Earning my first thousand...

Never Expected it...

For a teen who was waking up at 7am every day, brushing and tea and toilet would take another one hour and then again, studying started from 9am to 10am. Breakfast came and then, there was my fixed routine of bingeing for 2 hours.

I might have finished a lot of things at lockdown. Because in that amount of time… even I didn’t know that I was discovering myself. In all ways, mentally and physically (🙃).

Anyways, I was always interested in newspapers, especially the page where business news were and there was talks about stock markets, crores invested, etc.

I don’t know how I got that thought but I thought that I should learn about Stock market and be an expert in it.

And so, I googled Stock Market basics and finished up CA Rachana Ranade’s video 2 3-hour lectures in 4 days. I would write my learnings in a copy. And trust me, this is something I wish everyone would do instead of casually watch any YouTube video.

Always try to keep a note, or a physical copy and pen near you whenever you are watching or most importantly CONSUMING ANY TYPE OF CONTENT, which is meant for your growth.

So, after that 4 days to the current day now… I have actually fulfilled my achievement of earning my fees and dues… And I believe I can pay for all my expenses. Yeah, I still live in my parent’s house… (I don’t think of buying a new house, because I simply like being in the company of my parents :) )

Well, I had a plan.

A plan of being out of the rat race before somewhat… I don’t knew my goal until I met a friend Ayush B, from my school. He was my classmate just in the different section, so I would come at the tiffin time and talk biz with him. Amazing time and it’s always amazing to talk to such a matured smart and wise person.

And there he was saying out boldly, ‘I’ll be financially free before I turn 25.’ Back then, 25 seemed too much. Because after Class 12, 4 years of UG and 2 years of PG… Well, you are already 24. But something strikes...

My primary goal was to get out of the rat race. And nothing else. I don’t want Porsche cars, no Nobel prizes, etc. I just wanted complete control over my time, how I spend it with, whom with I spend it with, when I spend it, etc. 100% control over my destiny.

And so, that day, I wrote down on my daily journal’s front page:

BEFORE 22nd SEPTEMBER 2032, I WILL BE FINANCIALLY FREE AND FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF MY LIFE.

And I still see this line every day… Must have been more than a year.

One of my hobbies was CUBING. It still is.

And I started teaching people speedcubing and how to improve on it across the globe. And after over 6 months of experience… I am kinda proud of writing my bio ‘International Puzzle Coach’.

And I started giving online small sessions to different people (whom I don’t know off) through Zoom and Facebook groups. And suddenly one day, there’s an email saying ‘Someone on SuperProf …’ I had opened my account there (and it still exists btw)

It was a California client… And he still keeps contact now. I taught him how to improve on 3x3. And he and his father was very pleased with how things went. And so, the text comes ‘Would $15 be enough for your time?’

And I was like: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! $15 WHOLE DOLLARS!!!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 (Thankfully, I had secretly made my mom’s PayPal account and 15$ got reduced, because of the PayPal fees)

Now that felt like SOOOOO MUCH PAISA!!!!! My parents knew about it. And I could tell that they were happy too because they now know that their son could earn his OWN money.

Now, rejecting 1L money from an investor seems casual. Because I didn’t have time managing my start up: Speed Cube India; along with my studies, I just said, ‘I don’t think I can manage my time along with everything. I’m sorry.’

And that was it…

But now that I look back… this was a leap.

Start from 0 to $15 directly… seriously!!! And even if I earn around 10000+ (which I have recently stopped… I’m prepping for MIT), it doesn’t feel that high. That’s normal for me.

If you don’t have someone to guide you, and it’s solely through learning by YouTube that you earned your own money, well… you know how it felt.

And right now, things are very normal. If I see someone earning crores and lakhs than me, it’s fine. Because now I know what I want. And I also know that whatever I want, I can achieve.

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And the best part? I’m making progress…

I went from nobody to kinda someone. And currently at the point of paying my own school fees, tuition fees, and also for my wants all by myself.

Life is game. And suddenly you are aware of the rules… And you start to make progress in your own game. Things change. Conditions change. You change.

But truly money remains to be something in all our lives.

And one day, I’ll achieve what I want. And then, I will exit for good.

How did you earn your first income? Comment ;) I would love to know.

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