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I’m 24 and have been fortunate to have around 470k net worth and the majority of it is liquid. I’m only in this position because my parents supported me in college and I got a high paying software engineering job after graduated and lived with my parents rent-free. It also has to do with the fact I got lucky with job market timing and the strength of the US tech economy, and excellent returns on investing in the US total stock market.
Between late 23-24 y/o I didn’t make much as I took a lot of time off after realizing that my life satisfaction / overall happiness was at extreme low due to my lack of abundance with women and social skills. I also recently got fired for job performance as I lost motivation to work. I pretty much took stock of my situation and realized my long-term outlook with women is extremely poor and I need to make massive changes that seem to be more important than my career at the moment.
I feel like I’m operating on a different paradigm than most people as most people are concerned about making money and having enough savings to survive. To me, accumulating more money through extensive time commitment in my 20’s is highly unappealing as I feel I already have enough and much more than the average American for my age. And on top of that, I value new experiences (esp. with women) more than making more money at this point.
In my opinion, I am far better off experiencing things like improving with women and cold approach, and traveling when I’m still young. This is the rough plan, and something that feels inevitable for me. However there is a trade-off as I could be stacking more money that would compound even more.
Because of this unconventional path I’m taking, I feel a little insecure as being unemployed feels a little embarrassing even if it’s right for me in the short term, and the other aspect is constantly debating if the opportunity cost of skills with women/accumulating skills with women is greater than compounded growth of money and growing my career.
I'm much more satisfied with my life now than working my corporate job before. This year after I recovered from my breakup, I dated and had sex with two new women (the girl I broke up with was my first and I dated her for several years), as well as went on dates with around 10 women, the majority of which I could have bedded if I had better skills. Even though this is a small milestone, I feel over the moon about this accomplishment as I’m a huge newbie, and I'm definitely hungry for more.
Currently I’m betting on that this little adventure should vastly improve my life and quality with women and touch with reality in general, compared to sitting and coding all day for the rest of my twenties something that I'm not even talented at. I understand I could have done both at the same time, but I am mediocre at programming so it basically took up of my entire capacity.
I’m just uncertain about how long I should go about chasing skirts and traveling, and when I should get back on the road of employment and stable income. The truth is I know that I can’t do this forever even though it would be tempting to travel across the world in my twenties and accumulate lays until my money runs out.
What do you guys think, am I overvaluing experiences with women or is this a good bet?
Between late 23-24 y/o I didn’t make much as I took a lot of time off after realizing that my life satisfaction / overall happiness was at extreme low due to my lack of abundance with women and social skills. I also recently got fired for job performance as I lost motivation to work. I pretty much took stock of my situation and realized my long-term outlook with women is extremely poor and I need to make massive changes that seem to be more important than my career at the moment.
I feel like I’m operating on a different paradigm than most people as most people are concerned about making money and having enough savings to survive. To me, accumulating more money through extensive time commitment in my 20’s is highly unappealing as I feel I already have enough and much more than the average American for my age. And on top of that, I value new experiences (esp. with women) more than making more money at this point.
In my opinion, I am far better off experiencing things like improving with women and cold approach, and traveling when I’m still young. This is the rough plan, and something that feels inevitable for me. However there is a trade-off as I could be stacking more money that would compound even more.
Because of this unconventional path I’m taking, I feel a little insecure as being unemployed feels a little embarrassing even if it’s right for me in the short term, and the other aspect is constantly debating if the opportunity cost of skills with women/accumulating skills with women is greater than compounded growth of money and growing my career.
I'm much more satisfied with my life now than working my corporate job before. This year after I recovered from my breakup, I dated and had sex with two new women (the girl I broke up with was my first and I dated her for several years), as well as went on dates with around 10 women, the majority of which I could have bedded if I had better skills. Even though this is a small milestone, I feel over the moon about this accomplishment as I’m a huge newbie, and I'm definitely hungry for more.
Currently I’m betting on that this little adventure should vastly improve my life and quality with women and touch with reality in general, compared to sitting and coding all day for the rest of my twenties something that I'm not even talented at. I understand I could have done both at the same time, but I am mediocre at programming so it basically took up of my entire capacity.
I’m just uncertain about how long I should go about chasing skirts and traveling, and when I should get back on the road of employment and stable income. The truth is I know that I can’t do this forever even though it would be tempting to travel across the world in my twenties and accumulate lays until my money runs out.
What do you guys think, am I overvaluing experiences with women or is this a good bet?
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