My life has changed.

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I feel in the past couple of weeks, the old me has slowly but surely died. And this new me has emerged. I'm not interested in going out and getting drunk and messed up with friends at the bar til I can't see. I'm done with being irresponsible. This job that's come into my life is really it. Taking these insurance courses, having to learn al of these state regulations, fine areas of text, and other material for my job is slowly but surely starting to consume my life and I can't avoid it anymore. This is really the opportunity of my lifetime and I'm finally realizing it. My life is about to change...but I feel like...I'm afraid of what may happen. Prosperity and success is definitely coming but am I prepared for it? I had a conversation with my mom and my dad seperately over the phone over the course of two days and I told them what I've finally realized over a year removed from coming to New York from Pittsburgh last year and they gave me nothing but the best of words and the most supportive comments.

It was shocking to hear that from there, considering around the same point last year we had problems and it seemed like we were never seeing eye to eye. Making the tiniest discrepancy between us into an explosive argument. But now? Nothing but kind words. To hear such happiness and support from them is great.

Even my whole personality has changed. I feel more social, more content with life, more outgoing, etc. I have my friends here in New York, I've finally found a good job (which honestly I'm blessed to have cause it seems like there aren't alot of them going around and that's disconcerting in itself), and I can finally get the ball rolling in my life. I never thought this would happen.

I know what I want to do with my life now and it's making me happy and content with where things are going for the first time ever. But I'll never be content because I'll always have those passions of mine that will allow me to strive to achive further.

I was fukk-up, a loser in my mind, and underwhelming not too long ago, but now I can finally be able to say I threw that out the window and gave myself a positive image and outlook on life. Things are going to get better...finally. No longer that punk ass kid that just strolled through life with no direction but now leading that direction.

Peace.
 
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I'm 29. I just graduated with my degree last year and moved. Between 3 schools and transferring through them with course credits it took me really about 8 1/2 years to get my degree (although I really consider it 10 years cause it was). I took some time off from school too. That's why it seems like I'm a late bloomer. But hell, I've been holding myself down when I was in Pittsburgh and since I started college way back in the day even when I didn't have any direction or knew what I wanted to do with myself.
 
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So basically this guy is happy to be a slave for a company and have no free time is what I'm seeing.

Hey, you might think that...but the money I make from this job I am using to fund my own ventures and independent sources of income (after rent and bills ofcourse). I've been working on my spreadshirt online store, my boardpusher online store, and I have something else that I'm very eager to talk about on here that I'm launching next year (I've been tempted to tease it on here, but I'm skeptical in doing so). I got to start somewhere. It took me some time to really flesh out my plans with it but I know what I'm doing and know where I want to go with it.

I definitely don't want to be working for someone forever. It's not even just that feeling of being under someone, but the feeling of being indebted to a company and a location. It feels restrictive in a sense. I've always been my own man but I want to have my own company, my own creation, and my own source of capital over the years. Working this job is going to help me learn the fine print that ties all of those elements together.

I'm always playing chess...not checkers. That's why I keep my thoughts, opinions, and ideas mainly to myself.
 

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I'm 29. I just graduated with my degree last year and moved. Between 3 schools and transferring through them with course credits it took me really about 8 1/2 years to get my degree (although I really consider it 10 years cause it was). I took some time off from school too. That's why it seems like I'm a late bloomer. But hell, I've been holding myself down when I was in Pittsburgh and since I started college way back in the day even when I didn't have any direction or knew what I wanted to do with myself.

Are you happy tho?
 

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It's good that you finally got a direction with your life, a lot of people still don't know what they want to do, they're just going thru the motions with a bitter attitude since they're doing something they hate. Hopefully I can figure out what I really want to do as well. Good luck breh.
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Hey, you might think that...but the money I make from this job I am using to fund my own ventures and independent sources of income (after rent and bills ofcourse). I've been working on my spreadshirt online store, my boardpusher online store, and I have something else that I'm very eager to talk about on here that I'm launching next year (I've been tempted to tease it on here, but I'm skeptical in doing so). I got to start somewhere. It took me some time to really flesh out my plans with it but I know what I'm doing and know where I want to go with it.

I definitely don't want to be working for someone forever. It's not even just that feeling of being under someone, but the feeling of being indebted to a company and a location. It feels restrictive in a sense. I've always been my own man but I want to have my own company, my own creation, and my own source of capital over the years. Working this job is going to help me learn the fine print that ties all of those elements together.

I'm always playing chess...not checkers. That's why I keep my thoughts, opinions, and ideas mainly to myself.

so why did you make this thread? To brag to goons stuck in the hood like me.
 

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Hey, you might think that...but the money I make from this job I am using to fund my own ventures and independent sources of income (after rent and bills ofcourse). I've been working on my spreadshirt online store, my boardpusher online store, and I have something else that I'm very eager to talk about on here that I'm launching next year (I've been tempted to tease it on here, but I'm skeptical in doing so). I got to start somewhere. It took me some time to really flesh out my plans with it but I know what I'm doing and know where I want to go with it.

I definitely don't want to be working for someone forever. It's not even just that feeling of being under someone, but the feeling of being indebted to a company and a location. It feels restrictive in a sense. I've always been my own man but I want to have my own company, my own creation, and my own source of capital over the years. Working this job is going to help me learn the fine print that ties all of those elements together.

I'm always playing chess...not checkers. That's why I keep my thoughts, opinions, and ideas mainly to myself.
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Are you happy tho?
Yea.
I guess I wasn't, in a sense before. I think that was more of me being impatient rather than being discontent.

I was talking about it with my friend not too long ago at the bar. Some people are impatient, and it's really easy to get impatient. I felt like I wasn't going anywhere, but that's cause I wasn't putting in any work really and I was mad that they weren't happening right then and there. And then I realized that's not how life works. Everything takes time and eventually you'll see the materialization of your hard work and dedication.

I just got two sweatshirts I made delivered to me three weeks ago. I think about when I made the design and the feelings I had when I was waiting for it. Then it came in the mail and I saw the items I made and I could see the result of the hard work and determination I put in those items in plain view. That's what confirmed it for me.
 
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