02-24-2017, 11:46 AM
(02-24-2017, 10:04 AM)GreatWhiteWebb Wrote: To be more specific I am in my last two years of college studying entrepreneurship but will likely not be able to afford to graduate next year since ill lose financial aid. I have specific, poorly developed, plans for what I want to do after college (or if I left) and feel I am fully capable of bringing them to fruition with a bit of leg work. The dilemma is that I would have to abandon my loved ones and embrace their disapproval while also slingshoting myself into instability and uncertainty. On the other hand, I feel it is crucial now more than ever to pursue these things to gaurentee they will have the right impact on the world, at the right time. However, if I wait it out in my current, not preferable situation, I see myself eventually completing these very goals comfortably but after a strenuous amount of deviation from what I know to be my true path. I hate the feeling of stagnation more than anything but dont much care for the mundane loop ive been trapped in either.
I am an entrepreneur, and if you are, you will absolutely be unable not to be one. So my point is, whether you stay in your present situation or forge ahead into new territory, you will still work toward your vision.
I would not worry about disapproval. I've been working for myself almost all of my adult life and friends/family basically never understand the amount of time I work or how I go about things. I would try and let that go. If they disapprove, it's their issue not yours. That does not mean you have to be unkind, but live your life for yourself because that is what you are here to do, not to live your life for someone else. You are a unique and unrepeatable expression of the all, and it's up to you to be that expression, and let it flower, not hold yourself back because others may want you to do this or that based on their own distortions.
It's okay to take chances. Pay attention to whether something makes you feel excited and energized, because following that feeling is a key. Be smart about your choices. Then jump in when it feels right and give it absolutely all you've got.