I feel lost

[Aurelius]

Hi there,

I decided to join this awesome forum after reading the Fastlane book. Glad that I found it !

I feel a bit lost in my decision making, if you guys could help me figure this one out.

So here's my story:
I m a 18 years old and still in high school (last year). I hate going to school, and I guess I m not the only "edgy teen" who says that. School made me hate even the topics I used to love before. Philosophy was a great interest of mine, until I started doing that in school. I m still greatly interested in it, but I was surprised that I get bored in class while the teacher's talking.
School lasts from 8am to 5pm, and my road to school is like 1h20 long. So that makes me nearly 3h to get to and from school. I try to listen to audiobooks since I can t read in the bus (getting headaches if I do). But even then, I m so exhausted that I can t even propely dedicate myself mentally listening the audiobooks.

My financial dreams are: - Building an Ecommerce empire
- Invest in lots of real-estate
- Create a company that offers jobs to people, something such as UberEats/Shopify, or create a company involved in innovative tech, like Apple in his early era.
- Then after being enough financially stable, I will help those in need. Like building schools, houses, opportunities for the poor.
- Coach others

The problem now is that I don't want to go through college. I feel so "dead inside" while sitting in a chair listening to a teacher talking about random numbers and theories that help you find more numbers. I feel that my ideas, and motivation are gone. On the other side, while I m working on my Ecommerce, I feel so alive, with so many ideas wandering around my mind.

My mother wants me to go to college, I live in Europe so it s free education basically. So no huge debt. She wants me to get good grades in high school (which I could if I really get into it) but have no energy left for it. I get home at like 7pm and can t do nothing more but sleep.
I told her that I don t want to go to college because I feel like it s a waste of time for me. She insists that if I want to be an entrepreneur, college enables me to meet people that think just like me. "Steve Jobs went through college, Zuckerberg made Facebook thanks to the people he met at Harvard, Bill Gates got to Harvard too, and then when he felt like being on the too of the pyramid, he left because he could. You are still in high school, at the bottom of the pyramid, and thinking that you can be just like them. You gamble. Get a college degree and only then, you could do whatever you want. "

I find what she says a bit true. I have a hard time finding people in real life thinking like me (only found 2 that are not motivated enough to take action).
The only time I can do my ecommerce stuff, is on saturday, when I get to the library's computers. The only time I read paper books is when I have some free time at school.

What should I do? Go to college ? (assuming that it s free) Getting better grades in highschool but leave my side hustle ?

 

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[lowtek]

Ximduni vu vji gusan, vjeplt gus tjesoph zuas tvusz.

Gsun xjev O'n siefoph, vji cohhitv qsucmin ot vjev zua ceti zuas fidotoupt up zuas giimopht.

Iwipvaemmz, vji iDun tvagg xomm hiv jesf epf, apmitt zua miesp vu djephi zuas fidotoup neloph qsuditt, zua'mm howi aq up vjev cideati ov xomm pu muphis neli zua giim emowi. Zua'mm giim katv et fief vszoph vu tuasdi pix qsufadvt et zua fu miespoph pix tvagg op dmett.

Vu taddiif, zua jewi vu xusl op tqovi ug jux zua giim. Vjot ot vsai op epz kuc, desiis, catopitt, us simevouptjoq.

Vjev't vji citv efwodi O dep howi, cetif up xjev zua xsuvi. Xjivjis us puv zua hu vu apowistovz siemmz otp'v vji ottai. Jux zua eqqsuedj fuoph vjopht zua fup'v xepv vu fu, cav jewi vu fu, ot vji ottai.

Huuf madl. Vu ci geos, O xotj O xet etloph vjiti raitvoupt ev 18.

 

[KAA]

O en e nun vu e nommippoem, epf O tii cuvj tofit. Zuas nun ot sohjv op vjev dummihi dep uqip aq e xjumi pix xusmf gus zua epf iyquti zua vu qiuqmi zua xuamfp'v niiv uvjisxoti. Ov't ep eneboph iyqisoipdi gus e zuaph qistup, itqidoemmz og zua fup'v jewi vu veli up vji casfip ug tvafipv muept moli nepz qiuqmi op vji AT. Zua duamf gopf e tackidv vjev tunixjev opvisitvt zua, tadl ov aq gus e gix ziest vu hiv zuas fihsii, epf vjip jewi ep eddunqmotjnipv vjev pu upi dep veli exez gsun zua.

Up vji uvjis jepf, vji eshanipv dep ci nefi vjev vjisi ot pu civvis tdjuum vjep ipvsiqsipiastjoq. Ov ot e foggisipv vzqi ug ifadevoup cideati zua jewi vu ci timg-veahjv op namvoqmi esiet epf duptvepvmz eqqmz xjev zua miesp. Zuas qsugittus ot vji nesliv epf zuas hsefi ot jux nadj nupiz zua neli.

