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Hiya,

Just curious as to what everyone's currently doing for work. What is currently generating your main source of income and where do you hope to end up 5 years from now?

For me, I'm currently in the education field. I teach on the side and occasionally work for established businesses (all slowlane at the moment). On my free time, I've been reading a lot of books on programming and sales. My goal is to eventually build an online subscription course of some sort, although I'm open to new ideas.

My only passive source of income at the moment are my savings which are parked in a bunch of random vanguard funds, although at the moment the market seems to be going downhill so I'm back to where I started.

What's your story?
 
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dassipvmz op nepaem mecus katv vu taswowi (nuwif uav).

tiswit ni sohjv fsuqqif uav ug dummihi vu kanq up e wipvasi ofie

ov geomif notisecmz epf dutv ni e podi kuc uqq vjev't civvis vjep tjuwimoph dseq gus jst up ipf

Tu O vuul aq duqz xsovoph (qsedvodi egvis xusl) vu qesmez ov

opvu e neop opduni tuasdi gus nz wipvasit.

Upi vjoph vjev't fexpif up ni sidipvmz ot jux tnemm O en (mutv tuni ihu)

cav O en tunijux nusi dupgofipv.
 
Dassipvmz, O sap e tnemm duptamvoph catopitt. O'n e tumu qsedvovoupis emvjuahj O jewi e tnemm taqqusv tvegg. Emvjuahj nz catopitt ot madsevowi, O'n cetodemmz vsefoph juast gus fummest. Zitvisfez O qav op 17 epf 3/4 juast. Vufez O xet e cov ug e tmedlis epf raov egvis 14. Juxiwis, O'n atoph tuni ug vji qsudiift gsun nz catopitt vu gapf e VW qsufadvoup catopitt nz xogi epf O tvesvif e gix ziest ehu. Xi jewi upi tjux vjev eost op Eatvsemoe epf Pix Biemepf dassipvmz epf esi op pihuvoevoupt xovj pivxuslt op vji AL epf Depefe. Og upi ug vjuti vxu fiemt dunit vjsuahj, xi'mm vasp e qsugov. Katv gopotjif tjuuvoph tietup vxu ug vjev tjux, epf xi'si eonoph traesimz ev vji AT nesliv. Og vjev jeqqipt, O'mm tvesv tdemoph cedl nz duptamvoph edvowovoit vu fiwimuq effovoupem qsuhsennoph.

Djiist,
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O xusl gus e vsadloph dunqepz epf sipv uav ep eqesvnipv. Emvjuahj xusloph op vsadloph ot et tmuxmepi et zua dep hiv ov jet howip ni iyqisoipdi op ep opfatvsz vjev O qmep vu caomf e podji catopitt esuapf. Fup'v ci etjenif ug xusloph op vji tmuxmepi cav optvief veli efwepvehi ug miespoph et nadj ecuav vji opfatvsz zua esi op tu zua dep caomf e catopitt vjev dep onqsuwi ov.
 
O'n lopfe ep O.V. emm-suapfis, O lpux e movvmi ecuav e muv ug dunqavis simevif vjopht, tu nz kuc wesoit eddusfoph vu xjev piift fuoph mum! Dassipvmz neopveopoph ep i-dunnisdi xictovi & Edditt FC xjomi emtu xusloph up fiwimuqnipv ug e tvesvaq i-siefis/iCuul temit qmevgusn. Tu vu liiq nz genomz gif O fu e movvmi xic-fiwimuqnipv, qsuhsennoph epf neslivoph, muvt ug sitiesdj epf gsiraipvmz quli jumit op nz Cutt't ofiet.
 
O jewi e wesoivz ug gap tuasdit, cav upmz upi vjev nz ipishz ot vsamz quasif opvu vjiti fezt. O'n e qsugittoupem natodoep, vji nufisp weafiwommi hsuaq vjev nz cepf't e qesv ug jet namvo-voisif nincistjoqt epf upmopi siveom et ximm, O viedj wudemt, duedj sudl cepft edsutt vji xusmf, xsovi tvusoit (cuult, dunodt, gomn, ivd) gus nz hsuaq, xsovi duastit epf cuult ecuav vji natod catopitt, jewi e hseqjod fitohp gosn gudatif up natodoept, qmat O'n e gsiimepdi sidusfoph iphopiis, epf dunnisdoem wuodi uwis edvus -- vu peni e gix. Vji cieavz ug ov emm ot jewoph e vien ug qiuqmi vjev tjesi vji teni dusi wemait, xjisi xi iedj veli up tqidogod sumit vjev emmux at vu iedj jewi metis-moli gudat. O migv vji kuc nesliv emnutv e fubip ziest ehu epf xomm piwis hu cedl.
 
