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May 4, 2016 at 1:34 pm #103560
MarshParticipantFirstly a huge good morning, well at least from Australia! How is everyone?
Well I’ll guess Ill start by saying I’m feeling pretty good, finding happiness. Just turned 25 not long ago.
But I find my life is starting to move real fast, I’m trying to do all the things I enjoy each day, but find myself running out of time.
Are you doing what you love as a career? Or simply just making money?
For me right now I’m just working to make ends meet, to save a bit of money to travel.. But then I’m scared to travel because once I return I’ll have no money and I’ll be stuck with no career still, to make matters worse I don’t even know what I want to do.
Do I just jump into something that I may like just for security? Or do I study something I like, do nothing for 4 years and accumulate debt?
So in saying that what am I suppose to do? What’s my purpose? How do I live to the fullest without feeling like I’m wasting my life?
Haha thanks.
Confused guy.
May 4, 2016 at 3:22 pm #103564
JoeParticipantMarsh
Have you thought about becoming TEFL certified and teaching English abroad? From what I have seen online, there are many TEFL opportunities – maybe this is something you could look into?
Often I come across blog articles or Instagram posts from other people who describe themselves as so-called “digital nomads” – they literally work from their laptop working as freelance writers/graphic designers/online marketing or what have you, but because they work from their laptop, they work as they travel. This is something I have been looking into a lot over the past few months.
I’m with you on this one, I am trying to plan my next big adventure and saving up the money to do it. I hope to land a few teaching gigs here and there. Obviously, you have to think about things like the cost of travel and whatnot but besides this, what’s stopping you?
I hope you get to travel to some amazing places
Joe
May 4, 2016 at 4:05 pm #103567MarshParticipantHey joe, thanks for the reply.
I have thought of that somewhat, which could be good while I travel.
But I can get the idea of getting ‘ serious’ out of my head. I feel like I need my life to be sorted, even though I know it’s not the truth. It’s a battle against myself. I guess I don’t want to get to 30 and have nothing to show from it..
I feel like I need to do a trade or study now, rather then starting when I’m 30, I feel like it would be a lot harder by then.
May 4, 2016 at 8:25 pm #103609
AnonymousGuestDear Marsh:
My input:
1. Lots and lots of people get college/ university degrees, get in debt, and not use those degrees in the working world. Pay close attention not to fall into that huge category of people with degrees, debt and no income production as a result of the degree/s.
2. Avoid debt the best you can. Getting into debt should be for a very good reason, exceptionally good reason.
I was wondering about traveling, what about it is attractive to you?
anita
May 5, 2016 at 8:40 am #103628
Jorge GarciaParticipantI’m what people would call a digital nomade.
I live in Australia. I own an international online business that I started 1 year ago. I’m 25 and I am from Peru but I used to live in Germany for almost 8 years .
I truly believe you got to be financial independent in order to be truly free. You have to get multiple sources of income… Everybody can become rich. You just have to decide it.
But it’s not about me… It’s about you…
I really believe formal education is not what really matters in life. I am a Masters Degree drop off… Bachelor Degree was enough for me. So I wouldn’t recommend you to get into debt. However I believe education in really important.
You should always have the courage to do what you love. Love yourself. Respect your own ideals.
Money will come. Do not worry expect great things to happen.
Read this books if you are serious about becoming better…
-The Type-Z Guide to Success – Marc Allen (YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK NOW)
-Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
-You were born rich – Bob Proctor
-The Science of getting RichCheers,
JorgeMay 5, 2016 at 2:54 pm #103660MarshParticipantAnita,
Thankfully I have no debt, and a little bit of savings. I want to travel to see all the beauty the world has to offer. Mountains, lakes, Forrest.. People and their culture. I want an adventure!
I’m a pretty simple guy. I want to be sucsessful at what I do and make money so I can live and do what I want without fear. I don’t want to be rich. Just comfortable.