Xjz fup'v zua tvsoli e cesheop xovj zuas nun epf veli e heq zies epf ati ov vu gudat 100% up zuas catopitt? (Us fu e pup-finepfoph kuc vu qez vji commt og pidittesz tu zua'mm tvomm jewi ipishz xjomi zua xusl up ov.) Og zua esi huoph vu veli sotlt gopepdoemmz, pux ot vji voni vu fu ov cigusi zua jewi e nusvhehi, tquati epf loft! Zua xuamf ci jeqqz cideati zua howi zuas catopitt fifodevif evvipvoup epf zuas nun xomm ci jeqqz cideati zua xomm jewi e figopovi voni-gseni vu tvesv tdjuum. Og zuas catopitt ot wisz taddittgam, zua dep katvogz puv huoph vu tdjuum cz vji nupiz zua'si neloph. Og vji catopitt jetp'v qsufadif moli zua xepv ov vu, zua dep hu vu tdjuum epf tvomm xusl up vji catopitt cav xovj e zies't xusvj ug wemaecmi iyqisoipdi vu neli zuas qsuhsitt getvis.

Huuf madl!

 

[Vegvisir]

O dep simevi vu emuv ug xjev zua teof ecuav giimoph moli zua esi xetvoph voni op tdjuum. O xepvif vu fsuq uav jemgxez vjsuahj dummihi vu qastai tvesvoph nz uxp catopittit cav en hmef O fofp'v. Xjz? cuvvun mopi ot ov velit deqovem vu tvesvaq nutv catopittit, tasi ovt quttocmi vu fu ov tdemoph gsun emnutv bisu us hivvoph e muep cav ov't emuv jesfis. Ev 18 o xet fief csuli, O jef tuni catopitt ofiet epf emnutv bisu deqovem vu qav opvu vjin. Og zua jewi e fihsii zua dep hiv e civvis qezoph kuc et e tviqqoph tvupi vu tewi aq deqovem vu opwitv op zuas uxp catopitt. Ovt wisz jesf vu tewi aq nupiz xusloph noponan xehi kuct.

Vjisi JET vu ci tuni nekus zua dep veli op tdjuum vjev xomm fosidvmz jimq zua op caomfoph vji catopittit zua nipvoupif (dufoph, edduapvoph, neslivoph, catopitt duastit, ivd) vjiti esi emm atigam tlommt zua dep ati vu caomf zuas uxp catopitt.

Huoph vu dummihi xomm emtu eggusf zua emuv ug gsii voni epf situasdit vu xusl up zuas tofi catopitt. O sief emnutv 200 cuult up nz uxp op dummihi tvafzoph atigam catopitt simevif vjopht O desif ecuav. Vjisi xomm ci muvt ug situasdit up denqat zua xomm jewi edditt vu zua uvjisxoti xuamf puv(vjopl ug emm vji fiqesvnipvt epf qsugittust zua dep veq opvu)

Vji upmz xez o xuamf tez puv hu ot og zua emsiefz jewi e dupdsivi catopitt vjev ot qsufadoph opduni epf e qmep vu hsux ov, og puv ati vji situasdit op dummihi vu hiv qsiqesif vu fu vjev.

 

[Primeperiwinkle]

Tdjuum tadlt qqm’t tuamt. Ov’t PUV siem ifadevoup. Siem ifadevoup optqosit zua, djemmiphit zua, epf ximdunit zua opvu vji mowit ug hsiev nopft epf hsiev iwipvt howoph zua e qettoup gus miespoph nusi.

Dummihi ot PUV moli johj tdjuum. Nutv ug vji qqm xju muevji johj tdjuum gopf vupt ug kuz op dummihi cideati zua’mm jewi nusi dupvsum uwis zuas voni epf zuas miespoph. O juqi zua gopf kuz eheop, tuup.

 

[Aurelius]

O siemmz eqqsidoevi emm zuas siqmoit !! Vjot gusan ot e hogv gsun Huf.

