Topic: My mindset vs. Mindset of people around me. - page 2. (Read 388 times)

What the hell are you doing in your computer?

You have to pay for your bills as o_e_l_e_o said. Pay for your rent, food, drinks, travels, etc. If you live with your parents, just go get a job to pay for your own home.

Cryptocurrencies will not give you financial freedom by itself. Even if Bitcoin goes to 100k USD, you need at least money to buy 5-10 bitcoins now, which would cost you 50k USD. If you don't have at least 500k USD, no matter where you live, you will have to qork. In your life to pay for food rent etc...

To get that 50k USD, you need to work (or someone will pay that for you)

We all know that times has changed, you do not need to be physically present somewhere to do some work. Many jobs are carried out remotely, and all you need is PC and internet connection.

With regard to that, you can say that you are working for some company, but you can work from home. I agree with o_e_l_e_o&CryptopreneurBrainboss that you need to show some proofs that you actually doing something useful in your life. There are people who work in front of their computers, but there are also those who waste their time by playing games / watch movies all day - you need to show others that you are not waste your time.

The problem with most individuals is that, they have to see proof that somethings actually works before they believe you. They don't know how to work with their imaginations. The school system have program them to see working late hours, multiple jobs etc as a way to make a living. I did have similar issue as you're experiencing as in my part of the world, anyone seen to always operating his laptop (mostly young adult, 20s above) are always linked to internet crime especially when they don't see you as a hard working type (that's working late hours or multiple jobs).

You should try enlightening anyone that question your lifestyle, show them proof you're not just wasting your life on the screen of your device. I did just that and it worked out for me even turned some into learning more about bitcoin, how the crypto industry works and how to profit from it.

I'm going to give you some hard truths here, and I apologize in advance if I cause offense.

Are you earning enough with crypto to support your life? Are you paying rent, buying your own food, paying your own bills, and so forth? Or are your family providing you with all these things? If they are providing for you, then I'm afraid you are being a financial burden. Now, I'm not saying that you are an emotional burden, or that your family aren't happy to support you, but if you aren't earning enough to support yourself with crypto, then you need to think about alternative means of income. For most people, the means getting a job, and you sound like you are in a privileged position in which getting a job would not be a huge hurdle.

I would agree with the others above that having a regular paying job and being involved in crypto are not mutually exclusive, and it is wise to have as many regular sources of income as possible. Relying only on crypto for 100% of your income is unnecessarily risky.

Nobody says these kinds of things to me, for the exact reason you have stated; I also work hard a well paying job. What I do when I'm not at work (aside from family life) is therefore my own decision.

I decided to become a digital nomad, and many people are critical of this.  I just point out that I have a positive net worth, and I believe that more than half of the populations of the US and the UK have a negative net worth. The number of people who can find £1,000 in the event of a crisis is also frightening. I've got more than that in my Bitcoin wallet, and that is just a part of my savings.

Don't count on crypto as a main income. It's almost like gambling if you don't know what are you going. The market is so volatile that all your imvone for a month can disappear in seconds. Not to mention the hacks and scams.
Better have it as a hobby and have a secure income every month.

Good to hear that you starts to realize why you need to work for someone's benefits.

It is not a wonder that many people think why you are not working because all they know is work from 9 to 5 for decades and retire with small amount of savings.

No rich person will have this working mindset.

Are these people close family? If so, the best way to stop them from asking is to give them money on a weekly or monthly basis. That should be enough to prove to them that you are doing well with crypto or whatever online gig you have and that you don't need an 8-hour job.

If they are not close family, you can just ignore them.

We are all Bitcoin lovers but most people have to work as well. Try to get the best out of both worlds, that would be my advice.
Get a good job, health insurance, paid vacation and a pension when you get old. And keep accumulating Bitcoin. Unless you are an early bitcoin user then all the above doesn't apply to you.

I would just like to share some of my real life experience since I have been engaged into crypto for more than a year already. I will ask some of your opinions too. It will be short and concise don't worry .

I'm a degree holder and eligible also to work in a government or in a company. I can easily be hired as an employee and work for them. To be honest, when I started crypto my mindset has changed. I want that I have the control of my time. I can do what I can anytime.

To cut the story short, people around me always saying that "Why don't you go to work?" "What are you doing in your house?" worse some says that "I'm a burden to my family because I don't work". They don't know crypto and you can earn from it that is why their mindset is like "Work 8 hours a day then work again tomorrow for 8 hours".

I don't have that kind of mindset. I don't want to be ordered around to be honest. They don't know what I'm doing in my computer. I can't say what I'm doing for some reasons and in the end, I feel irritated about what they are saying to me.

One question. I know that some here have decent jobs in their real life but how do you response somebody who is saying things like that. Please help me. I don't know what to say to them and even I say it, they have no idea unto what I'm doing. Thanks.

P.S. If I put it in a wrong thread please say it and will move it.