Your take on the US is interesting and I'd say typical of newcomers to the US. I'm from Lancashire and grew up in an old mill town, went to a grammar school then Uni, got a Ph.D. and emigrated to the US to take up a professorship. I had full employer health coverage for the 20 years I worked, but non at all for the past 20 years. . I bought a 40 acre homestead and designed and built a home on it - The land was 22k - I sold some lumber from trees that I logged off my land that covered the cost of the land. The house I did quite a lot of the work myself and it cost me 75k. No way you could do that in the UK so a big plus there. Spectacular landscape (another plus) but winter was 6 months long with so much snow and colder than you would ever know. The landscape is spectacular in the US and as you said most of it is empty, the next town to where I lived was 100 miles away. You couldn't pay me enough money to even set foot in Vegas. I now live in Florida, too many people - flat and boring but it's sunny and warm/hot the whole year round except for the 2 weeks Jan/Feb. The food in the US is very low quality, nowadays much more expensive than Europe, made from a lot of synthetic chemicals that are banned in Europe. Don't eat chicken/meat in the US as it's pumped full of chemicals/hormones ( major negative) I can't stand the tipping culture, the atrocious minimum wage. You must live in a gated community! I live in a regular neighbourhood but nearly all the new developments in my area are gated and these people live in a fantasy land disconnected from reality. My favourite country to live in is France, where I live for 3 months of the year since Brexit. Didn't like Australia at all after living/working there for a year. The wealth divide in the US is obscene. There is no social safety net as in Europe. Most middle class Americans are just one paycheck away from homelessness - they live in massive debt. There is no real political choice in the US, the 2 and only parties are both right wing , one much more so than the other. Not a communist, green or socialist party in sight. Not that I get a vote! Whatever happened to "no taxation without representation", I will never become a US citizen. My wife ( an American) and I do have guns (hunting rifles) - I used to hunt deer while I lived up by the Canadian border on my own land. I wish you all the best on your American journey. After 40 years I've had it with the US and am getting a residence visa for France.
Thanks for sharing. Everyone's background and story is different. Also we are all different in what we want , and that can also change over time. I think those of us who get the choice to travel and live in more than one place, are very fortunate that we can pick. The USA is far from perfect, much like other countries. The only thing we can do is ensure we pick the best location, that suits our needs at that point in time. A lot of my family are from France ( Sel), it is a place I like visiting (depending where), especially for the food. We hope all goes well and you get your residence visa.
Very interesting what u say here and like you. I can hear how new they are to the US, I’ve been here for 40yrs, also. Looking forward to leaving. Most Brit’s, do end up going back to the uk, as they age. The US, is for the young.
Ant and Selina, this was a very refreshing video to tune into. It was very thought provoking, I also delved into the comments as I was watching and saw a very interesting exchange between yourselves and Tee. It is clear that the two of you together have really found a way to carve out the path you want for your life, and that is very admirable and commendable. I do have to acknowledge that I could see some of where Tee was coming from regarding the UK system. I started out my adult journey prioritising education, then straight after that getting onto the property ladder (which I have to say was a good choice at that time as I don't think I could have done it by myself now). Then some years later, I decided to pursue a career change, which involved full time university study for 3 years, to only sort of kinda leave that career?? So, I can relate to Tee in the sense that my efforts to progress simultaneously feel like they are keeping me further away from where I'd rather be. I do not at all feel like I have sunk though, I am in a decent enough place and position in my life generally but I just want more and feel that I should be further ahead than what I am. I respect Ant's honesty about wanting to create wealth, I find when I refer to "wanting more", it's as though I'm supposed to be content with just the status quo...Doing my 9-5, paying my mortgage because that's what's everyone else does and that's it. It would be interesting to hear from both of you more about your career journey's and path taken towards your accomplishments and where you are now (My apologies if you have already covered that in previous videos - I've not watched them all yet!).
