Throughout this past year it has come to my attention that most people do not think that they age. Regardless of your opinion, Im a big anti lockdowner for the simple fact that time is our greatest commodity and we will never get this past year back. I lived in a very pro lockdown/hard blue area for the past few years, and it was obvious that these people have drank the kool aide. Have a slowlane attitude, work a job you hate for 45 years, and hopefully, maybe, just maybe, you're healthy enough to enjoy 15 years of your life after 45 years of hell.
If time is truly our greatest commodity, this begs the question of alternatives to the fast lane. Im currently attempting to start my own business, and will probably fail and start a few others after this one. The question then becomes what if I keep failing? Lets say for a duration of 5 years. Would any of you jump ship and elect an alternative? Specifically a job that pays little but is otherwise fulfilling. What comes to mind to me is teaching, coaching and research/Academia (for certain fields, if you have high interest in them).
I personally do not think Ill ever go back to a corporate job for reasons Ive stated in my introduction post. But what would be bad about a job like being a high school teacher, assuming you like kids, teaching and coaching? To me it seems like a job that would allow you to pursue any side business youd like to have at basically a full time pace (ie you could work 2-8 mon-fri, weekends, and only have 180 days youd actually need to be in the classroom a year). Being that time is our greatest commodity, I view helping young people as one of the ultimate responsibilities one could have in life. Its probably what I would do after I achieved 8 figure wealth. Im sure many others on this forum have passion for helping others, social and scientific research, writing etc
The fastlane essentially promises "work x years on eventually selling specialized units of value and then live life however you want to with relative ease from y point on". If you would spend the years from y point on teaching kids or conducting research, and time is our biggest commodity, why waste time developing a specialized unit of value and instead dive straight into y point on, albeit for little pay?
This is more of a thought experiment rather than an argument against the fastlane, but I think its important to ponder it. Most of use have entered this type of life because weve rejected the script and do not care what others think of us. So if I dont value what others think of me, which means I dont care if I live in a small house with an average car (because I dont value it, and thus driving a mercedes and living in a 10 thousand sq foot house would create relatively little value in my own life), why invest anything into fastlane entrepreneurship at all? Why not just jump into y point on?
If time is truly our greatest commodity, this begs the question of alternatives to the fast lane. Im currently attempting to start my own business, and will probably fail and start a few others after this one. The question then becomes what if I keep failing? Lets say for a duration of 5 years. Would any of you jump ship and elect an alternative? Specifically a job that pays little but is otherwise fulfilling. What comes to mind to me is teaching, coaching and research/Academia (for certain fields, if you have high interest in them).
I personally do not think Ill ever go back to a corporate job for reasons Ive stated in my introduction post. But what would be bad about a job like being a high school teacher, assuming you like kids, teaching and coaching? To me it seems like a job that would allow you to pursue any side business youd like to have at basically a full time pace (ie you could work 2-8 mon-fri, weekends, and only have 180 days youd actually need to be in the classroom a year). Being that time is our greatest commodity, I view helping young people as one of the ultimate responsibilities one could have in life. Its probably what I would do after I achieved 8 figure wealth. Im sure many others on this forum have passion for helping others, social and scientific research, writing etc
The fastlane essentially promises "work x years on eventually selling specialized units of value and then live life however you want to with relative ease from y point on". If you would spend the years from y point on teaching kids or conducting research, and time is our biggest commodity, why waste time developing a specialized unit of value and instead dive straight into y point on, albeit for little pay?
This is more of a thought experiment rather than an argument against the fastlane, but I think its important to ponder it. Most of use have entered this type of life because weve rejected the script and do not care what others think of us. So if I dont value what others think of me, which means I dont care if I live in a small house with an average car (because I dont value it, and thus driving a mercedes and living in a 10 thousand sq foot house would create relatively little value in my own life), why invest anything into fastlane entrepreneurship at all? Why not just jump into y point on?
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