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Why I Decided on Business Before I Even Finished School

A personal journey of choosing entrepreneurship over a normal path.

By Affiliates EvePublished 2 days ago 2 min read
Why I Decided on Business Before I Even Finished School
Photo by Ján Vlačuha on Unsplash

I’ve always had the need to create something of my own.

I never had a dream job. Not even once. When people asked me what I wanted to become, there was no clear answer—because deep inside, I knew I didn’t want to be stuck anywhere. I tried to think about college, about following a “safe” path, but it never felt right. I didn’t feel it. The only thing that ever felt natural to me was business.

Maybe it was a calling.

Since high school, I’ve been trying different online businesses, searching for my way before even finishing school. I didn’t want to end up lost, without a plan, like so many people do. I wanted direction early. And looking back, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I never imagined myself working a regular job.

Who dreams of being stuck?

I was never brainwashed into believing that a “normal” life—working endlessly just to pay bills—is something desirable. People pay with their time and freedom, but they don’t realize it because for them, it’s normality. And that’s the trap.

They look at every price and translate it into hours worked. They don’t see money as freedom, but as time already spent. Still, they say they “have money.” And many of them tried to convince me that this is the right way to live. That this is adulthood. That this is reality.

But it never matched my mind, my calling, or my mindset.

One thing I learned early is that people often try to keep you at their level. That’s why being private is important. Not everyone needs access to your plans or your energy. You know yourself better than anyone else. You know your limits—because you create them.

I’ve learned to dislike advice. Not because advice is always wrong, but because it often comes from someone else’s limits. Advice can confuse you, make you question your own choices, and slowly pull you away from your intuition. People will say your choice isn’t good—but they don’t know you well enough to decide that.

We can’t avoid mistakes anyway.

It’s better to make mistakes based on your own thinking than to live someone else’s safe advice. We all learn either way.

Not everyone will agree with this—and that’s fine. This is simply what I’ve learned.

I also learned that the less people know about what you’re doing, the better. Silence creates focus. When you’re quietly working on yourself, people often feel disturbed by it. I’ve experienced this with my business and even with my family. They questioned me, not because they understood what I was doing, but because they didn’t.

And if they knew more, it would only invade my space and ruin what I’m trying to build.

Don’t talk about everything you do. Never in detail. The more people know, the more they ask—and they always want a say. People often respect you more when they know less. And whether you speak or stay silent, someone will always have something negative to say.

So it’s better to focus on yourself.

You create your own life.

Don’t build it based on other people’s choices, limits, or comments.

This mindset is what pushed me to start my business and create affiliateseve.com. It’s not just a website—it’s part of my path toward freedom, creation, and living on my own terms.

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Affiliates Eve

Affiliate Marketing | Entrepreneur 💼 | Sharing Deals, Stories & Personal Growth 💚 | affiliateseve.com

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