Reality Check

If college tuition has gone up by 310%, the average home price has gone up by 218%, the cost of raising a child from 0-18 has gone up by 204% since 1990, but wages are stagnant, how are you supposed to get ahead financially?

• Option 1 - Go back to school. First point was that college tuition has gone up by 310%. How do you expect to pay that back if wages are stagnant?
• Option 2 - Get a second job or a "better" job. I'm not sure about you but most people I know barely like their first work daddy, let alone two of them. Additionally, what exactly is a "better" job? How many times do you want to press the reset button on your career?
• Option 3 - Consider entrepreneurship as a side hustle until your business takes off and you can fire your boss. This option isn't for everyone because it takes more effort from you than what you put into the job that still has you living paycheck to paycheck.

Here's the raw deal. The first two options have failed far too many people including me. I, just like thousands of others, went back to school only to end up in $120k in student loan debt and a job that would fire me 8 months post-graduation. The idea of working for someone else again and hitting the reset button to build someone else's dream just wasn't appealing to me.

What I did was I bet on me. I bet that there was only one guarantee and that guarantee was me. I was the one to determine what I was worth. I was the one to determine how much money I would make. I was the one who would give the best returns because I ultimately would have the control.

My recommendation to you all is to put all the chips on you. If you're going to gamble, take a gamble on yourself.