I just quit my Job

[Gabriel Garces]

Hello BP,

I guess I'm just writing this post so I can clear my mind right now.

I'm 23 and I graduated from college in 2014 with a degree in Civil Engineering. I'm a pretty smart guy. I graduated with Highest Honors. 

I've always had a thing for Real Estate. My dad owned some commercial real estate that he rented out and made a great living. He put my sister and I though college without any problem. My junior year of college I read a book by Australian Billionaire Jamie McIntyre called "What I didn't learn at College but wish I had"

This book pretty much told me about being financially intelligent, having multiple sources of income, being financially free, and having the mindset for success. This lead me to read books like Think and Grow Rich, E-myth, Rich Dad Poor Dad, 4 Hour Work Week, Building Wealth One House at a Time, ABC's of REI, and other books listed here on BP.

It changed the way I saw being successful and being wealthy. So I decided that I was going to invest in real estate once I started working after college. However, my first year after college wasn't so great. It took me 25 interviews with various companies to get my first job, that was underpaid. I took it b/c I was desperate. It sucked. I studied Calculus 4 yet I was swinging a hammer. I knew I picked Construction Management as my focus, but why was I swinging a hammer? Why did my dad pay $80,000 so I can swing a hammer???

I quit after a couple days. I found another job that paid the same but I was desperate, but at least I wasn't swinging a hammer. It was ok but I knew I could have gotten paid 50% more. I quit once I found another job that paid good. It was great. But 6 weeks later I got laid off....I was only 22 and I got laid off....

I went into a mild depression. I worked so hard in college, busted my butt to get straight A's some semesters. Why am I struggling so much in the real world? Two months later I got an job, the pay was awesome. Doing some math work, but once again I was swinging a hammer at times. I didn't mind because my pay was very good. However, I'm waking up at 5:30am M-F, my boss is a dick, the foreman are unprofessional and give me a tough time, and I have 11 hour days. My job sucks. Did I work this hard in college to have a ****** job?

I decided it's time to start looking at RE. I decide to get my license.

Once day my boss gives me a review and tells me he's unhappy with my performance. He tells me I don't looked focused and think about what I want to do. 

This was last week. I thought about it and now I decided I'm going to quit and go to Real Estate full-time by being an agent. I told him on Friday that I'm putting my two weeks.

I go to work today and he fires me on the spot b/c he has someone lined up. This was 2 hours ago. 

I'm home now. I made this decision to go into RE full-time. But now it's actually happening. I have my interview with my broker in an hour. I never felt this feeling of fear. My whole life I was never scared of failing b/c I thought I had it made. When I was little I thought my life would be easy. I've always done well in school and I am very personable. What a shock I'm having. But this is the first time I am taking such a big leap. As I'm finishing this post, I'm feeling a little more at ease. But I still can't shake off this feeling of certainty and doubt. I guess this is normal. I made this choice and I know it's the right one. I spoke with other members of BP who are engineers and it seems the consensus is that "Engineering can give me a comfortable life, but RE can give me a financial freedom"

And I'm really to fail a 1000 times for financial freedom and happiness. I'll rather have a great life than a comfortable life. I think I'm ready to create the life I want.