Tr33
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Hey yall! I'm going to try and compress the last 7 years of my life into this post. If you read it, I hope it was enjoyable!
So I've just finished reading the Fastlane book first time, naturally full of energy and vigor to fly towards my dreams as far and fast as possible. I'm an Aussie living in Vancouver, BC for the last two months and currently reaping the benefits of my reckless side-walking behaviour of living beyond my means. This combined with the high living cost of living in this city has spurred me into gear. I came across this book via a top recommendation by a young fella who runs 4 Minute Books.
7 Years ago I had a serious car accident which I consider to be my rebirth, and I asked myself the big questions. 5 years ago was my first exposure into the fastlane/get rich quick with two friends. I went through some hoops, spent thousands (a lot for uni student!) on internet marketing and eBay seminar over the course of 2 years. At the time, I was chasing money and the work was rather demotivating. I could have put in more effort but juggling school, job and being a car nut my time was spread thinly. After some time I decided to take a break from "get rich", quit my job and focused on doing what I love: music.
Over the next few years I would dabble with cars, drop out of uni, fly to Vegas for a "personal development/financial" seminar and accumulated 10k credit card debt that I attempted to consolidate with a personal loan only to turn it into a 20k debt. This prompted me to get a job again and I worked my a$$ off for 6 months to utterly destroy it. But I never "fooled" myself into ever getting a full time job. Ever. Idiot. As you guessed, I hardly made progress with music.
I knew I wasn't going to stay at the job for long and eventually the politics became unbearable for my standards so I decided that maybe this was the last time I got a job. That year I basically lived very frugally and whored myself to science as a guinea which was fun and decent paying. I had some good money saved up from both job and clinical studies but the goddamn money pit car would simply suck me dry. I had the itch to travel far and wide so I sold the car which afforded me Hawaii for a few weeks with friends.
Fast forward to now, I still play music but after a handful days busking in Vancity I know I need to get a lot better. As the book states, you have to be exceptional to defy the slowlane which is going to take some time, maybe a year or two. And yes, forcing work on what you love does seem to jeopardise the love for it.
I'm living frugally by necessity not choice, I miss my cars and I recently picked a part time job again so it's time to get off the sidewalk, open the garage, change the battery and hit the fastlane!
Hope to see each other on the other side,
Tree
So I've just finished reading the Fastlane book first time, naturally full of energy and vigor to fly towards my dreams as far and fast as possible. I'm an Aussie living in Vancouver, BC for the last two months and currently reaping the benefits of my reckless side-walking behaviour of living beyond my means. This combined with the high living cost of living in this city has spurred me into gear. I came across this book via a top recommendation by a young fella who runs 4 Minute Books.
7 Years ago I had a serious car accident which I consider to be my rebirth, and I asked myself the big questions. 5 years ago was my first exposure into the fastlane/get rich quick with two friends. I went through some hoops, spent thousands (a lot for uni student!) on internet marketing and eBay seminar over the course of 2 years. At the time, I was chasing money and the work was rather demotivating. I could have put in more effort but juggling school, job and being a car nut my time was spread thinly. After some time I decided to take a break from "get rich", quit my job and focused on doing what I love: music.
Over the next few years I would dabble with cars, drop out of uni, fly to Vegas for a "personal development/financial" seminar and accumulated 10k credit card debt that I attempted to consolidate with a personal loan only to turn it into a 20k debt. This prompted me to get a job again and I worked my a$$ off for 6 months to utterly destroy it. But I never "fooled" myself into ever getting a full time job. Ever. Idiot. As you guessed, I hardly made progress with music.
I knew I wasn't going to stay at the job for long and eventually the politics became unbearable for my standards so I decided that maybe this was the last time I got a job. That year I basically lived very frugally and whored myself to science as a guinea which was fun and decent paying. I had some good money saved up from both job and clinical studies but the goddamn money pit car would simply suck me dry. I had the itch to travel far and wide so I sold the car which afforded me Hawaii for a few weeks with friends.
Fast forward to now, I still play music but after a handful days busking in Vancity I know I need to get a lot better. As the book states, you have to be exceptional to defy the slowlane which is going to take some time, maybe a year or two. And yes, forcing work on what you love does seem to jeopardise the love for it.
I'm living frugally by necessity not choice, I miss my cars and I recently picked a part time job again so it's time to get off the sidewalk, open the garage, change the battery and hit the fastlane!
Hope to see each other on the other side,
Tree
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