The Road to Freedom

Does anyone else want to be an entrepreneur only because you find the idea of being an employee disgusting? It bothers me to my core to be someone's subordinate.

Call me narcissistic or worse, but it's just how I feel.

I'm actually humble and nice towards others. I definitely don't feel the need to use others or have power over others.

But I hate others having power over me.

My independence is so, so important to me. Even with a "good boss", I hate the dynamic of being an underling, a subordinate, an employee.

I don't even really want to have other employees. My ideal business would be just me doing my thing all alone. Hell, sometimes I feel like what I really want isn't entrepreneurship but living in the woods somewhere, although that's very uncomfortable and unfeasible for me personally, so entrepreneurship is sort of the only path towards a comfy, solitary, independent life. Now if I only could find an idea that works for me, but that's another matter entirely.

The road to freedom is long and hard.

As a 50 year old man who lives independently with a multi-talented approach to life and a constant flow of opportunity coming my way, I'd like to weigh in.

First of all this world is shitty, having to work is shitty and most workplaces and bosses are shitty. It is so deeply ingrained into the work culture that there is little chance of "it" changing.

Part of the problem you are facing is your passiveness. You say "if only i could find" That my friend is the very thinking and language that has your tail tickling your nose and will have you stuck for many years. Could be a continuous spiral, because you will grow more and more resentful and unfulfilled.

The trick is to take full agency in yourself and choose a path and approach everything with a goal and purpose. The only thing you will ever actually possess is your mind and body. Every job is an opportunity to improve your core skills and gain new knowledge and network. Find a way to be an "Intrapraneur" wherever you work and use every opportunity to get really good at whats at hand while planning for your future. The way to rise above is to become a bad ass at whatever you do and to do it relentlessly. Fuck the politics and how you are treated, create growth goals wherever you are and attain them. Make one inch of progress always and you will find yourself miles down the road later.

If you have your own clear purpose at any job, the bullshit will loose its power. You will know that you are gaining what you want no matter what. That you are building inherent value in what you can do in this world.

Do you hobbies first as though you want to teach them, then as to be the best in the world.

Strive constantly so that the muscles of striving grow strong.

Its actually all inside of you. I have trained myself to waste no time lamenting the shitty things. I live to overcome them and out do everyone and everything around me.

Stop looking for the magic bullet and own that it is all in your hands.

Change your language from, "if only" to "i am going to find a way to make the life i want"

If you say that every day, you will find the path opening. You will spend your mental energy in movement and growth, not in self sabotaging emotions. You are giving your power to a nebulous system and its been in your hands the whole time.

Don't be attached to outcomes or expectations, do the work. The work always gets you somewhere. You will find yourself growing stronger in little ways and your sense of purpose will expand slowly. Its not easy and it takes time and consistent effort.

Shoot for the sun, you will find yourself walking on the moon. No one in the history of this earth has accomplished their perfect vision of life.

Train yourself to never give up.