I'm on a mission to change the beliefs held by my family!

Zebedi Breria Start Date: Nov 29, 2022 - End Date: Nov 28, 2023
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My Travel Story

by: Zebedi Breria Start Date: Nov 29, 2022 - End Date: Nov 28, 2023


I come from a culture where people are naturally stubborn; Papua New Guinea. It is reasonably difficult to change someone's view of life due to the relentless conditioning enforced by our society on a daily basis. When people here follow the herd, they are praised. When people here voice an opinion that is slightly different from the status quo, they are shunned beyond acceptability, for the malicious purpose of causing them to fold under pressure and reverse their actions to behaviours which are more easily predictable.

I do not like that. And whether I hate it or not, I experienced it first hand when I voiced my opinion on what I prefer to be doing with my future. Long story short, I got instantly shut down by my parents and everyone else around me. Practically, all my social relations did not agree with me. For some reason, people did not see the world the way I did.

In my point of view, the whole reason we do certain activities, is for us to achieve goals we set for ourselves. But when those certain activities don't seem to align with your goals, then you naturally have to cut them off before they become an obstacle in your way to success. Now, you see, the odd thing about me - when compared to my peers - is the way I view obstacles.

School, has always been a good learning experience. I don't particularly hate it, nor do I put it on a pedestal. I'm indifferent when thinking of it as a subject.

Things started to take a turn when I began learning outside of classes, using the full power of the good old internet. I spent countless hours (literally) browsing the web, mostly researching about systems, life and the universe in general. That's not unusual for a curious teenage boy, as I am sure. However, as I learnt more, my beliefs began to change. Pertaining finance, I got more interested in the world of stock trading, real estate and online businesses. The paradigms regarding that the equation to wealth, which I had previously held so dearly, shattered into ashes. Why? Because what layed before me made more sense than what anyone has ever recounted in my offline life.

I proceeded to read more and came across the book titled, ["Rich dad, Poor dad"]. It is pretty popular, I'm sure you've heard of it. From there on, I consumed similar types of content, which all compounded to the final effecf of me withdrawing from school.

Yep. I withdrew. And it was this year.

No one understood why, and I didn't care to explain. I've already assessed my culture and gave up hope. My people appear to be behind the times, in terms of financial knowledge, and on top of that, we are a third world country. Not much I can do.

From then on, I've been giving my full effort into applying the wisdom of the World Wide Web. I looked into stuff like cryptocurrency and ways to profit from recessions (spoilers alert, there is a recession coming in 2023 for the USA). I also learnt about affiliate marketing, drop shipping, etc.

The business I currently want to settle down on, is Drop Servicing. There exists this guy called Dylan Sigley, who seems proficient on the topic. However, Dylan was only willing to share what he knows via a course with a hefty price ranging somewhere between $900.00 and $3,000.00. Of course, I can learn the same information for free on google, but Dylan compiled all the important parts, which should ideally save loads of research time. And as we all know; Time is money.




That was the plan. Then again, life has an annoying habit of throwing curveballs when you least expect it. 

One funny thing about my culture, is its ignorance. If people see you spending time on your phone, they automatically assume laziness, instead of putting in the effort to understand the full reason why you do the things you do. My father did just that. He started emphasizing more that I should get a real job, not realizing that I was at the initial stages of creating a scalable business. Whenever he saw me on my phone - reading web pages or whatever - he would make his disappoinment apparent, either verbally or non-verbally. 

Whenever I tried to explain my side using logic, the ones closest to me would give a distant look, as if I was a Martian that did not comprehend Earth at all. For this reason, my relationships evolved to a murkiness that cannot be washed off with orthodox methods. From time to time, I'd recieve passive aggressive comments that seem to hit directly on the nerves. 

Its been almost 3 months now since I withdrew. There is not much support, and I feel isolated from everyone. I expected this to happen, but it still sucks nontheless. This tends to mentally affect me, causing short-felt depression episodes whenever I encounter a family member in the house. An additional stressor could be the fact that I am living in a house where there are multiple kids (I have many smaller siblings) and my extended family members are all living together. You see, us Melanesians tend to stick together - kind of like rats - and increase the number of occupants in a given household. Getting quality work done is very rare, not only for me, but everyone in the house.

That is why, while living with my family, I tend to feel constricted on what I should be doing. They don't believe that my goals are realistic. That is not to say that I, myself, have any doubts about this path. Not at all. I believe with an utmost certainty that my actions will lead to a future that is more profitable than the one I would have had, if I chose to rely entirely on finishing school. I ran the scenerios multiple times in my head, and the results were more or less the same. Research is on my side, and so is logic. Overall, I am confident that my mind has made the right decision. The only thing left to do, is prove this point to society, which I am trying to do right now, by looking for start-up capital through means such as this one.

The funds raised from here will be used to rent somewhere else, so I'll have the mental clarity to begin working on some financial schemes I previously planned out, such as drop servicing. As they say, change your environment to change your life. A portion of the money will also be used to buy the online course specifically teaching drop servicing. Furthermore, a large some of the money will be invested in other business plans. There is a lot I have planned, really; crypto, stocks, passive income streams like youtube, buying website domains, app creation, leveraging of arbitrage economy, or publishing ebooks, etcetera etcetera.

Most people my age are probably in colleges and universities, wheras I am here, drowning in delusions of grandeur (as my parents say). But weirdly, I don't feel pressured at all. Fundamentally, I am aware that the end goal is still the same: We all want to be successful. And whether we achieve that via school or other means, is of little importance.

If this fundraising works out, and you guys - as the sponsors - would wish to see my progress, then just hit me up on youtube. There will be monthly video uploads of how the raised money is being used, including what I will be currently doing, to generate more income. My youtube channel's name is ["The Monster's Apprentice"]  as of today, but I might change it in the nearby future.

Note that if this fundraising does not work out, then I have multiple other plans on raising funds. One of them, as explained above, being Drop Servicing. If there is no cash to buy Dylan's online course, then I'll just have to improvise and start the Drop Servicing business without having a full understanding of its mechanics.

However, it is best to raise funds now. I do not know what the future might hold. Who knows? I might enter an unexpected accidenf of some sort which puts me in mortal danger. If that happens, sooner rather tham later, then I will never get to experience first hand if my choice in life was any better than society's preferred route.

Lastly; 
Thank you for your time in reading this!

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