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Hi guys, I just registered and found this forum after spending about 1.5 weeks reading about how to start my own business and entrepreneurship.
Unfortunately due to a number of reasons including medical and personal I had to drop out of my graduate program which I busted my a$$ to get into. I now have a pretty useless undergraduate degree and a 2 year gap on my resume with little work experience in my field of studies. I've been trying to get a job for months now in my field of study and also in unrelated fields with no avail. I even considered just taking a year to teach in China so that I could at least pay off some of my student loans and also do private tutoring on the side or an internship at a company to gain work experience and develop a new skillset while I teach in China, but unfortunately I've had recruiters tell me no school's want me because of my Asian face. Hearing that kind of stung a bit. I've only been offered potential teaching jobs in cities that most teacher's don't want to teach in for a measly salary. I have a large sum of student loans that I will need to start repaying back in about 6 months while interest is accruing right now. My room mate tried to manipulate me and get me to move out prematurely out of my lease because he wants to live with his brother and my lease is up at the end of September. My parents don't know about my current situation and would undoubtedly freak out, cut me off, and disown me if they found out and me ending up on the streets is a possibility.
I also live in the second most expensive city in Canada and rent is outrageous here. I've been going to the employment services centre almost everyday having the staff their help me out but they told me its just that the economy isn't good right now and that the competition is fierce and there's not a lot I can do. The only job I've managed to get so far is an online teaching job, however its paid by the minute and I don't have regular students, so far I've only made like $165 for 2 weeks worth of work which I can't survive on but its better then nothing. After continued failed attempts at trying to get a job here at home and being depressed for months, I decided to take matters into my own hands recently and learn how to create a business. I started reading blogs like location180 and started learning wordpress. I've created my first blog as a sort of testing/training ground and now I'm trying to decide how to take things to the next level. I'm completely new to all of this and it feels like I'm a lost puppy. It would helpful is I could get some guidance.
It seems copywriting and SEO writing is the next stage of skills development from what I have been reading. Once I make a little more money I'm hoping to create another blog and pay to host it on bluehost or something so that I can create a much better looking website as well as utilize affiliate marketing or something.
I'm pretty much at an all time low right in my life. Last year I got strung along and played hard by a chick in my class and I ended up finding out she was screwing multiple guys behind my back and that crap stung like a bitch, but I worked hard on myself and came back stronger, but it just seems life keeps on kicking the shit out of me no matter what. I keep on facing challenge and obstacles one after another and I'm really lost right now. My game plan at the moment is if I can't get a teaching gig in a city in China that I think I can live in and tolerate I will just accept a teaching job in a less desirable city and then when I get off of work, I would work on my business during my free time. I don't think getting a job here at home is very feasible as with the cost of living I wouldn't be able to save much of anything and it would take me 5+ years to pay off my student loans. Since I've started experiencing all these things happening in my life and me attempting to rectify my problems, I've noticed I've gotten a lot of haters and critics including really close friends. I seem to hear a lot of people tell me I can't do this or that. My best friend told me that I would never be able to have a successful business and doubted my ability. Several others just laughed and joked about my current situation. These were the same people who were laughing at my misfortunes last year regarding my dating situation and when I decided to do something about it and started getting some success and better results then them, they started verbally trying to put me down and pretty much crap all over my efforts. Like for example, I managed to go out with a model on my solo trip to Europe this year and as soon as I told my best friend, he immediately said "she's probably a gold digger and not interested in you". It seems as soon as I decided to make changes to my life, everyone I knew started getting jealous or hating on me for no reason whatsoever.
I'm sure a lot of forum members here have been through similar situations or situations even worse then mines, so I'm wondering what you guys did to get out of this hole and end up being really successful entrepreneurs?
Unfortunately due to a number of reasons including medical and personal I had to drop out of my graduate program which I busted my a$$ to get into. I now have a pretty useless undergraduate degree and a 2 year gap on my resume with little work experience in my field of studies. I've been trying to get a job for months now in my field of study and also in unrelated fields with no avail. I even considered just taking a year to teach in China so that I could at least pay off some of my student loans and also do private tutoring on the side or an internship at a company to gain work experience and develop a new skillset while I teach in China, but unfortunately I've had recruiters tell me no school's want me because of my Asian face. Hearing that kind of stung a bit. I've only been offered potential teaching jobs in cities that most teacher's don't want to teach in for a measly salary. I have a large sum of student loans that I will need to start repaying back in about 6 months while interest is accruing right now. My room mate tried to manipulate me and get me to move out prematurely out of my lease because he wants to live with his brother and my lease is up at the end of September. My parents don't know about my current situation and would undoubtedly freak out, cut me off, and disown me if they found out and me ending up on the streets is a possibility.
I also live in the second most expensive city in Canada and rent is outrageous here. I've been going to the employment services centre almost everyday having the staff their help me out but they told me its just that the economy isn't good right now and that the competition is fierce and there's not a lot I can do. The only job I've managed to get so far is an online teaching job, however its paid by the minute and I don't have regular students, so far I've only made like $165 for 2 weeks worth of work which I can't survive on but its better then nothing. After continued failed attempts at trying to get a job here at home and being depressed for months, I decided to take matters into my own hands recently and learn how to create a business. I started reading blogs like location180 and started learning wordpress. I've created my first blog as a sort of testing/training ground and now I'm trying to decide how to take things to the next level. I'm completely new to all of this and it feels like I'm a lost puppy. It would helpful is I could get some guidance.
It seems copywriting and SEO writing is the next stage of skills development from what I have been reading. Once I make a little more money I'm hoping to create another blog and pay to host it on bluehost or something so that I can create a much better looking website as well as utilize affiliate marketing or something.
I'm pretty much at an all time low right in my life. Last year I got strung along and played hard by a chick in my class and I ended up finding out she was screwing multiple guys behind my back and that crap stung like a bitch, but I worked hard on myself and came back stronger, but it just seems life keeps on kicking the shit out of me no matter what. I keep on facing challenge and obstacles one after another and I'm really lost right now. My game plan at the moment is if I can't get a teaching gig in a city in China that I think I can live in and tolerate I will just accept a teaching job in a less desirable city and then when I get off of work, I would work on my business during my free time. I don't think getting a job here at home is very feasible as with the cost of living I wouldn't be able to save much of anything and it would take me 5+ years to pay off my student loans. Since I've started experiencing all these things happening in my life and me attempting to rectify my problems, I've noticed I've gotten a lot of haters and critics including really close friends. I seem to hear a lot of people tell me I can't do this or that. My best friend told me that I would never be able to have a successful business and doubted my ability. Several others just laughed and joked about my current situation. These were the same people who were laughing at my misfortunes last year regarding my dating situation and when I decided to do something about it and started getting some success and better results then them, they started verbally trying to put me down and pretty much crap all over my efforts. Like for example, I managed to go out with a model on my solo trip to Europe this year and as soon as I told my best friend, he immediately said "she's probably a gold digger and not interested in you". It seems as soon as I decided to make changes to my life, everyone I knew started getting jealous or hating on me for no reason whatsoever.
I'm sure a lot of forum members here have been through similar situations or situations even worse then mines, so I'm wondering what you guys did to get out of this hole and end up being really successful entrepreneurs?
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