Hi, Really appreciate you taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. It’s such a tough one to put succinctly into words. We have now started structuring a series that documents our journey from Children - School - post school- jobs - financial choies - goals and then how we ended up here. It’ll be a lot of videos but hopefully better covers off our specific journey and life choices. I always find people want the 1,2,3 steps to happiness or success or career development but in reality life doesn’t work that way. For example myself and Selina both have very difference approaches to life but share common goal. In our experience the truth is those who will succeed will do it regardless of education or starting position (at least in the UK). To me the goal is more important than the steps. 100% on the status quo comment - The UK is such a mind-trick it seems if you want to do better, pay less tax, and not settle, then somehow you think too much of yourself or “you are doing fine” the UK is a very settle for what you have country IMO. The US could not be more opposite. Obviously, the US ideology comes with it’s own set of issues (nothing is ever enough). But I feel we are very fortunate to have grown up in the UK and been able to navigate our way to the US, we come with a different appreciation and perspective. Selina grew up with more money than me, but her parents are immigrants who started with 0. I grew up poor on council estates. 1 of the things that worked great for us is because we share a common goal with different approaches it has a synergistic effect and 2 people in it together is far more than 2 individuals separately trying to achieve individual goals (even if they are the same) I do have some videos that briefly cover the rapid ramp up of our financials. th-cam.com/video/Kyzk_6fEtc0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/sQ0I5FQ6yt0/w-d-xo.html There are no get rich quick tips, a lot was timing and planning. Financially Selina has made considerably more from working than me and I have made considerably more, than her, through investing and properties… SYNERGY. In terms of my goals its not to be educated or have a senior role or anything along the common lines that get people trapped. Mine is simple to live happily… for me happiness is never having to worry about money and being able to do what fulfills me…. And because it’s clear for me I take the steps to ensure I am always heading in the direction of that goal. I started an engineering degree and quit after a year… simply as it wouldn’t have increased my happiness of prospects of making money so it was a total waste of time for ME. I could ramble on for thousands of words but we will get started on our series that documents all of this and more and get them posted ASAP. I know its a fragmented response (pretty much how my mind works) but the video series will make it a lot clearer so stay tuned. Ant
@@ANTSEL Thank you too for taking the time, it’s nice to interact and exchange. I have noticed that you have some finance related videos on your channel, I intend to go through those once I’ve finished the moving to US series. I have sort of, kind of looked into investing previously and then life events have taken over, with nothing coming from my research! So thanks for sharing those links. 👌🏾
When thinking about tax, which I have done a lot, and been through very similar journey to you guys. Think about tax on the way in (income tax), the way out (sales/consumption tax and healthcare costs) and tax on investing growing your after-tax wealth in a tax free way. US is lower on income side but higher in the other two. No effective way to grow investments tax-free outside of a pension. Property and Consumption taxes are much higher, plus healthcare and higher insurance costs. Also, on houses. Houses depreciate in the US. They are built to deteriorate out of wood and now plastic panels. That’s why you get a tax write off for the depreciation of your house, which confused me initially. They are not built to last 200 years, in the most part. Totally agree on climate. I love US weather, but name a place in US that has reasonable temperate year-round weather without extreme heat or very cold winters. Hawaii is the only one I can think of.
Hi guys ☺️ This video is quite amazing because here you explain your reason why you chose to move there. I think most of the people find it similar with their thoughts. I’m the lucky one who get your analogy and I feel like In one way you answer my questions in this video. I appreciate and keep going with this kind of stuff because lots of people who is watching you have the same ideas when they compare 🇬🇧 with 🇺🇸 . You doing a great job and I like to spend time watching your videos. Take care and have a lovely weekend 😊
Hey - We made this video as you requested it! So we are glad you liked it. Haha yes there are only a few that seem to follow my analogies - special people! 😁 Thank you, we appreciate the comments and compliments. Any other videos you would like to see please let us know! Enjoy the rest of your weekend also 😀 Ant.
@@ANTSEL usually most of the people don’t believe in this kind of analogies. I don’t mind if I’m little bit different. The most important thing is to listen what other people say and take what you think is better for you. You can make more videos like this one where you can explain this difference between the countries. I’m sure there are lots of us who want to know this
Guys I would recommend cutting down your videos and getting straight to the point. Your content is great, but I find myself skipping ahead to get to the point
I agree with all that you'v both said. I grew up left leaning. I'd say I was conditioned into it, by way of my up bringing, and the same can be said for religion. I eventually started to think for myself and broke the conditioning. From that point on life became so much better and easier. It's important to know the game that is being played when it comes to politics and learn how to play it. I'd say Im a capitalist through and through these days. I grew up money poor but learnt the game, and how to play it, and the system would class me as middle class now. I think the system should provide a basic safety net for those who are trying. The UK has taken this to one extreme and America to another. I think most should proceed on the assumption that things will get worse for the working class, and even middle class, and so it's important to learn the game and by that I mean investing in assets that will grow more so than inflation. I wouldn't describe myself as pro left or pro right but a capitalist with an appreciation of what it's like to start of money poor. Keep up the good work both. Many can and are learning alternative ways of thinking from your content.
London is crazy super low salaries and super high home prices. People say northern California is expensive... it is but when you have average salaries in say Palo Alto of $230k + and a home cost $1M thats not actually that expensive. In London average income GBP39k and average property GBP 1Mil + you can see which is less affordable for local people. CRAZY
I watch a lot of UK shows and what they call a small (single) bedroom is about the size of my walk-in closet (which isn't a very large one for by US standards.
Why did you guys choose Vegas? Check out, Top 10 Best Cities to Live in America for 2021, by From Here to There. You can use that as information for future reference in case you move in the future. And I suggest that video to watch in your own personal time. Best of luck to you both.