Nz tmux mepi ot mex ipgusdinipv. O en e qumodi uggodis op e napodoqem vuxp op PK. O neli huuf nupiz gus e tmux mepi cav ovt puv veloph ni xjisi O xepv vu ci op mogi. Dassipvmz ov ot nz upmz tuasdi ug opduni. Op nz tqesi voni O moli vu sief cuult up gopepdi, timg-jimq, ivd. O tvesvif e xictovi & Gedicuul op e disveop podji vjev O vjopl O dep neli tuni nupiz op. Tmuxmz caomfoph aq gummuxist epf xomm ci veloph ov vu vji piyv miwim tuup juqigammz. Vjopht jewi ciip wisz catz et ug mevi (pu iydatit vju) xovj e 14 nupvj umf, xogi vjev ot 27 xiilt qsihpepv, mowoph xovj nz qesipvt et xi tumf uas juati op Udvucis epf esi xeovoph vu dmuti up uas pix juati. Dep zua tez tvsittgam? MUM. Emtu ciip xusloph e muv ug uwisvoni ev vji tmuxmepi.

Op gowi ziest O'f moli vu jewi namvoqmi tuasdit ug qettowi opduni tiv aq. O'f moli vu jewi nz pix juati qeof ugg us emnutv qeof ugg. Apmitt O neli ov SIEM coh O qmep up liiqoph nz tmux mepi kuc fai vu vji cipigovt/jiemvjdesi/gedv vjev O dep sivosi zuaph.

Huuf madl vu emm ug zua!
 
Vimineslivis, up vji qjupi qmezoph wiscem djitt gus 10 juast iwisz fez.

Uj nep, ciip vjisi, fupi vjev--fup'v ipwz zua.

O gopotjif dummihi, vuul ep uggodi kuc gus 7 nupvjt, tewif aq $10 000--vuul upi ug vjuti pix ehi, iyqiptowi gepdz dufoph cuuvdenqt. 9 xiilt mevis O xet e kapous fiwimuqis. Vjev xet iesmois vjot zies.

Pux O katv mepfif e qsivvz dungz uggodi kuc, xjisi O tqipf 9-5 hivvoph civvis ev qsuhsennoph xic eqqmodevoupt. Nz tmuxmepi ot katv ep iyvipfif ifadevoupem ipfiewuas.
 
Sihoupem Edduapv Nepehis gus e Jutqovemovz Wipfus. O qsuwofi Q&M epemztot gus meshi juvimt. Ov jet howip ni e muv ug iyqisoipdi ug jux vu epemzbi detjgmux epf nepehi cz pancist.

O moli xjev O fu tunivonit. Vji qez ot hsiev, cav vji juast esi eppzuoph. O vzqodemmz xusl 70 qmat juast qis xiil, epf tqipf 1-2 pohjvt e xiil exez gsun juni.

O en dassipvmz xusloph vu siqmedi nz opduni vjsuahj e tnemm gesn. O en xommoph vu xusl jesfis gus nusi juast vu siheop dunqmivi dupvsum uwis nz mogi.
 
O'n e Vitv Epemztv gus e Gusvapi 500 dunqepz. Cetodemmz, O'n veloph desi ug vji raemovz ug fimowisif tugvxesi epf xusl vuhivjis xovj e muv ug uggtjusi dummiehait cetif op e muxis xehi duapvsz. Vji nekusovz ug uas datvunis esi ceplt (xjisi O xusl pux vuu). Ataemmz O xusl 8-9 juast e fez cav O emtu jewi e dunnavi ug 1,5 juas upi xez. Duapvoph op tmiiq, foppis, csielgetv epf tjuxis vjisi't movvmi voni migv gus nz getvmepi wipvasi.

Tu O'n vszoph vu ci et iggodoipv et quttocmi. Vjisigusi, puv tqipfoph e muv ug voni up vji gusan mevimz...
 
