Comments on: Money & Life Advice I Wish I Had Received at Age 18

By: Avery

Avery — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:29:14 +0000

“Passion is cultivated, not discovered.” I could not agree more with you Zach and I hope many 18-20’s year olds read this because it is such an important life lesson. Like you, I too went through a lot of jobs and internships in my college years in an attempt to “discover” my passion. It’s only years later that I realized that passion doesn’t just fall into our laps but is created through pursuing our interests.

On another note, just want to say I recently discovered your blog and love your writing!

By: PFI

PFI — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:51:11 +0000

Nobody is tracking your failures is such an important concept. As a life-long perfectionist who hates showing any type of weakness, I still struggle to remember this in my 40s.

I’m better when I just try without the fear of failure. For me, that’s been one of the freeing parts of financial independence – less worry about needing to be perfect professionally.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:34:53 +0000

These are all very good points. Lots of people still don’t understand this at 30 or 40. You are way ahead of most people. Great job.
I really like the point about self-help books. They’re great, but it’s even better to work on a project. You can learn a ton of stuff from building a website and other projects.
I like the point about passion too. IMO, real passion comes from being great at something. That takes time.

By: Mallory

Mallory — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:21:38 +0000

Absolutely love this article!

Especially love this as a better metric to track –> This is why focusing on growing the gap between your income and expenses is a better approach <–

I'm sending this to my siblings who are both in their 20s.

Thanks again for sharing.

By: John @ TightFist Finance

John @ TightFist Finance — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:55:46 +0000

My biggest problem was constantly being stuck in research mode. I can research a topic to death, but the follow through is what’s important.

I agree that everyone should focus more on growing their income and reducing their expenses. You’ll be way better off!

Great article!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:38:26 +0000

Great post.