As a person who’ve worked hard and earned my living, I believed that working to earns one living was the way to go until I realized that it was stupid and meaningless to certain extent and knew I couldn’t do it until I was 62. I started working at the age of 10 delivering newspapers to working under the table restaurant jobs, retails, bit of military, to now doing IT as a career. I’ve recently turned 30 and can happy to say that I have somehow retired. (From stock investing/dividends and VA disability) quit 3 weeks ago.
I don’t believe in hard work like I used to when I was younger. I started to think that working smarter would get me financial freedom and it did.
I don’t have a dream job or at least not anymore. I thought I enjoyed doing IT but not anymore cuz of people and bosses. I’m lucky and happy to be where I am financially now.
Now,..I wouldn’t know what to tell my 1 year old daughter and how to encourage her of what she wants to do when she grows up. The only thing I can think of is investing early with the money she earns.
What do you guys think? I just feel at lost as a father, I should encourage my child to become what she wants but at the same time knowing how “working culture” is pretty much toxic, how should someone guide them.