So I Want To Be An Entrepreneur

[jsk29]

I'm a 24 year-old who just moved back into his parents' house and is fed up with the Sidewalk/Slowlane. Brief timeline of my life:

• Unhappy childhood. Strong desire to improve my situation.
• Senior year of high school. I discover online poker. I skip 3/4 of the school year, log in 12 hour days building a bankroll, and barely graduate.
• Age 19. My bankroll is now a healthy size, and I buy a one-way ticket to Thailand. Party Time.
• 6 months pass. I proceed to move to Seoul, South Korea to live with a friend. Too much drinking and playing. Within 6 months, I buy a plane ticket back to the states with the remains of my poker bankroll.
• Back in the U.S. I move into a friends' house, rebuild a bankroll and proceed to splurge on clothes, drugs, and a Nissan 240SX (got hustled hard).
• My bankroll gets seized. Black Friday.
• Age 21. No money. No back-up plan. I move back into my parents' house, work at their gas station part-time, and enroll in the local community college (paid for by student loans).
• Small town. Boredom. Tediousness. After a year I drop out, relocate to my friends' couch, and look for a new job.
• Assistant Cook & Cashier at Korean Deli. They go out of business. Cashier at Korean-owned handy mart. Job Perks: Free cigarettes.
• I get a phone call and job offer from my uncle whom I haven't spoken to in years. Job Position: cashier at his grocery store in Downtown Seattle. Pay rate: $12/hour. I accept.
• Night-Shift. Downtown Seattle. 70% of my customers are homeless, drug dealers, or crackheads. I fight with my friend whose house I'm staying at. I can afford the monthly rate at a run down motel. More crackheads and drug dealers.
• Eventually I move into my own studio in Seattle. My uncle sells the store, and the new owner cuts my pay by 15%.
• Rent = 1 of my 2 paychecks/month. I live off canned tuna, ground beef, and instant food for 4-5 months. Why not tell my parents? "I'd rather tighten my belt before I beg for help" - Jay-Z.
• October 2013. I transition into a job working for a sign company called White Signs (owned by my friends' father). I become proficient in a variety of signage skills.

As of now, I've quit my job at White Signs due to management issues and lack of vision and drive. My parting gift was creating their entire website for them from scratch.

My plans for the future:

• Help out my parents by working night shift at their new store
• Work on my own ventures during the day
• Finish up the Gary Halbert Challenge to become competent in the skill of copywriting
• Grow a fastlane business no matter what it takes, and never settle for anything less

Thanks for reading.

 

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[jsk29]

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