TheaBorns
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Thea
My name is Theodora and I am so happy to be here on this forum. I am really looking forward to finding useful information and learning about experiences of like-minded people.
First a few things about me. I am 20 years old, from Serbia but currently living in Vienna, Austria where I have a job as a babysitter/English tutor/housekeeper (it's called Au Pair). Ever since I was a kid I knew that I wanted to live in another country, I am not going to go into much detail about that but the point is I knew there was something more and that I needed to find it.
I finished high-school when I was 18 and because my parents didn't have any money to finance my studies abroad and decided to take a gap year, work and save up to leave. That was my first job and it was a priceless experience because it opened my eyes and really motivated me to leave and never come back. After a year I knew that I was still pretty short on money but I decided that was not going to stop me. So I basically left home with some cash that I had saved up and some that I borrowed from a friend.
It may not sound like much but to me that was a huge risk and I am really proud of myself for making that choice even though the circumstances weren't remotely favourable.
Shortly after moving to Vienna I realized that to finance my studies I would have to take another gap year to work and save up money, so I found this job. So far it has been good, but it's not even close to my vision of what life should be like. I have zero free time, all of my time is dedicated to work and the money that I am earning I can't spend because I have to save every dime for college.
A month ago it got really bad, I started to feel depressed and that's when I stumbled upon TMF book. It really lifted me up and gave me the strength to pull myself together. It changed the way I perceive life but at the same time it made me question my choices.
Now I am not sure if I should start college or not. I am not too excited about wasting 5 years of my life on an education I can barely afford and don't see much purpose in (I am supposed to study English). But if I don't go to college I don't know what else to do. I am not particularly good or talented at anything and I am really scared that I will never find my true calling. That's why I joined this forum. I need answers, I need some kind of guidance and hopefully this is the right place to find it.
I am reading and learning a lot: self-improvement, psychology, autobiographies of successful people, law of attraction, visualisation.. basically anything I can get my hands on that has to do with success and making life worth living. What makes life worth living for me is freedom and freedom means money at least the kind of freedom I have in mind for myself and my family. Despite all of that I still haven't got a slightest clue as to what I should be doing with my life and yet I want so much of it. I am doing my best to remain positive but I need to start making some real plans because this all just seems to me as a delay of action but I don't know which action to take!
Anyway, that's it. Any advice, help or insight would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading my story!First a few things about me. I am 20 years old, from Serbia but currently living in Vienna, Austria where I have a job as a babysitter/English tutor/housekeeper (it's called Au Pair). Ever since I was a kid I knew that I wanted to live in another country, I am not going to go into much detail about that but the point is I knew there was something more and that I needed to find it.
I finished high-school when I was 18 and because my parents didn't have any money to finance my studies abroad and decided to take a gap year, work and save up to leave. That was my first job and it was a priceless experience because it opened my eyes and really motivated me to leave and never come back. After a year I knew that I was still pretty short on money but I decided that was not going to stop me. So I basically left home with some cash that I had saved up and some that I borrowed from a friend.
It may not sound like much but to me that was a huge risk and I am really proud of myself for making that choice even though the circumstances weren't remotely favourable.
Shortly after moving to Vienna I realized that to finance my studies I would have to take another gap year to work and save up money, so I found this job. So far it has been good, but it's not even close to my vision of what life should be like. I have zero free time, all of my time is dedicated to work and the money that I am earning I can't spend because I have to save every dime for college.
A month ago it got really bad, I started to feel depressed and that's when I stumbled upon TMF book. It really lifted me up and gave me the strength to pull myself together. It changed the way I perceive life but at the same time it made me question my choices.
Now I am not sure if I should start college or not. I am not too excited about wasting 5 years of my life on an education I can barely afford and don't see much purpose in (I am supposed to study English). But if I don't go to college I don't know what else to do. I am not particularly good or talented at anything and I am really scared that I will never find my true calling. That's why I joined this forum. I need answers, I need some kind of guidance and hopefully this is the right place to find it.
I am reading and learning a lot: self-improvement, psychology, autobiographies of successful people, law of attraction, visualisation.. basically anything I can get my hands on that has to do with success and making life worth living. What makes life worth living for me is freedom and freedom means money at least the kind of freedom I have in mind for myself and my family. Despite all of that I still haven't got a slightest clue as to what I should be doing with my life and yet I want so much of it. I am doing my best to remain positive but I need to start making some real plans because this all just seems to me as a delay of action but I don't know which action to take!
Anyway, that's it. Any advice, help or insight would be much appreciated.
Thea
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