What was the turning point for you when you decided to buckle down and really go after what you wanted in terms of dream career, starting a business and so on?
For me it's when I saw my dad's paycheck in March.
$3300 for one week of work.
He asked me to spot him on groceries more than a dozen times this year and he literally can't replace the tires on his car.
It made me rage like nothing else. I "get by" on $1200 a month, and him floating at the same level as me making 10 times what I do slapped me the fuck out of whatever sleep I was in.
I went to pol immediately after and I saw an amazing post along the lines of, "it's much easier to increase your pay by 10 times than by 10%. To increase your pay by 10%, you ask and get declined. You work harder at your job, make him more money, make the company more money, and stress yourself sick to justify another 10%. You ask again, but you are a literally who, so clearly, no. Repeat ad infinitum. In order to increase your pay 10 times, you need to change your lifestyle, your view on life, learn more and in your own time, generally and wholly make yourself better. This seems hard, but once you get out of the tub, you realize how cold the water really was."
Getting mad at my dad for cucking himself gave me the road to walk upon, seeing that post gave me las vegas strip-style lights pointing to my betterment.
Thank you random user, you did so much for me, and I wish I could thank you in person.