It’s the idea that from 9 to 5 you are like a slave and you are not living your own life, you are giving up your time to render a service for someone paying you to do it.
We can sit here and move the hands on the clock and try to make your day look more interesting in all sorts of ways, but in the end you will work those hours, all the same.
So what do you do if you don’t want that life? Find a way to get your income not from services you perform but through other means which are inherently timeless.
In the best case, what this looks like is you living your own life on your own terms while making decisions that feed income into your revenue streams whenever necessary. Before I continue, is this what you want?
Perhaps I could start working on the side as a college counselor. I am only 19, but I toured over 35 undergraduate universities and successfully applied to a top 20 school. That experience taught me a ton about how the process works and I am certain that you can "hack" the college application process.
One personality trait that has helped me in life I am extremely curious self-starter. When I want to learn something I completely immerse myself in it. I have done this a few times in my life. I did it with DJing, graphic design/ typography, finance, and more recently colleges. I think that the best way to describe this without talking to you in person is that I am able to talk about the things I am interested in such granular detail that it would raise suspicion of autism.
The reason I ask how to avoid the 9 to 5 is that many people, especially on this forum (I assume), are pulling it off. I am wondering how I can take advantage of my intense curiosity to do pull it off myself. I have 4 years to figure it out.
No one can answer this question for you. People can provide guidance on what NOT to do from their experience, but ultimately this boils down to 'how do you find a job you love.' There's a workbook out there called "Do what you are." It's a bit dated, but worth the $15.
It’s the idea that from 9 to 5 you are like a slave and you are not living your own life, you are giving up your time to render a service for someone paying you to do it.
We can sit here and move the hands on the clock and try to make your day look more interesting in all sorts of ways, but in the end you will work those hours, all the same.
So what do you do if you don’t want that life? Find a way to get your income not from services you perform but through other means which are inherently timeless.
In the best case, what this looks like is you living your own life on your own terms while making decisions that feed income into your revenue streams whenever necessary. Before I continue, is this what you want?