I'm not asking what your job is. I have a job too. And so far as I can see, not too many people's jobs are enough.
At least mine isn't. I was told to go to college. So I did. I'm halfway through and I'm no further to being self sufficient than when I started. In fact I'd like to wager that I'm even further behind my goals.
I've spent years trying to think of a product/service that I could market. Everything seems to already be taken. Somebody beats me to the punch. It turns out to be a laughable ordeal.
All I want out of this life is to have my own little piece of land and enough stable income that would allow me and my family to survive. Comfortably, that is.
At this point in my life, close to thirty now, I have given up on childish dreams of ever becoming rich. I don't think I'm smart enough to be a tech mastermind making and selling startups. I don't think I have anything worthwhile when it comes to investing. And I seriously doubt my ability to continue on into University at the rate I'm going.
Is a mediocre life of fast food and retail all I'm going to get? I know I'm preaching to the choir here....
From a few conversations I've had with you Phuks, it seems like a lot of you are older men who have been very successful in your endeavors. Many of you have large properties and a lot of cash on hand. You guys have wives and children and several vehicles and big boy toys.
How did you get all that, though? How do I get to where you guys are...legally?
This post is bullshit. I know nobody is going to give away their secret nest egg. I just need some fucking pointers on what not to do.
I can already see a popular comment making its way here : "Don't complain on Phuks, retard!"
Well dipshit I don't have anywhere else to complain and I don't have friends to talk about this shit with. And say goodbye to any relatives who ever gave a shit. Cuz they don't.
Networking is your friend. I've been really lucky to meet and befriend psychos with too much money.
Family and a tangible goal besides "live comfortably" will also help motivate you.
Have you read Rand or Machiavelli? Both of them color my world and I'm pretty happy working my ass off towards something.
Military-civilian contracting is good money. Uncle Sam has deep pockets, and depending on what you're into you can make great money. General Atomics needs more drone pilots at the moment. Could you stomach that? It would net you large sums of money making it easier to make your own.
Produce something people want. Help people you network with achieve their own goals. That's all trade is anyway, helping people do what they want to do for a price.
In the end, legality is what you can get away with. You think those rich bastards in government or on Wall Street did it the "right" way? Fuck no. They took what they could get their hands on and I applaud them for it. If you want to secure material wealth you're going to have to be an opportunist in addition to having those long term goals. In a world of finite resources and infinite wants you can secure your own place in unexpected ways. As well, the very top of the totem pole likely doesn't share your own moral compass. There are the eaters and the eaten. Think about the benefits a more plastic moral code may bring you.