Hello all!
So, I've decided to get back into this whole...blogging thing again. Let me introduce myself - I am 22 years-old, and currently seeking a way OUT of the corporate world. It's interesting to me that I went to college in hopes of getting this AMAZING corporate job and getting "dressed up" everyday and living in prestige...then I got that job (without a degree no less). You see, I had to drop out of college because my parents company went belly up. They made too much money for me to qualify for financial aid so I had to quit with a $6,000 debt hanging over my head barring me from returning.
So, with no degree, 20 years-old, and no clue what to do, by grace I have been given the position of Regional Administrator for a top ten bank. I have held this position for 2 years and...while I appreciate the opportunity and realize that it has been a SERIOUS stepping stone, I do not understand how people stomach this life for tens of years. In 2 years, I have barely gotten by. Maybe because I have the "Gen X" mentality that says I refuse to be pushed around and succumb to ridiculous politics. Who knows. Regardless, in 2 years I have become fully licensed with an insurance license, series 7, and series 66. But, none of that seems to have purpose when I feel so under-valued. For all I do, granted I have been given 2 raises in the 2 years I have been employed there, but it still comes out to peanuts!
I suppose my real issue is that I grew up in an entrepreneurial home. My mother stayed at home and ran the business during the day, while my dad worked the corporate dream and lived the entrepreneurs life by night. Kudos to my 'rents, they had ballsy hustle. Sure, visiting my dad in the big corporate office was fun, but I was always moreso enamored and conditioned that CHOICE is worth more than any so-called "prestige" an underpaid corporate job can give. At age 8, my brothers and I ran a lemonade snack stand during the summer and earned somewhere around $100. At age 12, I developed a website dedicated to cheerleading that had 1,200 visitors per day and earned me several awards and even free video games from Maxis (developers of The Sims and SimCity). At age 16, I established and ran a jewelry business that earned somewhere around $300. Since then, I have sadly lost my entrepreneurial spirit...until now. It has come to my attention that I am 22 years-old living with my parents and no positive outlook.
So, I am taking up arms and doing what is necessary to escape the corporate plantation. Anybody read that book, "It's OK To Leave The Plantation"? Great read, grab a copy from Better World Books (goes to a good cause and free shipping!). Anyways, enough for introductions, consider this my gauntlet thrown to the ground. Follow my journey from glorified corporate slave to a freed-woman entrepreneur :-)
.:Closetpreneur:.