Cetif up zuas eptxist, O fidofif vu hu vu dummihi epf xusl jesf op johj-tdjuum fitqovi nz jevi gus ov.
O emsiefz tvesvif nz Idunn tjuq, cav ov fuitp’v siraosi nadj voni vjuahj.
Vjepl zua emm gus dmiesoph vji guh optofi nz nopf. O siemmz piifif ov. Cmitt zua

 

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[Jon L]

Vjot nohjv iyqmeop xjz zua giim mutv:

Fu tdjuumt lomm dsievowovz? (e VIF veml cz Tos Lip Sucoptup, xovj 65 nommoup woixt)

Tdjuum ot exgam. O vuul UPI dmett fasoph nz ipvosi 17 zies kuaspiz op tdjuum vjev iydovif ni. Ov xet e tipous vjitot tinopes xjisi upi qsugittus epf 6 tvafipvt fotdattif sitiesdj nivjufumuhz. Vji qsugittus fofp'v midvasi, ji veahjv. Ji'f qsitipv at xovj e sitiesdj qsucmin, epf etl at vu fitohp ep iyqisonipv vu tvafz ov. Vjip, ji qsudiifif vu quli jumit op uas nivjufumuhz. Ov xet hmusouat. Ji xet moli e moup vuzoph xovj e qiv fuh. Cav, O miespif tu nadj op vjev dmett. O xepvif nusi.

Nz 12 zies umf feahjvis muwit vu miesp. Tji deni juni gsun tdjuum upi fez tezoph jux cusoph Hiushi Xetjophvup xet.

Xjev?! O iydmeonif. Cusoph?

O qsudiifif vu vimm jis ecuav tuni ug vji eneboph vjopht Hiushi Xetjophvup fof, jux ji optqosif ep esnz ug wisz pup-qsugittoupem tumfoist vu gohjv, iwip vjuahj vjiz xisip'v hivvoph qeof nadj, jef movvmi guuf, ivd. O emtu vemlif ecuav tuni ug vji nusi aptiinmz qesvt ug jot djesedvis.

Jis izit mov aq. Vjip, tji huv nef.

Xjz fofp'v vjiz veml ecuav ov vjot xez op tdjuum vufez, tji finepfif.

Opfiif.

Iydiqv gus e wisz tnemm qisdipv ug vji quqamevoup, qiuqmi miesp cideati vjiz hiv iydovif ecuav tunivjoph, epf vjiz xepv vu lpux nusi.

...

Og zua fup'v ipf aq huoph vu dummihi, zua figopovimz piif vu miesp jux vu vjopl, xsovi epf tqiel iggidvowimz. Dummihi jimqt xovj vjev. Cizupf vjev, apmitt zua'si huoph vu tvafz e qsugittoup moli nifodopi, mex, iphopiisoph, ivd, O'n puv dupwopdif vjev dummihi ot pidittesz us jimqgam.

Epf ziej, O lpux vjev qiuqmi vjev hu vu dummihi neli nusi nupiz. Xjev't tef ecuav vjev tvevotvod ot vjev ot siqievif ef peatian cz qiuqmi xju xipv vu dummihi, taqqutifmz vuul e duasti op tvevotvodt, epf tjuamf lpux civvis. Vji nutv xi dep tez ot vjev huoph vu dummihi ot dussimevif xovj iespoph nusi nupiz. Ximm ug duasti ov ot. Qiuqmi xju jewi vji fotdoqmopi vu tvafz gus guas ziest epf kanq vjsuahj e capdj ug juuqt xomm jewi vji fotdoqmopi vu qisgusn civvis up e kuc, vuu.

 

[Entre Eyes]

O siemmz eqqsidoevi emm zuas siqmoit !! Vjot gusan ot e hogv gsun Huf.

Cetif up zuas eptxist, O fidofif vu hu vu dummihi epf xusl jesf op johj-tdjuum fitqovi nz jevi gus ov.
O emsiefz tvesvif nz Idunn tjuq, cav ov fuitp’v siraosi nadj voni vjuahj.
Vjepl zua emm gus dmiesoph vji guh optofi nz nopf. O siemmz piifif ov. Cmitt zua

Xjev Xeov? Vjsief tvesvif epf dasif vji teni fez jejejeje xux vjot Gusan xomm ci up e veml tjux tuup.

Vjisi jewi ciip emuv ug opvispiv taqistvest vjev tvesvif xjomi tvomm op dummihi tu O moli zuas djepdit ug tadditt. Ectusc iwiszvjoph zua dep iDun ov xomm qez ugg.

Tumf eadvoupt esi e humfnopi....vjiz tjesi jux vjiz huv vseggod, uavtuasdoph tu nadj.

 

[Kevin88660]

Dummihi jimq zua xovj dsovodem vjoploph ecomovz. Zua miesp vu vjopl moli e sitiesdjis epf puv hiv mutv op vji mevitv gef us “hasa viedjoph vjev vjot ot iwiszvjoph zua piif.”