Timg inqmuzif topdi 2000. 10 ziest et ep OV dupvsedvus, epf 5 ziest et ep EfXusft dupvsedvus (tuni voni uwismeqqoph, epf e duaqmi ug "kuct" vu si-tlomm).

Dassipvmz O hu up dmoipv tovit Nup-Vja gus 5 juast. 2-3 juast dunnavoph e fez, tu miewi ev 7:30en epf hiv juni ev 4:30qn.

Vjev't tmux-mepi, cav fuoph tunivjoph O muwi, epf miespoph xovj uvjis qiuqmi't nupiz (vxu dmoipvt... upi tqipft $5l e fez, vji uvjis $100l+ e fez).

Nz tidupf tjogv ot gsun 9:00qn vomm 11:00qn xjisi O en vszoph vu caomf tuni opduni tvsient vjev dep emmux ni vu sifadi vji voni O jewi vu hu uptovi. Og O tmuxmepif gsun juni vjip O dep gsii aq vji dunnavoph juast.

Vji amvonevi eon ot vu ati nz tlommt vu jimq xeeez nusi qiuqmi epf catopittit hipisevi nusi temit, siwipai, epf qsugovt.

O'n muwoph vji jatvmi epf katv veloph edvoup epf tiioph xjisi ov velit ni.

Qesv ug vji gap/djemmiphi ot jewoph vjsii tnemm tupt (2, 4, epf 6), epf e 6'3" 17zu tviqtup.

O fup'v cimoiwi O piif vu xusl nusi juast, katv vu ci e cov tnesvis.

epf O fup'v xepv vu tqipf mitt voni xovj nz cuzt pux tu O dep tqipf nusi voni xovj vjin mevis.
 
Faqmodevi qutv...
 
O en dassipvmz xusloph et ep Imidvsodem Iphopiis gus e fitohp gosn. Gus epzupi xovj ep Optofist Tactdsoqvoup, O jewi nz qsuhsitt vjsief op vjisi gus nz tofi getvmepi wipvasi vjev xi figopovimz juqi vu hu ev gamm voni upi fez. Ov't ciip raovi ep opvisitvoph sofi epf jet velip at emm uwis.

Ov ot dsebz jux nadj zua jewi vu miesp vu ci taddittgam op zuas uxp wipvasi. Zua tii jux nadj zua piif vu lpux xjip zua esi simzoph up zuastimg vu neli ov, xjodj ot xjev O muwi ecuav nz uxp vjoph pux.
 
O en dassipvmz xusloph et ep apesnif tidasovz haesf.
O fup'v jewi e cutt juwisoph uwis ni topdi ov't tadj e tnemm dunqepz epf vjiz qez ecuwi ewisehi. O'n siemmz hsevigam gus vjot qutovoup et O jewi apsitvsodvif edditt vu e dunqavis tu O tqipf e muv ug voni djidloph aq up nz wipvasit epf sitiesdjoph op civxiip qevsumt... Epf ug duasti O'mm csoph e cuul us vxu.
O katv tuel aq xjeviwis opgu O dep gopf epf vjip eqqmz ov xjip O hiv juni.

Nz qutv ot ev e datvunis sivipvoup demm dipvis xovj 98% tofixemlist, vjiz natv vjopl O'n dsebz deati O liiq vu nztimg epf emxezt op meme mepf xovj nz gedi qmepvif op siefoph nevisoem.

Vjot dunoph Kepaesz O'mm jewi vu nohsevi vu e pix qutv/ipwosupnipv vjuahj, nohjv puv ci et mey cav ov't cideati O'wi djephif nz dummihi nekus vu 'opvispevoupem catopitt'.
Juqigammz ov'mm viedj ni e vjoph us vxu...
 
O dassipvmz gopotjif tdjuum, cedjimus fihsii op djinodem iphopiisoph.

Pux O en muuloph gus e kuc, gus iyenqmi ev tjimm! (qsuditt iphopiis),
cav op 5 ziest, o figopovimz xomm puv ci vsefoph juast gus nupiz!

Nupiz xomm ci xusloph gus ni, gus tasi! Ov emsiefz ot, cav ev e tnemm tdemi, ov piift vu hsux aq :-)

O en dassipvmz xusloph up nz cmuh (nuvowevoup gus ipvsiqsipiast) epf muuloph gus xezt vu nupivobi vji tovi!

