I'm new here my name is Michael but my friends call me Mikey. I'm 18 yo who recently graduated HS and not sure if I want to go on to college. I want to start my own business and have been researching every topic, niche, market possible but haven't found something that I'm confident in starting. I have so many different ideas running through my head from publishing, ecommerce, certain niche markets, so on and so forth. I guess I just haven't found the thing for me and that is where I feel stuck. My parents are pushing me to go to college and do nursing or pharmaceuticals which I'm not interested in. My dad started a few businesses of his own which have failed and they ended up filing for bankruptcy. Now anytime I talk about anything business related my parents see business as the "devil". I grew up seeing my dad making so many mistakes in his businesses which I would point out to him but he would always insult me, like what do I know about business. When I was a kid and myspace and a few other sites were a big deal I would make money by designing other people's sites and themes. I hustled a lot in school selling a whole bunch of random things and services. I love reading and TMF is by far the best business book I have ever read. It's funny because I always felt I had a different mindset very similar to the fastlane and never wanted to slave away for someone else's benefit. Reading the book made me feel like I wasn't the crazy one like my parents think because of how different my thinking is compared to theirs especially when it comes to opinions on work, education, and so on. My older siblings have also opened up my eyes to see what the slowlane is all about and I would never want to follow in their shoes. Seeing their mistakes has taught me a lot. My sister is married to a guy who makes 100k a year, gambles about half of it every year, both drive expensive cars they can barely afford payments on let alone maintenance. They are in way over their heads in debt, spend money on vacations, expensive clothes, tons of crap they don't need then have to borrow money to pay next month's rent or car payment. My bro who is also married doesn't gamble but him and his wife love to throw parties and everyone thinks they are so rich yet they are living from paycheck to paycheck. When I told my parent's that I'm not going to college and want to explore different business options they thought I had gone completely insane and are giving me til January to get out of this "phase" which they think I'm in and are expecting me to start college come Spring. I have 3k that I can use towards my business but for now I'm exploring all my options before I make any huge decisions. I'm really thankful to have come across TMF and this amazing forum and look forward to being a part of this community!
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