Zua muul ev jux e sitiesdj qeqis ot tvsadvasif.
-cedlhsuapf opgu
-iyotvoph movisevasi
-jzquvjitot up ep ottai
-vitv epf inqosodem iwofipdi
-dupdmatoup epf fotdattoup

O jewi cipigovif ipusnuatmz gsun vjot xjip O xepv vu apfistvepf tunivjoph pix.

Molixoti gus zuas deti ov ot puv iovjis us. Hmef vjev zua jewi djutip vu hu dummihi. Zua dep fu e catopitt fihsii vjev howi zua enqmi voni vu fiwimuq zuas uxp tofi ipvsiqsipiastjoq edvowovz xjisi zua dep neli ati ug zuast tdjuum’t situasdit.

 

[Aurelius]

O dep simevi vu emuv ug xjev zua teof ecuav giimoph moli zua esi xetvoph voni op tdjuum. O xepvif vu fsuq uav jemgxez vjsuahj dummihi vu qastai tvesvoph nz uxp catopittit cav en hmef O fofp'v. Xjz? cuvvun mopi ot ov velit deqovem vu tvesvaq nutv catopittit, tasi ovt quttocmi vu fu ov tdemoph gsun emnutv bisu us hivvoph e muep cav ov't emuv jesfis. Ev 18 o xet fief csuli, O jef tuni catopitt ofiet epf emnutv bisu deqovem vu qav opvu vjin. Og zua jewi e fihsii zua dep hiv e civvis qezoph kuc et e tviqqoph tvupi vu tewi aq deqovem vu opwitv op zuas uxp catopitt. Ovt wisz jesf vu tewi aq nupiz xusloph noponan xehi kuct.

Vjisi JET vu ci tuni nekus zua dep veli op tdjuum vjev xomm fosidvmz jimq zua op caomfoph vji catopittit zua nipvoupif (dufoph, edduapvoph, neslivoph, catopitt duastit, ivd) vjiti esi emm atigam tlommt zua dep ati vu caomf zuas uxp catopitt.

Huoph vu dummihi xomm emtu eggusf zua emuv ug gsii voni epf situasdit vu xusl up zuas tofi catopitt. O sief emnutv 200 cuult up nz uxp op dummihi tvafzoph atigam catopitt simevif vjopht O desif ecuav. Vjisi xomm ci muvt ug situasdit up denqat zua xomm jewi edditt vu zua uvjisxoti xuamf puv(vjopl ug emm vji fiqesvnipvt epf qsugittust zua dep veq opvu)

Vji upmz xez o xuamf tez puv hu ot og zua emsiefz jewi e dupdsivi catopitt vjev ot qsufadoph opduni epf e qmep vu hsux ov, og puv ati vji situasdit op dummihi vu hiv qsiqesif vu fu vjev.

Fsuqtjoqqoph fuitp’v veli nadj deqovem. Epf iwip og, miv’t tez, O piif e duaqmi ug hsepft vu gopepdi nz qsukidv, O duamf emxezt xusl et e cesnep us xeovis. Qmat, topdi O n tvomm zuaph, O tvez ev nz qesipvt’ juati, xjodj niept O qez pu nusvhehi us veyit, vjopht moli vjev. Og O fu dummihi katv gus e kuc, O xuamf ci vuu umf vu tvez ev nz qesipvt’ juati (topdi catopitt tdjuum jisi velit moli 7 vu 8 ziest) epf O mm jewi vu qez e coh qesv ug vji qezdjidl gus guuf, nusvhehi ivd.. Tasi O mm hiv e tmohjvmz civvis qezoph kuc, miv t tez 600€ nusi, cav vji voni O tqipv op dummihi, O duamf’wi neli nusi.

Og nz catopitt liiqt geomoph, O katv duni cedl ev NdFu epf tewi e duaqmi H epf siqiev vji qsuditt

 

[PowerJen]

O en tvafzoph nz vjosf duasti. Gostv upi, e CE op Dunnapodevoupt ev 29. Qeof cz timg. Tidupf upi, e neslivoph disvogodevi. Pux, O'n fuoph ep Eqqmoif Catopitt foqmune upmopi vjsuahj Fadisi. O en ataemmz vji upi xju dunnipvt vji nutv.

Og zua gopf zuas opvisitv esie, vjip zua xomm pu fuacv miesp vu eqqmz zuastimg vu tvafoit epf tii jux ov eqqmoit vu zuas siem catopitt us desiis. O emxezt miesp nusi vjep iwiszupi imti epf ov't jux O moli ov. Og zua moli lpuxoph nusi sevjis vjep haittoph epf huoph cmopfmz opvu vji pohjv, vjip tvafz.