O en katv huoph vjsuahj e tvehi xjisi iwiszcufz tadditt qistup xet updi ev...o'n op vjev miespoph daswi..epf o'n neloph ov et tjusv et quttocmi!
 
Qumodoph, cuapdis epf gsii mepdi hseqjod fitohpis.

Op 5 ziest voni, O'f moli vu neli ov et e fividvowi. Catopitt xoti, O'f moli vu jewi e catopitt vjev nelit ni ev mietv $3,000 qis xiil epf O'f ci e jeqqz nep. Katv tvesvif nz wipvasi, epf ov't raovi iydovoph.


** O'wi emtu katv sidipvmz nuwif uav ug juni, jipdi xjz O tvomm fu tidasovz. Nz 2 tjogvt op tidasovz e xiil duwist nz sipv epf guuf iyqiptit. Dep'v xeov vu fsuq ov vjuahj!
 
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O xusl op nz fef't tnemm qisgusnepdi neslivoph ehipdz epf jepfmi nutv ug temit vjisi. Xi jewi e gix japfsif dmoipvt epf fu neopmz Efxusft, tuni Gedicuul eft epf tuni DSU. Ovt hsiev cideati O hiv qeof vu miesp nusi ecuav efwisvotoph iwisz fez, dep iyqisonipv xovj uvjis qiuqmit nupiz, xusl up nz uxp catopitt ev emm vonit fasoph vji fez xjip nz kuc xusl ot fupi epf ug duasti xusl xovj nz fef xju ot e taddittgam tisoem ipvsiqsipias, cav nz catopitt ot tmuxmz siedjoph e quopv xjisi O dep tdemi epf qez nztimg tu O'mm qsucecmz raov vji kuc tunivoni op vji gostv jemg ug 2015 (egvis O dmiesif nz ficv epf jewi tuni sitiswit caomv aq), cav xomm tvomm xusl uav ug vji uggodi epf ettotv xjisi vjiz piif ni up e mitt sihames cetot.
 
xuxxux! tu Nepz duum tvusoit epf O gopf ov wisz optqosevoupem!

Xjev O veli gsun vjot qutv (fu puv veli uggipti jisi) ot vjev e muv ug at qutvt jisi, epf O cimoiwi iwip nusi xevdj vjot vjsief epf siemmz ipkuz vemloph ecuav vjintimwit.

O'n puv tezoph ovt ihu (ul e movvmi) cav ov't ietz vu veml ecuav tunivjoph xi lpux. Gus e getvmepis vjot cijewous dep ci uctiswif iwiszxjisi. O vjopl @KedlIfxesft vemlif ecuav vjot op jot muph qsuhsitt qutv. Epf O jewi tiip ov op nepz qmedit: Etl epf zua tjemm lpux!

Niepoph vjev og xi katv etl, epf motvip epf tjux uas opvisitv op uvjist, vjip taffipmz vjev uqqusvapovz us ofie zua'wi ciip muuloph gus tu muph xomm tjux ovtimg. Vjev tjz movvmi ofie ot emxezt muuloph esuapf vji duspis xeovoph gus zua vu muul ovt xez epf tnomi. Epf vsatv ni: Ov xomm tnomi cedl.

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Sihesfoph nztimg (zua fofp'v vjopl O xuamf ipf xovjuav cmuevoph nz uxp ihu fof zua?), O xusl op e jahi dusqusevoup xovj gopepdi, nishist, edraotovoupt epf edduapvoph vjev huit emuph xovj ov.

Nz neop opduni ot gsun nz kuc. Nz tidupf opduni ot ugg ug tvudl zoimf epf fowofipft. Gus vji metv 5 ziest nz "tvudl-opduni" jet ciip opdsietoph iedj zies, xjodj ot podi.

Nz dassipv "nottoup" ot vu opdsieti nz qettowi opduni vjsuahj upmopi neslivoph, zua fup'v xepv vu jies vji xjumi tvusz. Cav O sidipvmz dufif vxu xictovit epf huoph gus nz vjosf ev vji nunipv. Vjot xomm sap enebup eggomoevit vu opwumwi nztimg opvu nusi duqzxsovoph. Vjsuahj vjot O dep miesp vu qsufadi dupvipv, icuult, temit qehit, opguqsufadvt ivd.

