...
I dream of being my own boss one day. But I don't know where to start.
No one is their own boss simply for the sake of being their own boss.
Every person I know who's self-employed or a business owner is
doing something. The fact that they're their own boss is simply a part of the
something they're doing.
What is the
something you want to do? If you don't know, then "being your own boss" is putting the cart so far before the horse you'd have to walk him a couple furlongs to even get there.
Right now getting ready to go to a staffing agency. I don't want to. But I have no choice. Bills are piling up. They will ask me what kind of jobs are you looking for? I will say entry level jobs. They will probably stick me doing warehouse.
If that happens, at least do your best at it. Forget about going back in time and knocking some sense into your younger self. Knock some sense into your current self, so your future self doesn't have the same regrets 6 months from now.
If you're analytically minded, pay attention to how things are done, and write down ideas on how things could be improved (but make sure you completely understand how a thing is done). Be sure to make clear observations and follow logical processes to conclusions, rather than just making unsubstantiated opinions. Your writing skills in your posts so far are decently clear, so you have that going for you.
On the other hand, maybe the warehouse operation is already a model of efficiency. If so, pay attention to how they do things, so you understand the whys behind the hows. Being able to see whys when only shown hows is a skill not everyone can do.
If you're not analytical and more interpersonal, cultivate relationships with everyone. Be friendly but businesslike. Adapt to them instead of trying to change them.
Also FYI I'm going to school right now. Doing the online community college right now. Got good grades in all of my classes.
What subjects do you like the best? Maybe that will give some idea of what you should be doing.
Or talk to a career guidance counselor, and see if they have some suggestions on what you can do. Part of their job is helping students figure out the best thing to do. Google
career aptitude testing, and read up on what guidance services your community college offers.
Also pay attention to the subjects you like least, and how you deal with them. When I was in school my study skills sucked for things I wasn't interested in, and I basically blew off classes I disliked. Enough so that I had to take them over, and think of mental approaches I could apply to at least get through the subject.
"
Gamification" was one approach that helped me, although it wasn't called that at the time. In essence, I had to learn the subject material and its meta-structure well enough to be able to think about how to design a game (software or board game) that would present the material in an engaging way. For example, in history I'd make up both role-playing and strategy games (like DnD, but not fantasy), where I'd write up questions, situations, etc. as my way to cover the study material.
If it's not obvious, I'm a software developer right now (self-employed free-lance contractor), but I also do hardware design (where my degree is), and on some projects I do both things.
