Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing well! First off, I am glad that there is a subreddit for ambitious, goal-driven and like-minded individuals such as yourself and I! I am looking for some advice for my plans and goals in the near-future. I will take constructive criticisms, but no hate/judgements.I'm 23 years old, currently in my final semester of university. I am no longer passionate about my neuroscience degree but I would still like to continue and obtain my university diploma. I do not see myself in this career-path. I hate being redundant and I have little patience in labs. I have always been entrepreneurial ever since I was young: selling candies to my fellow classmates, families, etc. I have always been passionate about business ownership, stocks and real estate. However, this did not really challenge me in high school so I decided to go into sciences. I love studying neuroscience, I really do, its a relatively new field and it's very interesting to learn. But you know what I hate about university? The deadlines, the stress, the pressure -- "can you learn and master this chapter within 3 hours per week?" Its not even learning anymore, its 'how well can you perform under these circumstances?" I am going to tell you the truth, I used to be an A+ student before I entered university. I am considered 'an average' student, for some classes that I'm passionate I usually get As, but for most classes I get Bs/Cs. I hate being average. I live in a boring, average city where everyone wants to work for the government, shop at Winners instead of luxury brands, people value security>freedom, make 80K annually, and this one I love "I can't wait to get my pension money after I retire." It is honestly so depressing. I feel so stuck. I'm not hating on them, its just so hard to meet people who have the same mindset as I do. Trust me, I will get out of this city. I have friends and family that work for the government, they all tell me the same story.My real entrepreneurial journey started last summer, I started a dropshipping e-commerce last year for a few months. I worked on the branding, website, marketing -- I did everything. I would say it looked legit and actually looks professional. However, due to fear I never opened the store because I was scared of what people would say, I was scared to face failure or success. I moved past that. Honestly, I kinda regretted it. I learned from it, I did. After that, I was in a long-burnout and I was depressed. I took some time to reflect on my failures from that model that hopefully I could apply in the future. That future being a coconut business. For my birthday, I bought a 2 hectare coconut plantation -- there are hundreds coconut, banana trees and various plantation of tropical fruits. It is a relatively small farm compared to big companies, however I would like to expand and buy nearby plantation. I am currently working on a business model (would like some thoughts/ideas/advice) on this as well. I've been doing lots of research, calculations and testing at homemade products on my free time. For the time being, I am going to work, save and invest my money. My goal is to save enough and start this company by the time I'm 26-27 years old. While I'm not using this land, I have lent it to another company for harvesting and they pay me, my return isn't much which is 6-10% annually, but it is better than nothing right? The S&P500 is like 8%? I would love to get some advice on growing this idea and turning it into a multi-million dollar company.Another thing that I want to do is becoming a real estate agent, I know very little about real estate -- from being passionate about interior design to knowing BRRRR to owning a coconut farm. I have 0% knowledge on the housing market and economy. I used to work for commission-based jobs where I almost out-performed workers who have been there for years. So, I have some sales experience. However, I would say I am a very introverted person. I am not shy, rather I like to keep my circle small, I will only have limited energy for things if I have a motive. I go from 0% to 100% at networking events and people Im interested talking to. The issue is, nowadays you need social media to put yourself out there and be well-known. I don't use social media, it is personal branding -- I have done branding but not with my face and personal information such as where I work, phone number, etc. . I am not comfortable with this. Thoughts? I wouldn't say its a dealbreaker but I guess I need to re-consider. Moreover, this pandemic made me even more non-talkative. I haven't talked/seen many people as I used to. I work from home, moved to a city where I barely speak the language, so there's that. If you guys have some advice on anything about real estate whether its closing deals, selling, working on my personality, please let me know. I am willing to take advice, criticisms and feedback.All in all, my plan is to finish my neuroscience degree while starting to obtain my RE certificate on the side. Work part-time for earned income. Work on my coconut business from time to time. Once I finish my RE certificate, I will work and dedicate myself into becoming a high-earner real estate agent for a few years. Save that money and use it for my coconut business. Once this business becomes profitable, I will go back to doing RE as a side hustle. Hopefully, retire by the time I'm 40.Thank you for taking out of your time reading this. I am looking forward to everyone's advice, thoughts, criticisms and feedback. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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