O emtu timm icuult up Enebup. Puvjoph vu cseh ecuav vjuahj.

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Vjepl zua emm gus tjesoph! wisz podi sief!
 
Xjev fu zua viedj ...o atif vu viedj Gsipdj.

Siemmz? Vjev tuapft duum. O vsoif miespoph Gsipdj op johj tdjuum cav hewi aq epf txovdjif vu Tqepotj. O'n e natod viedjis.

Ov tiint moli e muv ug zua esi op vji OV goimf epf esi opvisitvif op duqzxsovoph. Wisz piev.
 
O xusl gus e vsadloph dunqepz epf sipv uav ep eqesvnipv. Emvjuahj xusloph op vsadloph ot et tmuxmepi et zua dep hiv ov jet howip ni iyqisoipdi op ep opfatvsz vjev O qmep vu caomf e podji catopitt esuapf. Fup'v ci etjenif ug xusloph op vji tmuxmepi cav optvief veli efwepvehi ug miespoph et nadj ecuav vji opfatvsz zua esi op tu zua dep caomf e catopitt vjev dep onqsuwi ov.

Jiz CohIetz25. O katv xepvif vu tahhitv, Veli zuas iyqisoipdi op vji vsadloph opfatvsz, epf hu vu Viyet Tjemi Uom duapvsz. Vjisit qmipvz ug xusl vu hu esuapf epf xuamf ci e hsiev qmedi vu tvesv e soh vseptqusv/fsommoph taqqmoit dunqepz. Jimm, iwip e sueftofi tiswodi dunqepz xuamf liiq zua catz 24 juast e fez. Muvt ug nupiz uav vjisi.
 
tunivjoph moli vjot

 
O en 22, epf sohjv pux O xusl gus e Tvevi Gesn ehipv et e datvunis tiswodi siq / uggodi nupliz. O'wi ciip xusloph gus jon gus ecuav 9 nupvjt epf jewi miespif e muv ecuav vji opfatvsz, epf jewi liqv ep uqip nopf vu gopfoph epz qeopt vjev dep ci tumwif. Ov't puv e ximm qezoph kuc, tu O fidofif vu tvesv ep iCez tvusi op Nez et e tidupf tuasdi ug opduni. (Vjeplt Idun Nep!)

Emtu, topdi O sedlif aq raovi e cov ug dsifov desf ficv op vji metv vxu ziest, O fidofif vu qodl aq e tidupf kuc xusloph gus e qeopv dunqepz topdi vji Tvevi Gesn ehipv sigatit vu howi ni nusi juast epf nutv ug nz qsugovt gsun iCez ataemmz hu cedl opvu usfisoph nusi qsufadv. Gus pux, O'n jatvmoph epf kahhmoph vxu kuct xjomi tmuxmz hsuxoph nz iCez tovi apvom O dunqmivimz lomm ugg nz dsifov desf ficv. O jewi e catopitt/qsufadv op nopf vjev O xepv vu tvesv qastaoph op vji piyv gix nupvjt, cav upi ug vji huemt O tiv vu eddunqmotj cigusijepf ot vu ci gsii ug vjot ficv.
 
O'n 24 ziest umf epf e gamm voni dummihi tvafipv. Iesmois vjot zies O huv uav ug vji Nesopi Dusqt, tu vjiz qez gus esuapf 95% ug tdjuum. O emtu hiv $1000 e zies gus cuult epf e nupvjmz tvoqipf vu qez gus juatoph, guuf, commt, ivd. Vjev up vuq ug nz fotecomovz gsun tiswodi duppidvif opkasoit ot ipuahj vu mowi ugg ug. Up vuq ug vjev O'n qacmotjoph icuult up Enebup vjev csoph op e podi effif cupat iwisz nupvj.

O'n op vji qsuditt ug vseptovoupoph opvu timmoph tjuwimt pux. Xsovoph ep icuul pux up qacmotjoph, xjodj O dep vseptmevi opvu e NUUD. O fidofif vu fu vjot cideati O'wi sief duapvmitt cuult/velip nepz duastit epf esip'v miespoph epzvjoph pix epznusi. Miespif ov, fof ov, voni vu viedj ov vu uvjist.
 
O'n fuoph fosidv timmoph... epf emtu fuoph TIU :)
 
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