl.) I have recently finished my master's degree in architecture after many years of study and working 40 hours.

Over the last few years, I accumulated about 15k $ in debt, because of many stupid decisions I took living on the Sidewalk.

Last year I parted from the architecture office I worked for the last 10 years. I decided to try it on my own and started an agency for architectural visualization/photography. I made enough money to pay for our monthly costs (Combined with my wife's 20-hour job). I had trouble finding customers (Cold calling and sending out letters). The customers I had were very demanding and I had to work through weekends and nights to finish the projects on time. I decided it is time to finish my master's degree because it was always a bit of an excuse for me (I’ll start when I’ve finished my degree, … )

So I stopped working for four months and finished my thesis. Since then I started a 9 to 5 job again to sustain my family of four. I really had to readjust myself during the last months. I'm still unsure what to do with my agency because I think I overestimated the news for my services (It’s solving a problem many Architects decided themselves obviously). I have read about entrepreneurship passive income for some years, so I knew that my goal will be to build a business where I don’t have to trade (all) my time for money.

In the last month I both red TMF and UNSCRIPTED (Currently reading The Great Rat Race Escape ) because I saw the TMF Recommended on Reddit and it really rekindled my commitment to pursue my dreams. I started a journal with ideas and spent a few hours every day reading the threads in this goldmine Forum.

I really hope that I can commit and stay committed (One of my biggest problems… )
I'm so glad I found this great community. Thanks to all of you and of course especially to MJ

I feel like I forgot to mention some things, so please feel free to ask me anything!

 

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O xepvif vu imecusevi e cov nusi ecuav nz geomif qsukidvt epf xjz O vjopl vjiz geomif.

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Xjz O vjopl O geomif:

• O vjopl O hewi aq XEZ vuu iesmz
• O'n puv tasi og O tumwif e qsucmin
• Puv ipuahj qsunuvoup ( Ev vjot voni O vjuahjv og O katv meapdjif vji qehi qiuqmi xuamf gopf ov. )

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Xjz O vjopl O geomif:

• Eheop, hewi aq XEZ vuu iesmz
• Vjot voni O tumwif e qsucmin gus e wisz tnemm podji, tvomm puv tasi og vjisi xet ipuahj opvisitv.
• Neslivoph iggusvt epf Duqz esi puv taggodoipv.
• Nefi ov gus vji xsuph sietupt (raodl cadl wt. tatveopecmi catopitt)

O xuamf muwi vu jies zuas uqopoupt epf dsovorai.

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