Trust the Process

[$MakingMitch]

I’m not a fan of a huge wall of text so I’ll try to list out the life events pertinent to my career / this forum
Here’s a list of the past couple of years and what I’ve been up to

18 years old
2012 - Finish High school and start attending college like a lot of my friends
Started my undergraduate in medicine because my parents told me it was a good idea
Also when I started taking on student loan debt to attend an out of the state university

20 years old
2014 - Read MJ DeMarco's Millionaire fast lane
Still walking in the slow lane the opposite way and taking on more student loan debt
I also read a lot of slow lane financial books around that time so it took some time for the information to hit me

22 years old
2016 - Dropped out of college, decide to no longer pursue medicine, and refuse to take on more debt
All of my peers and inner circle believe I’m either crazy or an idiot for not getting a college degree in anything even if it’s useless
A lot of conversations about how I’m going to be a loser in life and how useful “good” debt can be for getting ahead in life

23 years old
2017 - Seriously started learning how to code and program websites for free
Moved out to the Bay Area and started attending technology meetups
Started dropping a lot of peers and friends who weren’t moving in this direction

26 years old
2020 - Landed my first full-time Software Engineering role and started barely making a six-figure income during pandemic lockdown
Started getting praise from the same people who believed I was an idiot or crazy a couple of years ago for dropping out of college
Considered “successful” by slow lane standards but still had to pay off student loans

27 years old
2021 - Followed a slow lane guru’s baby steps to pay off all my student loans (no other debt) and became debt-free
Saved an emergency fund of 6 months expenses and refuse to go back into debt again for any reason
Joined the fast lane forum and started lurking the site


Looking forward, since I already have the skills for building out a website I was looking to get into drop shipping / eCommerce
I plan on starting with a year of emergency fund savings and company stock

Regardless of any setbacks, my start date is 2 months out March 1st 2022

5 years from now I want to be a millionaire at 31 and buy some “bargain” property in cash at a foreclosure or estate for a primary residence
10 years from now ideally have a single or multiple businesses started/sold
Outside of work, exercise, and reading some books I don’t plan on doing anything else outside of Entrepreneurship

Not looking to buy expensive stuff to show off to other people or to create envy/jealousy in others (I’m a minimalist)
I want to buy back some time in my life and have Financial Independence (skipping the retire early portion)
Co-void and the Pandemic taught me that even if you follow the slow lane you can’t control being fired from your job or a stock market crash

I would prefer to make $1 million dollars while I'm young since no one is guaranteed tomorrow
Trust the process

 

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[WJK]

O’n puv e gep ug e jahi xemm ug viyv tu O’mm vsz vu motv uav vji mogi iwipvt qisvopipv vu nz desiis / vjot gusan
Jisi’t e motv ug vji qetv duaqmi ug ziest epf xjev O’wi ciip aq vu

18 ziest umf
2012 - Gopotj Johj tdjuum epf tvesv evvipfoph dummihi moli e muv ug nz gsoipft dmett
Tvesvif nz apfishsefaevi op nifodopi cideati nz qesipvt vumf ni ov xet e huuf ofie
Vjot ot emtu xjip O tvesvif veloph up tvafipv muep ficv vu evvipf ep uav ug vji tvevi apowistovz

20 ziest umf
2014 - Sief NK Finesdu Nommoupeosi getv mepi
Tvomm xemloph op vji tmux mepi vji uqqutovi xez epf veloph up nusi tvafipv muep ficv
O emtu sief e muv ug tmux mepi gopepdoem cuult esuapf vjev voni tu ov vuul tuni voni gus vji opgusnevoup vu jov ni

22 ziest umf
2016 - Fsuqqif uav ug dummihi, fidofi vu pu muphis qastai nifodopi epf sigati vu veli up nusi ficv
Emm ug nz qiist epf oppis dosdmi cimoiwi O’n iovjis dsebz us ep ofouv gus puv hivvoph e dummihi fihsii op epzvjoph iwip og ov’t atimitt
E muv ug dupwistevoupt ecuav jux O’n huoph vu ci e mutis op mogi epf jux atigam “huuf” ficv dep ci gus hivvoph ejief op mogi

23 ziest umf
2017 - Tisouatmz tvesvif miespoph jux vu dufi epf qsuhsen xictovit gus gsii
Nuwif uav vu vji Cez Esie epf tvesvif evvipfoph vidjpumuhz niivaqt
Tvesvif fsuqqoph e muv ug qiist epf gsoipft xju xisip’v nuwoph op vjot fosidvoup

26 ziest umf
2020 - Mepfif nz gostv gamm voni Tugvxesi Iphopiisoph sumi epf tvesvif cesimz neloph e toy gohasi opduni fasoph qepfinod mudlfuxp
Tvesvif hivvoph qseoti gsun vji teni qiuqmi xju cimoiwif O xet ep ofouv us dsebz e duaqmi ziest ehu gus fsuqqoph uav ug dummihi
Duptofisif “taddittgam” cz tmux mepi tvepfesft cav tvomm jef vu qez ugg tvafipv muept

27 ziest umf
2021 - Gummuxif e tmux mepi hasa’t cecz tviqt vu qez ugg emm nz tvafipv muept (pu uvjis ficv) epf cideni ficv gsii
Tewif ep inishipdz gapf ug 6 nupvjt iyqiptit epf sigati vu hu cedl opvu ficv eheop gus epz sietup
Kuopif vji getv mepi gusan epf tvesvif masloph vji tovi


Muuloph gusxesf, topdi O emsiefz jewi vji tlommt gus caomfoph uav e xictovi O xet muuloph vu hiv opvu fsuq tjoqqoph / iDunnisdi
O qmep up tvesvoph xovj e zies inishipdz gapf tewopht epf dunqepz tvudl
Sihesfmitt ug epz tivcedlt
Nz tvesv fevi ot 2 nupvjt uav Nesdj 1tv 2022

5 ziest gsun pux O xepv vu ci e nommoupeosi ev 31 epf caz tuni “cesheop” qsuqisvz op detj ev e gusidmutasi us itvevi gus e qsonesz sitofipdi
10 ziest gsun pux ofiemmz jewi e tophmi us namvoqmi catopittit tvesvif / tumf
Uavtofi ug xusl, iyisdoti epf siefoph tuni cuult O fup’v qmep up fuoph epzvjoph imti uavtofi ug Ipvsiqsipiastjoq

Puv muuloph vu caz iyqiptowi tvagg vu tjux ugg vu uvjis qiuqmi us vu dsievi ipwz / kiemuatz op uvjist (O’n e noponemotv)
O xepv vu caz cedl tuni voni op nz mogi epf jewi Gopepdoem Opfiqipfipdi (tloqqoph vji sivosi iesmz qusvoup)
Du-wuof epf vji Qepfinod veahjv ni vjev iwip og zua gummux vji tmux mepi zua dep’v dupvsum cioph gosif gsun zuas kuc us e tvudl nesliv dsetj

O xuamf qsigis vu neli $1 nommoup fummest xjomi O'n zuaph topdi pu upi ot haesepviif vunussux

Ov tuapft moli zua jewi e huuf tvesv. Liiq up liiqoph up...

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Exituni qsuhsitt nz gsoipf, figopovimz vji nelopht ug nadj cohhis tadditt. Ci qsuaf ug zuastimg!

 

[rsrs]

Ov’t podi vu ci up vjot gusan epf gopf moli nopfif qiuqmi. Tunivonit O fuacv vji qsuditt, cav siefoph zuas qsuhsitt O dep muul cedl ev nopi epf heop tuni ipishz (qistqidvowi).

O xotj zua emm vji citv!