Regular people on the Internet

[Deleted member 1609]

How come you never hear about regular people on the Internet? It seems like everyone on the Internet is smarter and more successful than you will ever be.

For those of you who are reading this and are complete and miserable failures like I am (and I'm sure there are plenty of you), let me make you feel better:

I'm twenty-six years old. I have a four-year degree, but I earn less than many fast food workers and co-own a house with my mother. I didn't have a serious partner until I was twenty-five. I have nearly ten thousand dollars in credit card debt and tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt.

Despite all of that, I'm happy to be alive. Why? I have a family and friends who love me. Things that people brag about on the Internet like six-figure salaries, expensive mansions (which they own in their twenties, of course), 850 credit scores, etc. don't even matter. Those things aren't timeless. Nobody will remember those things when you die.

Anybody else feel a little left behind?

 

[Page]

Aren't alone, I'm always living on FP and that's what I do. Lucky to be not in debt and yet I get £40 a week and the rest goes to pay off bills and day to day food. Here I am still running an host and paying IPB software, so work out how I can able to afford that and also buy $120 tablet this week. Running sites are not cheap if you want with pay version all the way.

I also have certificate's for ICT 1, 2 & 3 and also business & administration level 3. And I don't have an job 🙁 I know some people get an job with out any darn degree's for an example and guy I know who moved to the states and he has no idea in ICT, He got the job with no knowledge.. and even his manger pays for his flights to go and work at an city store, and here I am having an hard time to get an job.

Then regards my site, I spent all my 4 years working on that, and hard earnings!! And it's still being the same old same old.. Stuck.. Not active.. RIpppppp....

Then when streaming on twitch!! another story

 

[Deleted member 5665]

Aren't alone, I'm always living on FP and that's what I do. Lucky to be not in debt and yet I get £40 a week and the rest goes to pay off bills and day to day food. Here I am still running an host and paying IPB software, so work out how I can able to afford that and also buy $120 tablet this week. Running sites are not cheap if you want with pay version all the way.

I also have certificate's for ICT 1, 2 & 3 and also business & administration level 3. And I don't have an job 🙁 I know some people get an job with out any darn degree's for an example and guy I know who moved to the states and he has no idea in ICT, He got the job with no knowledge.. and even his manger pays for his flights to go and work at an city store, and here I am having an hard time to get an job.

Then regards my site, I spent all my 4 years working on that, and hard earnings!! And it's still being the same old same old.. Stuck.. Not active.. RIpppppp....

Then when streaming on twitch!! another story

Success comes from hard work, but when you don't want to put hard work into it then you will have little chance of success. Money can only take you so far. It is always good to branch your horizon and go beyond FP and talk to other people and learn new experiences. Talk to people and see what people really want. If you want to be a big success you have to treat it like a job if not you are not going to go far.

 

[Azareal]

I do remember hearing about some of those big founders initially starting out working 21 hour days to try to get their business off the ground and they eventually winded up becoming household names.

 

[DylRicho]

I do remember hearing about some of those big founders initially starting out working 21 hour days to try to get their business off the ground and they eventually winded up becoming household names.

... Or overworked and not having anything to show for it. They are two extremes.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

Some of us work extremely hard at jobs that we enjoy and don't really have much in the way of material possessions to show for it. I mean, that's fine, but why is being poor always considered a sign of being lazy?

 

[Ajay]

Some of us work extremely hard at jobs that we enjoy and don't really have much in the way of material possessions to show for it. I mean, that's fine, but why is being poor always considered a sign of being lazy?

It's not, but then again those who made it and consider themselves successful shouldn't be targeted because of it.

 

[Migi]

@Princess MeowsePad I'm happy for you! Ultimately, though, happiness is very subjective. Some are satisfied with great companies, while others are looking for financial stability. They will probably go against each other for the rest of their lives. I'd leave them alone and find my own balance and be happy, lol.

I'm not filthy rich, but I'm grateful that I can still travel abroad once in a while and buy the food I like. I also have great friends and families around me. I think I'm in a good spot. 🙂

 

[Page]

Success comes from hard work, but when you don't want to put hard work into it then you will have little chance of success.

Easy for toy to say Mr Trump. People do put allot of hard work, And over the years I know people who has worked hard but not success. Yet comes down to what they are doing. Test and trail mostly. If that doesn't work they move onto something else until they found the right success.

but why is being poor always considered a sign of being lazy?

There are allot of poor people that are lazy, Yet again there are allot of rich people that are lazy. Example there parents are just giving out so much support of earnings to them they they don't work an whatnot.

But being poor doesn't mean lazy. People that are poor work hours and over time hours earning to able to live and the results that they can't afford the lift overs after they paid there day to day.

 

[Bryn]

It seems like everyone on the Internet is smarter and more successful than you will ever be.

I think that depends on where you go really. I mean, not everywhere would you see intelligent people about.

 

[Deleted member 1609]

It seems like everyone on the Internet is smarter and more successful than you will ever be.

I think that depends on where you go really. I mean, not everywhere would you see intelligent people about.

I guess you're right, but it seems like people like to brag about their accomplishments (real or fabricated) in most places.

 

[Bluezone777]

I will just say it is unwise to judge your life in its entirety alongside the highlight reels of other people. People aren't all that they will show you as many will hide the ugly side of their life leaving only the good side leaving you with a false impression of what living that life would entail.

 

[Reverie]

Happiness at the end of the day is the most important thing. You hear people saying the good things in their life because they want to celebrate it typically. However I know there are people intentionally bragging. There's also always the time and place for those type conversations... I've noticed some people place their fortune in the middle of a conversation and that comes off as annoying.

As long as you work hard, continue on a path, life will get better. Doors will open somewhere.

I feel like I had more of my hardships as a kid and it was life's karma that I made it out alive and have gotten to where I am now. It was also the mindset I had. I knew from a young age what I wanted to do, I've had help being successful. And now that I am I'm helping those who helped me.

 

[Jason76]

How come you never hear about regular people on the Internet? It seems like everyone on the Internet is smarter and more successful than you will ever be.

For those of you who are reading this and are complete and miserable failures like I am (and I'm sure there are plenty of you), let me make you feel better:

I'm twenty-six years old. I have a four-year degree, but I earn less than many fast food workers and co-own a house with my mother. I didn't have a serious partner until I was twenty-five. I have nearly ten thousand dollars in credit card debt and tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt.

Despite all of that, I'm happy to be alive. Why? I have a family and friends who love me. Things that people brag about on the Internet like six-figure salaries, expensive mansions (which they own in their twenties, of course), 850 credit scores, etc. don't even matter. Those things aren't timeless. Nobody will remember those things when you die.

Anybody else feel a little left behind?

If you see people who are successful online it's easy to be annoyed. Anyway, a lot of them just got there by scamming. However, the others had real good plans in place to get them out, they worked thru it, and now they're successful.