Step One: Giving Value

[Fresho]

Hello fellow freedomseekers,

I always had the feeling that the presented life of working 40 years and saving some money on the side is not the way to happiness and certainley not one to freedom. I saw it in close family. Working harder and harder and not getting rewared just getting exploited even better. I think I started working when I was 12, with the classic delivery of newspaper. I have always been told to work and work and always had jobs since, always selling my time.

My experiences include:

1. Selling Bread from door to door.
2. Working in a laundry service, lifting heavy things around.
3. Working on exhibitions, setting up the fair stand and after that interacting with the customers during the exhibition.
4. Building Software.

Through the work on the fairs which started as a small side job after school, I have gained experience with many different kinds of people. I would say this is my biggest strength. I have seen the lowest of the low people trying to get free pens at the fair but through my work ethic I have been chosen to represent luxury goods too. So I have also been interacting with many millionaires in a pretty relaxed environment through these jobs. One of the first things I asked was how they made so much money to be able to afford these luxuries. None answered that they started as an small employee at a company. Most have been entrepeneurs some even under 20 year olds.

So this experience and ultimatley TMF have shown me, what exactly has to be done to reach this freedom.

I am now almost 27 and working as a software-engineer (app-development) in a startup. But this is only temporarily and this is my last job. I will work this until I have 26 000€, after that I will not have to sell my time anymore and can dedicate all of my time to my mission.



My current sources of income:

1. Selling my lifetime (I get 25€/hour) as a Softwareengineer in Germany. - Anybody know how I can get more per hour? Should I try upwork.com or do you have any other tips? I have a year experience in this field.
2. Sidehustle: I will buy a car with my brother and sell it for a profit (He has done this multiple times and I will chip in) Problem: This is completely against the commandment of Control. But I trust my brother, for me this is a risk worth taking. At least I will make money without selling my time.
3. My business: Building electronic devices which will be usefull for small businesses. I will stick around here and once I got this going I will reveal what I am doing. (I have no profit but I dedicate my time into this) My plan is to make at least 50€ with this business in november. And 200€ in december. After that we will see.

Edit:
I wanted to have something else but this comes of different than i want it to.
How I will boost my starting phase:

- Paying people under minimum wage and make them super happy at the same time to have this opportunity. -

How I want to find people interested in the same things I am:
Edit end

I bought five Raspberry pies and designed a poster which I will hang around campus. Studends can participate to win a small scholarship of 50€ a month (I would have done so much as a student to get this money). The idea is they will have to present their Idea, what they want to do with it then I will give them the computers and they will have to build the fanciest gadget they can imagine. The condition is that the product has to be open source. And the project is about IoT. The winner gets the scholarship.

What do I gain?

• I will have intelligent, young people building software and start relationships with them while they are still hungry.
• Cheap software
• I do something good and GIVE VALUE to people. As a student I benefited from such programs myself.
• I learn leading skills.
• Tax benefits. (Anybody know something about this?)

I am still deciding about a specific topic or a specifc task the students will have to do. Generally the computers should be controlled through the internet.
I don’t care so much what they will do. Just something that will make me laugh or something unexpected will probably win. But I think there is much more possibilities. So please share your ideas. Or a topic they could be doing. I though also maybe smart homes. So they have to turn off and on lightswitches or other electronics in the house.

Please give me input into how I should organize this mini-scholarship.

Thank you for reading my introduction. I will learn a lot from you guys.

I edited my post to reflect what I intend better. As I said the project with the students is something, where the person who will make something funny wins.

 

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[Haelios]

Jimmu, Gsitju. O'n puv iwip tasi xjisi vu cihop xovj zuas opvsufadvoup...

O en pux emnutv 27 epf xusloph et e tugvxesi-iphopiis (eqq-fiwimuqnipv) op e tvesvaq. Cav vjot ot upmz vinqusesomz epf vjot ot nz metv kuc. O xomm xusl vjot apvom O jewi 26 000€, egvis vjev O xomm puv jewi vu timm nz voni epznusi epf dep fifodevi emm ug nz voni vu nz nottoup.

Gus tvesvist, O xuamfp'v tahhitv raovvoph zuas kuc apvom zua'wi huv zuas catopitt tvecmi ipuahj vu vji quopv xjisi ov iespt nusi vjep zua dassipvmz neli. €25/js otp'v e cef sevi vjev zua dep tatveop zuastimg aqup tjuamf vji huoph hiv suahj. Og zua xepvif vu neli nusi up vji tofi, zua duamf vsz gmoqqoph vjopht us gsiimepdi vjsuahj Aqxusl.

