My challenge of making $10000 in 6 months and the mistakes I've made?
By Arun Jack
@Arunjack243 (311)
July 7, 2018 10:55am CST
I'm a 19-year-old college student, who has less time to concentrate on money making stuff.
About 2 months ago, I challenged myself to make $10000 in 6 months.
In the first month, I made pretty much more progress, like 10 blog posts and gained 150+ Pinterest followers. Because I was in the Semester leave.
In the second month, things got worse, college starts and I have only 3 hours a day to concentrate on business. But those three hours are separated by 1 hour morning and 2 hour evening. This is not enough to complete my goal.
I live in an apartment with my 3 friends. And they are the biggest struggle in my journey.
How? They turn the speakers on with the highest sound possible and the only 3 hours I have had been distracted.
Then I decided to wake up at 5 a.m. when they are asleep. But this is the habit I struggled very hard to develop, and still trying to be perfect at 5 a.m.
So now I am wasting the precious morning 4 hours and mid-day 5 hours in the useless college. I hate going to college. You may say "it's more important, it's your life". But it's not a ticket to everything. So, I decided to drop-out, but the biggest hurdle then came, it's my family and friends who are supporting the useless college education. Self-education is more important than the college education. But they don't understand this, because it's what not majority of people follow. Now, I don't have the permission from my parents to drop-out of college.
I want to be in a quiet place to concentrate on my business work, to achieve my $10k goal. I am not planning to step back. I am learning from my mistake. Anyone have any tips for getting things done in less time, please tell me?
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10 responses
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
7 Jul 18
I am feeling sorry about you my dear boy! Those statements like' Self education is more important College education' etc looks good in books, when it comes to face the life it is your college education only that will fetch you a livelihood! So please leave this child's play of making 10K and dropping yourself in a semester and concentrate on your education as you can make many such 10K s once you complete your course with flying colors as an average person in his college studies have no chance in the Competition! Thanks and stay blessed!
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
8 Jul 18
@Arunjack243 , I am also from India. My family is full of Engineers! My nephew dis his M.tech few years back and now he is working in England. Who told you that a Mechanical Engineer gets $150 per month? And how can you say you can't get pay rise? My son and another nephew are also Engineers and they are doing nice, today! These are lame excuses and you are wasting your time and also the hard earned money of your parents by neglecting your studies! I feel sorry for your ignorance and also unawareness about your field! Stay blessed!
@Arunjack243 (311)
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10 Jul 18
@AKRao24 Thanks for your negative comment. I don't like to start an argument here. I get almost every response like your's outside of Mylot. Because, this is what the world is believing, that more education means more money. Do any of the engineers from your family are feeling gifted for their job, do they earn enough money in a short period of time. Are they millionaires. I know the answer is NO unless they are born rich. Think different, don't follow the crowded path. Get out of the Competition and Create something unique and valuable in this world. Never again tell me the traditional job story. And by the way, Mechanical engineers are the one who gets the lowest salary in the engineering field. Only a few can earn lakhs. Just don't tell about your family engineer's job. They are really not happy with their job, ask them how they feel about their job. Ask only honest answer.
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@Arunjack243 (311)
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8 Jul 18
I'm studying mechanical engineering, and there's a lot of competition for this course. There's no guarantee I can get a job within the first 2 years after graduation. In India the salary range is very low as $150 per month. And getting a pay raise is like impossible
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@akalinus (40610)
• United States
7 Jul 18
@Arunjack243 I guess there are different rules in different places.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
But, they have some rules like studying only books related to my course, and they only allow me in the lunch and break time. It's not like a library.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
@akalinus Yes! But not a strict rule like in our library.
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@marguicha (215852)
• Chile
7 Jul 18
I´m too old to give you any advise. In my time, children who misbehaved got a spank on the butt. Those were the days.
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@marguicha (215852)
• Chile
7 Jul 18
@Arunjack243 I am 73 years old. In my time a 19 year old boy would have to go to college if their parents and friends were making a sacrifice for his education. Money is not easy to get. Most drop outs from college end up with low paid jobs. I am writing this with great concern, and as I would talk to my grandsons.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
@marguicha Thank a lot for your advice. And I am not getting any jobs, but doing blogging and e-commerce dropshipping business. Thank you for spending your time here.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
I know you'll give this type of answer. But I surely can achieve it, by blogging and e-commerce dropshipping business. There are so many ways to make legit money, but we are blinded by the common path called "college". Just think of it mate. Anyways, Thanks for your time to reply.
