Hello Mustachians,
In my 20s I did a lot of traveling around, experimenting, and working random jobs. I had pretty much no direction and no awareness of financial principles. I very much had a "get by" mentality which is the opposite of wealth building for early retirement.
Here's my work history: I lifeguarded for about 7 years during high school and college, then went traveling for a year, taught English abroad in 2 countries, did some freelance graphic design for a year in San Diego, hiked the PCT, and finally got into home remodeling in Seattle for the last 2 years of my 20s. During this time I learned about MMM and started investing.
After working in remodeling for 2 years, I realized it wasn't for me, and decided I wanted to go teach English in China (you can get an apartment for $300 and make $35 per hour or more teaching English). Unfortunately I made this decision 2 weeks before Covid was internally identified within China, so I spent the last 10 months waiting for Covid to end--which of course it didn't. I spent 3 of those months living on the beach in Mexico, during which I read about 500 of MMMs articles. I'm fully on board with the MMM philosophy, but I am worried about my job prospects given my spotty work history.
I finally ended up coming back to Seattle and getting my old remodeling job back, which I pretty strongly dislike. It pays $25 per hour, which isn't much in Seattle, and I don't know how much longer I can do it. The problem is I don't know what other options I have. I have a bachelors degree in psychology, a job that pays $25 per hour with health insurance, 50k of investments, and 6k cash. I am 31, soon to be 32.
Does anyone have any recommendations for how to fix this situation? I am sorry if I am asking way too much. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you!