u/Donut-Cold

“Is this a good idea?”

“Yeah it’s a good idea if your a fucking dumbass idiot”

Did it open doors, did you gain any real skills, if so what?

How about entrepreneurship wise too?

Also, would you have preferred not to go in the first place? If you could provide context too that’d be great thanks!

Bro genuinely why was the frq SO MUCH harder than the mcq like istg they were making stuff up it’s so wraps 😭😭

I’m trying to get some honest outside perspective because I feel like I’m stuck in my own head on this.

I’m in high school in the US, and I’ve been thinking a lot about my future, mainly around money, business, and not wanting to end up average or stuck in a normal 9–5 path. Oh also legally I cant work in the USA right now.

Lately I’ve been really obsessed with the idea of building something early, getting rich young, maybe starting a business or getting into startups instead of going the traditional college → job route. I keep thinking about how college is expensive, how a lot of people with degrees still struggle, and how the internet makes it seem like you can just build something and change your life if you’re good enough.

At the same time, I’m not dumb, I know it’s not that simple. I know people fail, I know most startups don’t work, and I know a lot of what I’m thinking might just be hype or motivation talking.

Here’s the real issue:
I don’t know if I actually believe in this path, or if I’m just scared of the normal path and using “getting rich young” as an excuse to avoid it. I keep going back and forth between

1. “I should go all in, build skills, build projects, skip the traditional route if I can” and

2. “I’m probably just being unrealistic and setting myself up to fail because I don’t want to accept a normal life”

I also don’t want to end up 10 years from now realizing I wasted time chasing something unrealistic, but I also don’t want to play it safe and regret not trying.

I’m not explaining everything here because it’s more complicated than a single post, but that’s the general mindset I’m stuck in.

So my question is:
Am I actually just being delusional about trying to get rich early, or is this a normal ambition that I just need to approach in a more grounded way?

And if it’s the second one, how do people actually fix their mindset so they’re not just swinging between motivation and doubt all the time?

I’m trying to get some honest outside perspective because I feel like I’m stuck in my own head on this.

I’m in high school in the US, and I’ve been thinking a lot about my future, mainly around money, business, and not wanting to end up average or stuck in a normal 9–5 path. Oh also legally I cant work in the USA right now.

Lately I’ve been really obsessed with the idea of building something early, getting rich young, maybe starting a business or getting into startups instead of going the traditional college → job route. I keep thinking about how college is expensive, how a lot of people with degrees still struggle, and how the internet makes it seem like you can just build something and change your life if you’re good enough.

At the same time, I’m not dumb, I know it’s not that simple. I know people fail, I know most startups don’t work, and I know a lot of what I’m thinking might just be hype or motivation talking.

Here’s the real issue:
I don’t know if I actually believe in this path, or if I’m just scared of the normal path and using “getting rich young” as an excuse to avoid it. I keep going back and forth between

1. “I should go all in, build skills, build projects, skip the traditional route if I can” and

2. “I’m probably just being unrealistic and setting myself up to fail because I don’t want to accept a normal life”

I also don’t want to end up 10 years from now realizing I wasted time chasing something unrealistic, but I also don’t want to play it safe and regret not trying.

I’m not explaining everything here because it’s more complicated than a single post, but that’s the general mindset I’m stuck in.

So my question is:
Am I actually just being delusional about trying to get rich early, or is this a normal ambition that I just need to approach in a more grounded way?

And if it’s the second one, how do people actually fix their mindset so they’re not just swinging between motivation and doubt all the time?