I need advice on where to put my focus and energy right now. I have multiple good ideas but I know I cannot execute on all of them. Looking to prioritize based on which are most likely to build wealth first.
> Be 36 > Four kids > Recently divorced > Pay lots of child support/alimony > 50/50 custody, so I can use that free time to focus on achieving financial freedom
So, should I do the below in a particular order? Or some fraction?
Option 1: Current Career
I go all-in on my career. I am a Manager in the IT world, and very close to making director. Which could bump me from 140k to 160k and provide a huge breather from my child support and mortgage (I kept the house, she was a cheater) which has stretched me thin. Anyway, I focus on some IT certifications and PMP/financial certs to keep me current and keep pushing down that path. I’d be a VP in 5 years and pulling into the 200s. This could easily take all my time and focus if I let it. All extra income goes to savings/investments.
Option 2: Business Idea
I stay at my current level career-wise, and focus my energy on a business idea I have. I strongly believe it’s a niche in a market that hasn't been touched yet… lots of potential. My free time goes toward getting it off the ground and either putting it on autopilot, or selling my company to a bigger company who can produce/market it at larger scale. It’s something that could be sold worldwide, and seems reasonably cheap to prototype. Most new businesses crash, so unsure if I should put the time and money into this.
I have a 10% finished book that focuses on getting struggling people to the middle class level. Lots of thought into it, could brand it, get a website, youtube channel, etc and sell the brand or keep it if it’s mostly autopilot. I have a connection to a large publisher so hoping to leverage that. In the theme of Rich Dad, Poor Dad but more realistic.
Option 4: Book Idea #2
A sci-fi novel. This is my passion. It will take at least another year, maybe two before it’s finished if I go all-in. If I had all the money, I’d work on this. But I think it’s the least likely to be lucrative right now, although it’s something that has potential to be made into movies/video games, etc. It’s pretty unique and could tap both mainstream and old school audiences.
So… I’m stuck in analysis paralysis. Any help is appreciated.
Option 1 seems the most direct you'd probably be better off asking reddit than this shithole all that's here is shilling shitcoins, not any actual good business advice
OP you are living the ultimate nightmare of every cryptoneet denizen of Jow Forums in basically every possible way. Get ready for some really unconstructive redpills
Mason Kelly
I don't get how but I still find your post amusing.
Thomas Lee
Yeah I definitely won't do anything to jeopardize that unless one of the other three took off. I guess my real question is which of numbers two three or four should I prioritize, if any.
I'm just gunna get this out of the way fro you my good man: They're gunna come in and start talking about coins, mention the fact that you were cucked, shit on you for being a 'wagecuck', and provide very little constructive criticism or advice. Unironically for best answers I would go to reddit, as you can find subs specifically catering to these sorts of questions and more importantly retarded posts will just get deleted.
Anyway, my take on it is that it's tough since you're a little older (no offense), and I genuinely feel uppity for imparting advice on you, but I think you really have a good idea in option 3. Not as much investment, of time/ money as a legit business or a sci-fi novel and once it's done you can redirect towards the other options. Self-help is a great industry and if you do it right you can benefit a tonne and actually help out your fellow citizens too (good karma).
If I can just ask out of curiosity as a younger guy, how did it fall apart with your wife? If you have the time to answer, just interested to see how the family unit sort of fell apart after you guys committed your lives to one another, and I mean 4 kids- wow.
Best of luck OP if I think of any more advice to give I will, I'm just not sure you'll find the degree of experience/ wisdom here that this place should have.
Colton Sanchez
Curious about this as well as a late 20s thinking about marriage. I would have thought with 4 kids to watch after she wouldn't have had time to cheat unless she had a job outside the home.
Justin Price
murder+suicide seems very popular, i've read.
Angel Mitchell
Flee to South America or South East Asia, trade crypto and fuck ethnic girls.
Henry Evans
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>Option 4: Book Idea #2 >A sci-fi novel. This is my passion. It will take at least another year, maybe two before it’s finished if I go all-in. If I had all the money, I’d work on this. But I think it’s the least likely to be lucrative right now, although it’s something that has potential to be made into movies/video games, etc. It’s pretty unique and could tap both mainstream and old school audience top kek at writing a sci fi novel in 2019 you might as well be a glass blower in some colonial reenactment in Williamsburg
Anthony Long
You have 50/50 custody and have to pay child support? Nice larp.
Nathan Reed
Make your wife disappear, keep the kids and don't pay the whore alimony. I'd rather commit sepuku than pay alimony to some whore.
In retrospect all the red flags were there. Lots of guy friends, constantly on social media, very attractive so always being oggled somewhere somehow. The instant attention and validation from social media fueled her the longer we went on. I realized about 6 years out of the 11 in that she didn't see a problem being flirted with, like it's harmless. Which gave me jealousy issues. Became unrecoverable when I learned why she was so popular at our sons Jiu-Jitsu gym... fucked around with a couple of the members, tons of sexting and pictures with them and others. Didn't help that two years before that she became besties with a total degenerate slut who played off her bad behavior as mental health issues.
Luckily I had enough evidence to force at least 50% custody for myself, even willing to pay her child support and alimony so she didn't play any games in court. I still believe there are women out there who aren't like that, but damned if I know where to start looking so I'm only focused on my kids and career for now.
Per Aspera Ad Astra brother. Through hardship to the stars.
Aaron Hill
Fuck you for getting a divorce. You are a piece of shit.
Justin Ramirez
Lol probably a troll, but what would you do when you're stuck in survival mode, your career is falling apart and you're becoming increasingly useless as a father because years of trying to save a marriage while she just kept trying to get away with more? She's not religious so there was no repenting. At a certain point, I decided that even if it risked my soul, my children have a better chance of salvation if I purge that cheating whore from my life.
And it's working. Children are getting more stability, learning about God and attending church. And the ex wife is getting unlimited dick. Win win. I have them the majority of the time and can focus on their development and salvation. If that condemns me to hell, it was worth it.
