Hey guys. For all who don't know me I just turned 16 and I'm a junior in high school. I've been working on a protein ice-cream innovation since the beginning of summer and I've been going strong until a couple days ago. (I have a progress thread by the way)
Since school's started, I've had eight less hours a day to work on my idea. Okay, no problem, I can work extra on the weekends anyway. But I got a car and a new iphone for my birthday, (which I didn't ask for), and am expected to pay to keep those privileges. Okay, that's fine, teaches responsibility, even though I hadn't even asked for an iphone in the first place (The funny thing is I live in a middle-lower-class family. Pretty standard, right?)
So, because of these surprise gifts I'm expected to get a job. Okay, more money I can invest in my business. It turns out, though, that the combination of AP highschool classes + work + exercise + having a long-term girlfriend + homework + dual credit college classes, doesn't leave enough room for working on my new business idea (which by the way is my number one priority).
I've just been trying to make my parents happy up until now. I tell them my priority is school and college (I couldn't care less) and they let me go on my business. I've had only an hour a day of free time a day to work on my idea since school's started, and I haven't even gotten a job yet. When I got home at 7PM today (I hadn't exercised or even touched my business yet), and my stepdad told me to go and mow the lawns, I had some kind of mental breakdown.
Then I told my parents that maybe my job at Brookshires, my car, and my iphone wasn't as important as my dreams of creating my brand. I told them I wanted more time to work on my business, and a job just took away from that. That won't work for them though. They tell me that my business has turned into an obsession (guilty) and that my priorities should be SCHOOL and "LIVING A NORMAL TEENAGE LIFE."
I tell them that I disagree. I thank them for doing what they "know is best for me" but to me the risk is worth it, and the only thing that matters is my freedom, my success, and my business. At this point my mom literally threatens to call a therapist. At the end of the argument they come to the conclusion that the business is turning me into an insane person and it has to stop. They tell me the business can come after college and a job and being mediocre is okay. They tell me that one day I'll look back and regret not living a normal teenage life.
At the end of the argument they tell me I'm not allowed to work on my business anymore. They even told me that they were going to call my girlfriend's parents and tell them not to let me work there either. They tell me that I have to get a job, and that I have to go to college, and that I have no choice. They tell me I don't have what it takes and that only people with a ton of money could get something like this to work, and I have to forget about it. They tell me they won't let me pursue this and they sure as hell won't help me anymore.
I just don't know what to do anymore guys. I've never been this depressed in my entire life. I'm looking at the goals I've written down for the year right now and I'm crying. Right now I probably sound stupid as F*ck to all of you guys, but really it would mean the world to me to hear that at least one person believes in me, or at least one person thinks that maybe it can happen.
Thanks for reading guys.
Since school's started, I've had eight less hours a day to work on my idea. Okay, no problem, I can work extra on the weekends anyway. But I got a car and a new iphone for my birthday, (which I didn't ask for), and am expected to pay to keep those privileges. Okay, that's fine, teaches responsibility, even though I hadn't even asked for an iphone in the first place (The funny thing is I live in a middle-lower-class family. Pretty standard, right?)
So, because of these surprise gifts I'm expected to get a job. Okay, more money I can invest in my business. It turns out, though, that the combination of AP highschool classes + work + exercise + having a long-term girlfriend + homework + dual credit college classes, doesn't leave enough room for working on my new business idea (which by the way is my number one priority).
I've just been trying to make my parents happy up until now. I tell them my priority is school and college (I couldn't care less) and they let me go on my business. I've had only an hour a day of free time a day to work on my idea since school's started, and I haven't even gotten a job yet. When I got home at 7PM today (I hadn't exercised or even touched my business yet), and my stepdad told me to go and mow the lawns, I had some kind of mental breakdown.
Then I told my parents that maybe my job at Brookshires, my car, and my iphone wasn't as important as my dreams of creating my brand. I told them I wanted more time to work on my business, and a job just took away from that. That won't work for them though. They tell me that my business has turned into an obsession (guilty) and that my priorities should be SCHOOL and "LIVING A NORMAL TEENAGE LIFE."
I tell them that I disagree. I thank them for doing what they "know is best for me" but to me the risk is worth it, and the only thing that matters is my freedom, my success, and my business. At this point my mom literally threatens to call a therapist. At the end of the argument they come to the conclusion that the business is turning me into an insane person and it has to stop. They tell me the business can come after college and a job and being mediocre is okay. They tell me that one day I'll look back and regret not living a normal teenage life.
At the end of the argument they tell me I'm not allowed to work on my business anymore. They even told me that they were going to call my girlfriend's parents and tell them not to let me work there either. They tell me that I have to get a job, and that I have to go to college, and that I have no choice. They tell me I don't have what it takes and that only people with a ton of money could get something like this to work, and I have to forget about it. They tell me they won't let me pursue this and they sure as hell won't help me anymore.
I just don't know what to do anymore guys. I've never been this depressed in my entire life. I'm looking at the goals I've written down for the year right now and I'm crying. Right now I probably sound stupid as F*ck to all of you guys, but really it would mean the world to me to hear that at least one person believes in me, or at least one person thinks that maybe it can happen.
Thanks for reading guys.
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