Hi, I’m Helene and I’m from Belgium. I’m 20 and I’ve been a college student for the past 3 years, studying engineering and architecture (a double diploma to get a “good job”… no comment). I’ve worked hard to get good grades, even making the best project of my year last December… but I’ve always felt like there was more than just working every day and sometimes at night to get my projects done (as most architects do!).
Last year I’ve had my first glance at financial freedom: Forex trading. Since I lived at my mom’s (and still do), she showed me the website of a fx trader, travelling the world while earning 10 000$ a month. I was mesmerized. I started learning about trading and opened a demo account, and started being profitable, earning 10%/month, but still in demo. At that times I was convinced I could make trading a living within a few years of hard work. Then when I first traded live, blew up my account. Great. I worked hard, took courses, and returned to demo and changed my system, and developed a good risk management, working every day on it to make it better, always thinking : There must be a way of being really profitable. All that when being an architectural engineering student and passing my year (I am a woman I multitask).
In June, discussing with one of my best friends and fellow student, I realized that I didn’t want to make architecture a living, and I was just fed up. But I didn’t know what to do instead… I sure didn’t want to go back to university, even if most people I talk with want to push me that way. (In Belgium we have the chance of having very cheap college fees: about 875€ a year, so literally you have “no excuses” to not having a diploma, except being really dumb)
I started working quite a lot on myself, to know better who I wanted to be: reading self-development books, going to a psychologist (I have my fair share of traumas), knowing that I have huge mental blocks. It helped me a lot but I still didn't have a clue what to do for living. I then decided I would take a gap year to find what I really want to do, and have a better mental health, having a job to make money and be independent. It seems a bit crazy but I wanted to take a working holiday in Australia to get out of my comfort zone, and out of the slow-laners of my entourage.
Then last week I came across The Millionaire Fastlane , and it was a huuuge punch in the face for me. I haven’t finished it yet, but I started to see things differently. What if I developed my own business to be independent? It’s difficult to admit but I think forex trading like I’m still doing it isn’t going to take me anywhere. Maybe if I trade for other businesses I can take it to another level but I don’t think I’m ready for that.
So here’s my story! I’m a bit lost now, I really don’t know what to do, where to start. I have plenty of interests, from psychology to economics, and maybe it's a bit too much. I really want to take that “gap year” (it’s more an excuse to immigrate and completely start over, I have literally nothing holding me back) but it seems like I’m not going anywhere with the corona crisis. Well, for now. I don’t know if continuing trading is a good idea, or if I can spend my time for developing more useful skills. And I have no clue what to do instead. Any ideas?
Looking forward to read your comments and advice!
Last year I’ve had my first glance at financial freedom: Forex trading. Since I lived at my mom’s (and still do), she showed me the website of a fx trader, travelling the world while earning 10 000$ a month. I was mesmerized. I started learning about trading and opened a demo account, and started being profitable, earning 10%/month, but still in demo. At that times I was convinced I could make trading a living within a few years of hard work. Then when I first traded live, blew up my account. Great. I worked hard, took courses, and returned to demo and changed my system, and developed a good risk management, working every day on it to make it better, always thinking : There must be a way of being really profitable. All that when being an architectural engineering student and passing my year (I am a woman I multitask).
In June, discussing with one of my best friends and fellow student, I realized that I didn’t want to make architecture a living, and I was just fed up. But I didn’t know what to do instead… I sure didn’t want to go back to university, even if most people I talk with want to push me that way. (In Belgium we have the chance of having very cheap college fees: about 875€ a year, so literally you have “no excuses” to not having a diploma, except being really dumb)
I started working quite a lot on myself, to know better who I wanted to be: reading self-development books, going to a psychologist (I have my fair share of traumas), knowing that I have huge mental blocks. It helped me a lot but I still didn't have a clue what to do for living. I then decided I would take a gap year to find what I really want to do, and have a better mental health, having a job to make money and be independent. It seems a bit crazy but I wanted to take a working holiday in Australia to get out of my comfort zone, and out of the slow-laners of my entourage.
Then last week I came across The Millionaire Fastlane , and it was a huuuge punch in the face for me. I haven’t finished it yet, but I started to see things differently. What if I developed my own business to be independent? It’s difficult to admit but I think forex trading like I’m still doing it isn’t going to take me anywhere. Maybe if I trade for other businesses I can take it to another level but I don’t think I’m ready for that.
So here’s my story! I’m a bit lost now, I really don’t know what to do, where to start. I have plenty of interests, from psychology to economics, and maybe it's a bit too much. I really want to take that “gap year” (it’s more an excuse to immigrate and completely start over, I have literally nothing holding me back) but it seems like I’m not going anywhere with the corona crisis. Well, for now. I don’t know if continuing trading is a good idea, or if I can spend my time for developing more useful skills. And I have no clue what to do instead. Any ideas?
Looking forward to read your comments and advice!
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