I have a dream. But I need money to make it happen.

[TruthFreedom]

OK, here's my situation. I was diagnosed schizophrenic aged 21 and basically my life was put on hold because I was in hospital for the whole of my twenties. I was given money from the government as I am technically disabled, which was enough for me to be comfortable. I accepted that I would just live off these benefits for the rest of my life, as my condition is considered incurable, and I am always going to get this money for doing nothing. It means basically I get enough money to survive and do some fun things, but I'm by no means rich.

Problem is I have just now set a goal for myself to own a house by 2030, and I need a way of earning enough money to do this. I have basically never worked because I didn't need to, and I have only qualifications from high school, and next to no money saved up.

Yes, this sounds ridiculous. A broke, mentally-ill guy with no qualifications or work experience, expecting to own his own house in five years. But one thing I do have is the right mindset. I have this inner confidence and drive that I have mustered somewhere from within myself, and I am prepared to do what it takes to achieve this goal.

Although I don't have anything to show for myself externally, I am highly skilled in some domains and very intelligent as well. Some people have even described me as a "super-genius".

However, I still don't know how to go about making this money, so I decided to ask on this forum if anyone has any ideas of what I could do to earn enough for my dream to come true.

I will need to make at least €200,000 in next 5 years.

I am 37 by the way.

[tlowedajuicemayne]

Welp. 

200k over 5 years is 40 bands per year. So you need a job or skillset that allows you to save 40k per year and still buy stuff etc. 

You're definitely not gonna land a job that does that with your described level of skills. 

Also saving 40k per year is not realistic for most people anyways. 

What you actually need is the down payment part of a home. Which is more like 20-30k

30k divided by 5 (years) is around 6k per year or 500 per month. Can you save 500 per month? Of course! Even with a part time job! 

A few things to note however- 

Never lead with your schizophrenia diagnosis. There is no reason for anyone to ever know that about you unless absolutely necessary. When you're looking for work, avoid freely giving this information away to potential employers. 

Also, freelance work might work for you if you could take an audit of your current skills and determine a freelance gig you could do to earn an extra 500 bucks a month. 

I hope this helps! It's good to see you wanting to make some major changes in your life and shoot for your dreams.  Thanks for posting 😄 

Edited Monday at 05:19 PM by tlowedajuicemayne

[Hojo]

Become a care aid. Fast school they might help or pay for it. Infinite overtime. Like 23-25 an hour to start. Hyper in demand at least where I am. Keep the super genius at home. It will help you become confident in speech and around people.

Edited yesterday at 01:50 AM by Hojo

[Leo Gura]

I suggest the entire basis of your project is misguided. You are doing this to get a house for yourself when your work should focus on providing value to others.

Imagine if the basis of my doing Actualized.org was to own a house by 2030. Do you see how wrong that would be?

[TruthFreedom]

9 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I suggest the entire basis of your project is misguided. You are doing this to get a house for yourself when your work should focus on providing value to others.

Imagine if the basis of my doing Actualized.org was to own a house by 2030. Do you see how wrong that would be?

Yes, I can see that. Selfish endeavours do not lead to lasting fulfillment anyway. And I listened to you when you said in one of your videos (remind me which one?) "Money and sex will not bring you happiness. You can see that right? I hope you can see that" (something like that).

I am talented in the music domain, so maybe you would suggest my goal should be to provide as much enjoyment to people through my guitar playing/singing as possible, and forget completely about how much money I earn or what I'm going to gain from it.

But the thing is Leo, I want to have a concrete (there's a pun there) goal to aim towards. This keeps me focused and on track. It's not wrong to want a house for myself. And "providing enjoyment for people" is not a specific goal, and goes on indefinitely. The goal to own a house by 2030 will give me something definite and solid to aim towards.

[Human Mint]

I want to leave a comment since in your other post I was missguided too. First of all I want to recognize my priority was backwards too. I better focus on impact first and I kinda see why.

I am studying music, in fact my LP was "to impact the minds of people through creative music and visual art". Probably acquiring a house is easy after I have the LP set up.

And to be fair my LP statement has a clear aim, I just have to compose art, lol. The difficulties have more to do with my inner obstacles and own resistance.

More specifically I was intending to play what I compose live, which is the bewst way to generate impact on people. A great show really is a spiritual experience.

Edited yesterday at 12:17 PM by Human Mint

[Human Mint]

19 hours ago, tlowedajuicemayne said:

Never lead with your schizophrenia diagnosis.

Or create a career out of it instead

[RawJudah]

Money doesn’t grow on trees m’boy.

You could always become a TikTok influencer, they make a lot of money! You wouldn’t need to leave the house either!