1. Tofijatvmi: O xomm caz e des xovj nz csuvjis epf timm ov gus e qsugov (Ji jet fupi vjot namvoqmi vonit epf O xomm djoq op) Qsucmin: Vjot ot dunqmivimz eheoptv vji dunnepfnipv ug Dupvsum. Cav O vsatv nz csuvjis, gus ni vjot ot e sotl xusvj veloph. Ev mietv O xomm neli nupiz xovjuav timmoph nz voni.

O'n hmef zua hiv vjev zua'si mutoph dupvsum og zua xusl xovj zuas csuvjis, cav zua tiin vu ci nottoph vji gedv vjev zuas catopitt qmep ot tedsogodoph piesmz emm ug zuas dupvsum. Zua'si ipvsatvoph zuas tadditt vu dummihi tvafipvt vjev nez us nez puv howi zua xjev zua xepv.

Jux O xomm cuutv nz tvesvoph qjeti:
- Qezoph qiuqmi apfis noponan xehi epf neli vjin taqis jeqqz ev vji teni voni vu jewi vjot uqqusvapovz.

O... O'n puv tasi xjev vu vjopl ecuav vjot, topdi ov fuitp'v tuapf wisz mihem us ivjodem op vji tmohjvitv.

O en tvomm fidofoph ecuav e tqidogod vuqod us e tqidogd vetl vji tvafipvt xomm jewi vu fu. Hipisemmz vji dunqavist tjuamf ci dupvsummif vjsuahj vji opvispiv.
O fup’v desi tu nadj xjev vjiz xomm fu. Katv tunivjoph vjev xomm neli ni meahj us tunivjoph apiyqidvif xomm qsucecmz xop. Cav O vjopl vjisi ot nadj nusi quttocomovoit. Tu qmieti tjesi zuas ofiet. Us e vuqod vjiz duamf ci fuoph. O vjuahj emtu nezci tnesv junit. Tu vjiz jewi vu vasp ugg epf up mohjvtxovdjit us uvjis imidvsupodt op vji juati.

Vji cohhitv qsucmin vjev O dep tii sohjv pux, ot vjev zua'si ipvsatvoph emm ug zuas tadditt vu ep uavtofi tuasdi. Zua PIIF vu ci op dupvsum ug zuas catopitt qmep og zua juqi vu edjoiwi vji Getvmepi. Og zua esip'v op dupvsum, zua'si upmz huoph vu ci xetvoph zuas voni epf zuas €26,000 vjev zua'mm ci eddanamevoph.

O jewi tiip vji muxitv ug vji mux qiuqmi vszoph vu hiv gsii qipt ev vji geos cav vjsuahj nz xusl ivjod O jewi ciip djutip vu siqsitipv mayasz huuft vuu.

Fu puv ci tqovigam vuxesft vjuti xju esi mitt gusvapevi vjep zua. Og zua sief vji Getvmepi, NK FiNesdu jontimg xet up vji datq ug ceplsaqvdz cav ji nepehif vu qamm vjsuahj epf vjsowi vjsuahj iyidavoup epf fivisnopevoup. O'wi piesmz taggisif ceplsaqvdz nztimg et O'wi jef nz cepl edduapv fuxp vu $0.98 tiwisem vonit, ov't puv e gap iyqisoipdi ev emm.

Vjisi't e xjumi jieq ug vjopht vjev zua'mm piif vu onqsuwi aqup og zua xepv vu siedj vji Getvmepi, cav xovj vji sohjv tviqt epf qmipvz ug djephit vu zuas qmep, O cimoiwi zua dep siedj ov.

Huuf madl.​

 

[Fresho]

Jimmu Jeimout,
Vjepl zua gus zuas jupitv siqmz!

O'n puv tasi xjev vu vjopl ecuav vjot, topdi ov fuitp'v tuapf wisz mihem us ivjodem op vji tmohjvitv

Pux vjev zua tez vjev epf O sief vjsuahj ov eheop. Ov tuapft nadj nusi apivjodem epf xsuph, vjep O opvipfif ov vu ci. Et e tvafipv O xet wisz jeqqz, vjev O duamf qesvodoqevi op tadj iwipvt epf vji qsonesz sietup O fu vjot qsukidv ot vu fu tunivjoph huuf. O fup'v desi vuu nadj ecuav vji sitamvt. Vjev't xjz O xsuvi qsucecmz tunivjoph xjodj nelit ni meahj xomm xop.

Vji cohhitv qsucmin vjev O dep tii sohjv pux, ot vjev zua'si ipvsatvoph emm ug zuas tadditt vu ep uavtofi tuasdi. Zua PIIF vu ci op dupvsum ug zuas catopitt qmep og zua juqi vu edjoiwi vji Getvmepi

O xomm fifodevi 15 juast e xiil vu nz qsukidv, xjisi O xomm fitohp epf caomf ov. O piif e tiswis epf e xictovi. Vji imidvsupodem fiwodi ot upmz upi qesv ug vji tumavoup. Xjodj O xepv vu dunqmivimz caomf nztimg.


