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Hey I read your comments few days ago, but haven’t had time to respond.
South Korea good. I have cousins who flew there to teach English.
With regards to money problems, I’m not financial advisor nor an expert at helping others, but you need to find a way to do two things:
1) reduce the money that leaves your wallet/bank account, by cutting spending on anything that isn’t an absolute necessity. Savings also help here via bulk buying food, etc.
2) make more money. New job, new source of income, etc. I personally went with new source of income and found myself a job working online doing something called search engine optimization (SEO). I did everything + more that I could think of to get myself a job and learn more about SEO. Someone gave me a chance, then things took off for me from there. I’ve since then touched on a world of new things with making money online. You and I have the luxury of having access to the whole Internet. See what things you can do with it.
With regards to your mom: I hold aggressive views, so it’s up to you on how you want to interpret them. Don’t even bother here. You’re still young (I’m 25 btw), you should still have respect for your mom, but you have bigger priorities in life, namely getting somewhere in life. Pour your focus on the idea of getting a job, making more money, getting a higher salary, finding more new jobs, trying new ideas, making more mistakes. If I listened to my parents, I would have never flew to Bangkok alone (first time overseas + first time alone ever) and grew so much personally.
I worked in retail for two years. During this time, I had to subway for 2 hours there and back. The store I worked at was located in the heart of Toronto’s business district, and nearly every other person that walked into my store. I was a pretty negative guy, so that perception I’m 95% sure is skewed. However, I worked day shifts there, night shifts at a restaurant delivering food. Winters were the worse because my shoes had holes in them and took in snow, rain, dirt, etc, but I still continued to figure something out working online. The bigger picture is that the lifestyle I want won’t work if I’m doing retail, then finish school to work at a bank as a financial analyst or something. So I eventually cut all that out and focused all out on what I reasoned as best direction to my ultimate goal. I grinded during my days off on my internet marketing projects.
Keep quizzing yourself. Find people with a strong focus on what matters most. Start a journal and write every single thought in it, then question the hell out of it. Find strength in your own abilities by training them. Don’t know what questions to ask? Read books on improving questioning skill. Not sure how to handle mother? Read books, do research, find out how others are doing it. Not sure what life is like in another country? Research online, get into contact with bloggers or youtubers living in the countries you want to be in, speak to others on Skype about their adventures. Just be sure to stick to the bigger picture. Avoid getting caught up in the little details
Best wishes