What's stopping you?

Not really stopping me, but I wish I had more time and money.

I work in 8h shifts, and they are split (2 morning shifts, 2 afternoon shifts, 2 night shifts and then you are 2 days free and you loop it like that). Most of my work either is too physically tiring or too psychically tiring.

I tend to work on achieving my goals anytime I have time, energy and will to do so.

The problem with time is I can take no courses as I work in those kinds of shifts, I mean I wouldn't be able to go to classes regularly. Also my wish would be to enroll to a university, but in my country attendance is mandatory, so I can't go to university. So basically at this point I can only do online courses and could technically attend an online university but that's where problem with money comes in.

I live in a third world country, I can't earn enough money to live normally not to mention pay for courses and an online university. With my paycheck, I have been saving money for 8 months for a $1200 course I want to take.

Now you might say, well...change the job. I thought about it, but the biggest problem there is that I already earn above average in my country (currently ~$600 (pre-January: ~$480), post-January: I am able to save $300, $350 if I don't get out of the house), and I have currently 0 things on paper (CV) that would land me a job that pays more.

So I am restrained to self learning and paying for some cheap self-thought courses so I could effectively learn and not waste little time I already have, and also so I could save the rest for more expensive online courses that are actually worth something in the terms of education. Universities are sadly out of the question in any case, as they are too expensive for me.

Might sound as if I am complaining, but I am actually not, this is my life, I have accepted it, and all those reasons won't stop me from achieving my goal, but it would be a lot faster if I had more time (at least better shifts) and more money.

/r/intj Thread