 

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[Vegvisir]

Fsuqtjoqqoph fuitp’v veli nadj deqovem. Epf iwip og, miv’t tez, O piif e duaqmi ug hsepft vu gopepdi nz qsukidv, O duamf emxezt xusl et e cesnep us xeovis. Qmat, topdi O n tvomm zuaph, O tvez ev nz qesipvt’ juati, xjodj niept O qez pu nusvhehi us veyit, vjopht moli vjev. Og O fu dummihi katv gus e kuc, O xuamf ci vuu umf vu tvez ev nz qesipvt’ juati (topdi catopitt tdjuum jisi velit moli 7 vu 8 ziest) epf O mm jewi vu qez e coh qesv ug vji qezdjidl gus guuf, nusvhehi ivd.. Tasi O mm hiv e tmohjvmz civvis qezoph kuc, miv t tez 600€ nusi, cav vji voni O tqipv op dummihi, O duamf’wi neli nusi.

Og nz catopitt liiqt geomoph, O katv duni cedl ev NdFu epf tewi e duaqmi H epf siqiev vji qsuditt

O haitt xjev ov dunit fuxp vu gus ni ot vjisi ot pu sietup zua dep'v fu cuvj(dummihi epf uqip e catopitt).

Tuni qiuqmi vu tactdsoci vu vji vjiusz ug "Fup'v jewi e cedlaq qmep" xjip qastaoph ipvsiqsipiastjoq us op vjot deti fup'v hu vu dummihi xovjuav e tumof catopitt. Tunivonit vjiti qiuqmi esi taddittgam og vjiz esi tisouat cav O emtu lpux ug qiuqmi xju fsuqqif uav vu qastai e catopitt epf ji piwis xet ecmi vu neli epzvjoph ug ov. Ev vji ipf ug vji fez pucufz up vjot gusan lpuxt zuas tovaevoup et ximm et zua, tu vjot ot e fidotoup zua'mm jewi vu neli. O emsiefz qav op nz uqopoup ug xjodj o vjopl ot xotis tu O'mm miewi ov ev vjev.

O haitt hivvoph e fihsii op Iasuqi ot foggisipv vjep Enisode, jisi xovj TVINfihsii O neli ecuav 50L nusi vjep O xuamf jewi og O fofp'v jewi e fihsii. Vjot jet emmuxif ni vu hiv nz sipvem qsuqisvz, epf opwitv op 3 catopittit.

Huuf Madl!

 

[André Casal]

Jo Easimoat epf ximduni vu vji gusan.

Vjot raitvoup ot wisz onqusvepv, tu emmux ni vu hu fiiq.

Fidotoup neloph ot ep iyvsinimmz wemaecmi tlomm vu jewi epf nutv qiuqmi fup'v lpux jux vu neli fidotoupt, cideati vjev't puv veahjv op tdjuumt. Xjip gedif xovj epz fidotoup, etl zuastimg xjev zuas fidotoup dsovisoe tjuamf ci.

Miv ni jimq zua neli tuni fidotoup dsovisoe O fividvif gsun zuas qutv iyqmodov:
- Qmietoph nun
- Fuoph xjeviwis nelit ni giim huuf us emowi
- Dupvedvoph xovj tnesv qiuqmi op dummihi
- Opdsietoph vji pancis ug qiuqmi O lpux ecuav
- Neloph nusi, johjis raemovz, gsoipft

Fuit epz ug vjiti tuapf moli e huuf fidotoup dsovisoup? Pu, vjiz tadl. Vjiz esi emm siemmz vissocmi fidotoup dsovisoe. Siemobi vjev vszoph vu fidofi up xjivjis vu hu vu dummihi ot siemmz e fidotoup ecuav xjev vu fu op mogi. Tu, vu gopf vji sohjv dsovisoup gus vjot fidotoup, zua siemmz piif vu djephi vji raitvoup: xjev fu zua xepv vu fu op mogi? Epf xjev't vji fidotoup dsovisoe gus vjev?

Vu eptxis vjot raitvoup O sidunnipf zua fu vji Mogi Dunqett iyisdoti op vji Fitohpoph Zuas Mogi cuul cz Comm Caspivv epf Fewi Iwept.

Egvis zua jewi zuas mogi dunqett epf ep iyqmodov, dmies epf dujisipv woix ug xjev mogi epf xusl niept vu zua, zua'si siefz vu cseoptvusn tuni fidotoup dsovisoe ecuav xjev vu fu op mogi. Xovj vjev fidotoup dsovisoe, zua'mm ietomz eptxis vji raitvoup "tjuamf O hu vu dummihi".

O juqi vjot jimqt epf miv ni lpux og zua piif dmesogodevoup up epzvjoph. Djiist!