So it’s like do I do a trade because it’s easy to get into and I won’t get in debt?
Or study something in interested and live hard for a few years with little money?
May 5, 2016 at 3:16 pm #103663AnonymousGuestDear Marsh:
As to your last question, if there is a trade that you would like studying and working doing, do that. Think whether you would like to do a particular trade for a living, whether it is good for your body (you don’t want a trade that will be bad for your health), whether it would be distressing mentally to do it, think and maybe communicate with people already making a living doing the trade you are considering. Same with getting a degree: will it lead you to making a living? What are the chances? Would you like doing that kind of living? Do look for the future in choosing now, so that what you invest now will have a satisfactory return-on-investment.
Also consider projected income on a trade or a profession. You wrote that you don’t want to be rich, so figure this into your planning.
As far as traveling, here are a few points: only a few moments ago I talked in person to a younger man who traveled to Vietnam. He talked about the bad to very bad air quality there. Also, it is hot and humid. The hotel accommodations were fancy and inexpensive. The whole trip was inexpensive. The thing is, I know that if I spent time in a hot and humid place with bad air quality, I will suffer. It will be something that I will pay to avoid. So as you seek traveling as an adventure, do consider different factors. In this case, it is nice that accommodations and travel tickets and food etc were very inexpensive, but I (again) would pay to not be hot, sweaty and breathing in bad air.
Also, in my own travels in Western Europe some time ago, I noticed that there are huge numbers of immigrants in all major cities, just as there are in the U.S. and in Australia. Notice this: you can travel to different cultures in your own country, sometimes a few neighborhoods away. Strangely enough, if you travel to Western Europe you will see the same cultures that you already saw in Australia. This is the nature of this world where millions and millions of people travel to visit or immigrate all over.
When you do travel, if you want it to be a unique adventure, beyond going to tourist attractions (which is not an adventure, I believe), you have to think long and hard, examine possibilities and plan so to make it worthwhile for you.
Just like in planning your education and career, so in traveling, get the information you need over time and plan wisely so to aim at a positive return on your investment.
anita
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May 8, 2016 at 10:41 am #103952
SoopyParticipantDear Marsh:
Some input from someone around your age… I’m 22. I went and studied at two different universities for two different majors, and I dropped out of both of them. Formal education, I decided, wasn’t for me. Since I was 19, I worked part-time for a bit and each month I saved up and put in almost everything into secure investments. I did that every single month, leaving only enough to eat, I lived absolutely frugally. 3 years on, I now receive passive income of a couple thousand dollars a month, which doesn’t sound like much in Western countries, but I live in Indonesia. The minimum wage here for workers is less than 225 dollars a month and you could get rent as cheap as 50 dollars a month. Just like you, I’m a simple person, I only want to earn enough to be able to do what I want to do.
Anyway, the point of my story is, as I found out, you don’t really need formal education if you don’t want it. People will tell you it’s the answer to all your problems, that if you go to university and study hard you will be rewarded, but frankly it’s not like that with everyone. I find that the secret to getting good jobs, good opportunities is NETWORKING. Wherever you are, always network. You don’t know if the guy sitting next to you on a plane might be a CEO of some company. Always try to leave a fantastic, lasting impression on someone. Fact is, people prefer to give jobs to people they like, rather than to complete strangers. I have received amazing job offers from dear friends and acquaintances, even without a degree.
If I could give another advice is for you not to only save but also to make investments. Make a percentage of how much money you should spend, save and invest. For me it used to be 20% necessities and 80% invest. Now after my earning has stabilized, it’s 40% spend, 30% invest and 30% save.
As for debt… There is such a thing as good debt.
May 8, 2016 at 1:40 pm #103963MarshParticipantThanks for the replies guys.
I totally understand where you are coming from @soopy. But studying is something I’d like to do.. More so I guess I’m scared of never having money and debt.
Doing the the trade is all about security and making money earlier. And having that life skill.
It’s funny how something so simple has derailed me haha
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