@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
7 Jul 18
@Arunjack243 Even if you succeed in achieving this goal now, do you consider this a proper profession which will feed you (and later a family) for the rest of your life?
"...blinded by the common path called "college"" is an immature answer.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
@MALUSE I understand your point of view. But we have to think does this college education will give us financial security 10 years from now(My prediction is NO). I am a diehard Gary Vaynerchuk fan, and I am following his path.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
7 Jul 18
Lower your standards and take only baby steps. $10,000 in 6 mos is too high a goal for anyone to achieve if they are hoping to do it all online. Many people work hard for years before they see progress.
You could try and get a head start by using your vacation time to begin your projects instead of trying to multitask so hard while you are in school. That will only exhaust you to a point where you acieve absolutely nothing. 
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@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
Yes. This is what I am thinking. But, I am not multitasking. I don't study the college subjects. I am attending it only for the 75% attendance.
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@Arunjack243 (311)
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8 Jul 18
@Starmaiden Nope. When I make that much money, I'll give it to my parents and tell them let me dropout and earn more.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
7 Jul 18
@Arunjack243 To keep your parents happy? Are you trying to make all of that money to pay back your parents for a college education you're not interested in? 
@Fliafaith (763)
• Nairobi, Kenya
7 Jul 18
why would you drop out of school, to begin with? because i don't see any valid reason there
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@Arunjack243 (311)
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8 Jul 18
I want to create a monopoly company.
As a first step, I landed it in Blogging and e-commerce drop shipping. When I make more money from this, I'll invest it in other startup companies, stocks, and cryptocurrencies.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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10 Jul 18
@Fliafaith Because I don't want to waste my time studying the things I don't like.
@Fliafaith (763)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Jul 18
@Arunjack243 thats not a bad idea but i don't see reason for leaving school still
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
7 Jul 18
It is a pity your apartment friends are so noisy. I think getting up a 5am to work on your blog is a good idea. You can then have some quality time and enjoy some quietness. I think a have to do list is a good idea so you can tick off things. Have a list of goals for this week. Good luck with your savings plan.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
Thank you, I will sure try to implement what you've said. And I am not saving any money, but making it completely from scratch with a little bit of knowledge in content marketing, HTML, and CSS.
Once again thanks for your time to reply.
@Arunjack243 (311)
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7 Jul 18
Thank you @Icydoll This kind of appreciation motivates me.
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@Lissiel (423)
• Philippines
8 Jul 18
I don't like being in college too, if I habe any other choice I really would like to live and start working. But i just thought I can't give up now , because 2 years from now i'm going to graduate.
I understand what you want in your life; you are the only one who knows what's best for you.
Just work harder and harder to achieve your goal. I don't think there's a shortcut in life; if there is, there will always be a consequence for it.
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@Arunjack243 (311)
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10 Jul 18
Thanks for that mate. I know there are no shortcuts to success, but if we put in our time and work on a specific goal, it will become easier to achieve.
@Supportazy (54)
• Laos
12 Jul 18
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have an advanced degree versus my husband graduated from high school. We are now on the same page in terms of career and we started a company together. However, he didn't choose to drop out like you, his family wasn't financially capable. He told me how tough it was to survive without a degree and always have this inferior feeling toward his education background.
I think in life, earning a degree is not the most important (most important thing is keep trying), but it sure makes your life easier, such as getting a visa for immigration...etc. If money is your top priority and your are determined, actually there are many sales jobs out there can easily earn your $10K target in short time which I achieved easily. But when it comes to interviewing or even being chosen for a sales job interview, questions around your degree uncompleted may come in again. I was in the HR filed for 10 years and I know how they screen applicants.
I cannot even tell what I may want in the next 10 years, so if I were you, I wouldn't be able to make a significant decision to drop out from school if it wasn't necessary. 10 years from now, you will probably think $10K is nothing but going back to school probably is not as easy as you imagine.
Don't get me wrong, I hated school too. That's why I didn't waste my time and graduated my first degree when I was 19.
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