My first stable income was when I was 10. I delivered newspapers after school and I hated it most of the times because all the other school kids would make fun of me and throw snow balls at me during winter.

But I really liked the freedom of having my own income and being able to buy the things that I wanted without begging my parents. I then learned to save up that money and buying stuff that are on sale at the mall, then selling them for a profit on Ebay and made more money from that.

Then when I was 15, I dropped out of school and worked full time at a camera shop where I got promoted to being a photo printing technician and at the same time consistently getting commissions for being the top salesman in all branches within the state.

By the time I was 18, I was writing for a newspaper and I became the youngest person to publish a front page story with my own byline.

By the time I was 22, I have established myself very well in the film industry and was the youngest production manager in the company.

Now that I'm 24, I've produced globally broadcasted documentaries but have recently felt completely burnt out and quit my job.

I think working at an early age is a great lesson for everyone because you learn the skills of dealing with people and problems very early on. But I think it's also very important to make sure kids have a good work and life balance. I rushed into working way too fast and way too hard that at my age, where a lot of my peers are just starting their career and will probably advance very well, I am completely burnt out and have lost a lot of desire and motivation to carry on due to feeling like I've missed out on a lot in life and there are a lot things I need to do and experience.

I've spent the past 5 months working a job that takes up only 4 - 10 hours of my day, and is completely unchallenging and unfulfilling because I now spend most of my time traveling.