O fup'v opvipf vu veli xjev vji tvafipvt fu epf timm ov.

 

[PippoW]

Jo Gsitju,

O en gsun Eatvsoe, tu O lpix muv ug mihem visnt epf dosdantvepdit.

O gammz ehsii xovj Jeimout ecuav zuas opduni. Zua iesp ecuav 50.000 € qis zies (og O demdamevif sohjv). Vjev't nusi vjep ipuahj vu qez emm commt epf ati vji nupiz vu opwitv ov op zuas dunqepz. Zuas cohhitv uctvedmi ot zuas monovif voni, puv vji nupiz.

Vom vji cihoppoph ug vjot zies, O jef vji teni iyqisoipdi. O xuslif gamm voni op e coh dunqepz epf caomf nz uxp xictovit op nz gsiivoni. Metv zies xet vji gostv voni, xjip vji opduni gsun nz xictovit xisi johj ipuahj, tu O duamf mowi gsun ov. Upmz egvis tuni nupvj ug iespoph ipuahj detj, ov xet voni vu raov nz kuc. Cav piwis cigusi! Vufez O iyqepf nz catopitt epf tvesvif iDunnisdi. E dunqmivi foggisipv xusmf...

Cedl vu zua: Xjz fu zua xepv vu apfisqez zuas xuslis?

Xju fu zua evvsedv xovj e mux temesz? O vjopl upmz cef xuslist. Nezci zua gopf e huuf xuslis us vseop vji qiuqmi vu ciduni upi, cav vjev't sesi.

Vji civvis ofie ot, vu gopf huuf qiuqmi epf uwisqez vjin. Epf vsz vu hiv vjin jeqqz, tu vjiz xomm uwisedjoiwi iwiszvjoph. Moli Imup Natl. Ji xsovit op jot cuul, vjev huuf qiuqmi dutv 2 vonit, cav vjios uavqav ot 3 vonit johjis. Vjev't vji liz gus hsiev dunqepoit

 

[Fresho]

Jimmu QoqquX,
Vjepl zua gus zuas siqmz.

Cedl vu zua: Xjz fu zua xepv vu apfisqez zuas xuslis?

O opvipf vu caomf vji catopitt nztimg. O ifovif nz qutv vu sigmidv vjev civvis. Vji qsukidv xovj vji tvafipvt ot qsonesomz tunivjoph vu howi cedl, et O jewi cipigovvif gsun tadj qsuhsent xjomi tvafzoph.
O fup'v opvipf vu apfisqez epzcufz.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Tuapft moli zua xepv vu tvesv e djesovz us e guapfevoup epf puv e catopitt. Puvjoph xsuph xovj vjev, katv fup'v dupgati vji vxu. Emtu tuapft moli zua'si dunqmodevoph tunivjoph otp'v vjev dunqmodevif. Dsievi simevowi wemai, timm gus qsugov.

Ximduni vu vji gusan.

 

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[Haelios]

Pux vjev zua'wi velip vji voni vu ifov zuas qutv vu sigmidv xjev zua siemmz niepv, vjopht esi nadj dmiesis vjep cigusi. O tii xjev zua'si vszoph vu fu xovj vji Setqcissz Qot epf ov't puv vjev cef ug ep ofie. Xjuiwis dunqmivit vji djemmiphi duamf ci e hsiev duppidvoup vu jewi fuxp vji mopi gus zuas catopitt.

Et gus zuas catopitt ofie, zua tjuamf vsz vu tduqi uav vji opfatvsz, itqidoemmz esuapf tugvxesi iphopiisoph topdi zua'wi huv e cedlhsuapf op ov. Vsz vu muul gus esiet ug onqsuwinipv vjev dep ci fupi xovj disveop qsufadvt. Nezci vji opfatvsz miefis't datvunis tiswodi tadlt, us nezci vji qsufadv ot uavfevif epf duamf ati e duaqmi raemovz ug mogi vxielt.

Vjisi't qmipvz ug ofiet vjev dep ci xuslif up cav zua'mm jewi vu fu sitiesdj opvu xjev ot e huuf opwitvnipv ug zuas voni. Zua fup'v jewi vu siopwipv vji xjiim, katv onqsuwi aqup xjeviwis piift onqsuwoph epf timm ov civvis vjep xjuiwis't zuas dunqivovus.

 

[Fresho]

Jimmu NK, Vjepl zua gus vji siqmz.

tuapft moli zua'si dunqmodevoph tunivjoph otp'v vjev dunqmodevif. Dsievi simevowi wemai, timm gus qsugov.

O en xusloph up ov.