I've overcame 20 years of depression, now what do I do? entrepreneur how earn by blogging blog

So I am 33 years old. I've been suffering from basically crippling depression, anxiety, suicidal tendencies et al. since I was a young teen. Grew up poor, my parents were 'grind 12 hours at shit jobs, come home and watch tv' people, so not the greatest learning environment to develop good life habits or self-esteem, ultimately resulting in me self-sabotaging my life for a long time.

I cannot stand working a 9-5. I dated a girl with wealthy parents for a while and saw how the other half lived; she spent most of her time travelling and lived off the rent from the house her parents bought her while she studied medicine. It was an eye-opener comparing her life to mine and I wanted that life badly. At first I blamed my parents for giving birth to me (how dare they!) but soon realised that if I wanted that, I needed to work for it.

However depression, idiocy and having to work to survive is a lethal dream-killing combo. So I faffed about trying to learn anything I could in the spare time I had to 'better' myself. Unfortunately trying to study when you're physically exhausted from your job and mentally exhausted from your crippling anxieties does not lead to much... I wasted 8 years just jumping from poorly-planned idea to poorly-planned idea not getting anywhere and lost the girl as well *shrug shoulders emoji.

Anyway, long story short, lack of knowledge, lack of support, lack of self-esteem, depression sapping my energy and my own ignorance left me basically aimless and drifting in life for a long time but now I've conquered it...

I am no longer depressed! It's taken a minute but I've done it. I have energy for days and I want to be successful above everything else. 'Success' in this case is freedom and wealth.

'Badly' in this case means I am willing to sacrifice basically anything (not that I have a lot to sacrifice), and do basically anything to make this happen and I don't mean 'I'm gonna give up my Sundays' sacrifice; I mean 'sell all my possessions, move anywhere, do any job, have no friends, no sleep, no free time' sacrifice.

So the question is... Now what?

If I take a look at my skill set it reads like the typical 'I wanna be an entrepreneur but I have no follow-through' list:

• Currently work in Retail (manager, it sucks, long hours but can save around $600-$700, a month)

• Can program somewhat (JS, RoR, Liquid, probably not quite at a 'freelance level' but could get there pretty quick)

• Knows a bit about Branding and Design (Good understanding of color, composition, logos, Photoshop, Illustrator, voices, psychology)

• Understanding of marketing (aware of adsense and FB Audiences)

• Sales (literal face to face sales, it's my day job, I can do a great job mimicking Jordan Belfort, I talk well)

My biggest skill (and biggest issue) is that I'm smart, like 150 IQ smart. I don't 'think' like most other people. If you've ever read freakonomics, I think like that. I'm not bragging about it, it's alienating to say the least and probably one of the main reasons I am like I am mentally. If I could trade 20 IQ points for the ability to 'fit in' a bit more, I really would. Anyways, it means I can probably grasp things that other people can't and I should be able to leverage that ability into something. But what?

I have 1107.51 euros i can spend, maybe 500 euros worth of possessions I could sell.

What should I do Folks?

I think the ultimate goal is:

'build assets to live off' or 'enough money to buy assets to live off' as quickly as possible.

I am willing to listen to literally any and all suggestions.

I guess my only limit would be legality; I already tried selling drugs as a kid and that didn't work out too good soooo not that, otherwise, come at me.

How do I achieve what I want to achieve? Any feedback or suggestions welcomed.

lg,

LSKFUG

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