Good question. Lots of reasons... 5 below 1. Low taxes 2. Weather. I will not live anywhere with extended seasons of cold or wet 3. Space 4. Proximity to California 5. Semi low cost of living We were originally moving to California when we initiated the move in Jan 2019 all the way until Feb 2021 and then we changed our minds. We have a fair few videos from last year and early this year with the journey. We have also been coming here for 15 years to various places such as Florida (where we got married), Texas, New Jersey, New York, California and Nevada. We may only stay here for a few years and then move somewhere else in the US. We are starting our Green Card Application in the next couple of weeks which can take up to a couple of years, so we will wait until then I'll take a look at that video later this afternoon, thanks for the recommendation. Ant
@@ANTSEL Thanks for replying, you guys are a smart couple and I wish good things for whatever you do here, and I can tell you are going to be successful. You both have good vibes and it comes across in the videos.
Pls excuse my fellow citizens. They are very sensitive 🥺 to criticism (even if it ain't criticism). I, on the other hand, welcome your comparisons and observations on the USA from a foreigner's point of view.
Hey guys, love your channel, I would like to move to LA in the next 3 years, I wanted to ask do you ever exprience racial profiling in the US or is it the same as UK passive racism.
Thanks for watching :) I am guessing you mean - do we experience racial profiling in a negative way? as we would say racial profiling is happening all the time, it is just contextual. Ant's personal experience in the UK, South East London, was definitely not passive. Where we live in Summerlin, Las Vegas, we have not experienced any negative racism but we do believe this has to do with the general wealth of the area and the assumption that you must be doing well if you live here, and this leads to us being treated a certain way. I am sure if we lived in a less affluent area, our experience would be different. So far we have not experienced any open racism, but we have only been here 10 months. Interestingly when I talk to friends and colleagues in the USA of personal experiences, the only place that comes up regarding racism is California. We haven't personally had issues in the places we have been in California, or anywhere else we have been in the States so far. Let's hope it stays that way.
@@ANTSEL your wife would probably not be bothered. But as a Black man, you could be stopped by police for no reason anywhere in this country. White supremacy is also on the rise since Donald Trump came on the scene and made hate okay- to be open and vocal about it! I am a retired teacher in California, I have a son, grandson, nephews etc all over the USA. You see the news. I grew up in Kentucky during segregation, but unlike Mississippi-- every state was different. Anyway enjoy Vegas, and the Raiders!!🖤🏈-- Welcome to 🇺🇸. I'm in norCalifornia near Sacramento🌴. Moved from Ohio 45 yrs ago. Peace😁🇬🇧.
“the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members” Therefore, do you want to have kids and let them grow up in that environment?
Good morning 😁. You are welcome. I don't think we have seen you in the comments before? so Welcome, and thank you for watching and taking time to comment. Haha if you are anything like me I require about 8+ hours of sun per day and space to breathe. If that's the case then yeah it is def better that Scotland or the UK in general. The 3 weeks of summer per year gets depressing! Hope you enjoy some of the other videos we have on the channel including some of the negatives of Living in the US/Vegas. Ant
@@ANTSEL absolutely! 😎 I worked around the states and the Caribbean for a while.. before I met my husband, he was the one that grounded me in Scotland again 😢 I do often say why couldn’t you have been American 😂 ..no seriously I’ve always wanted to live the American dream! 🇺🇸 Now the kids are teenagers, they both too would love to relocate to the states, but after researching it seems impossible for us so we even thought of Canada 🇨🇦 but the states does sound more appealing, i have always felt so drawn to the states as my grandfather was born in New Jersey. You guys enjoy! wishing you both lots happiness for the future! And I look forward to watching more 😘
Another tip get microphones or record your videos somewhere else. The water pump, filter whatever that sound is from your pool is very distracting and drowns out your voice.
Thanks for the feedback, we noticed the same. We actually have 2 Rode mic's that we switch between and always use. Since filming the videos back then, I believe we always turn the pool pump off now. Hopefully the sounds quality is better.
The USA is one of the most difficult countries in the world to emigrate to legally. Australia is another. The UK is now so bad my wife who is college educated, English is her native tongue, cannot even get a visa to live there with me and I'm British born and bred and can easily trace my ancestors back into the 1600's in Lancashire through the parish records. I came on a P3 visa (green card)
I really wasn’t expecting this video to be like this…it was way better than I thought it would be! I really enjoyed it. A proper, well thought out discussion that didn’t just tell me the weather is nice in the US 😂 May I ask how you have found health insurance? How much is it and is it confusing choosing one? Also for me a massive con would be maternity leave and pay or rather lack thereof! And I think abortion laws are probably something to add to your list of majorly divisive topics!!
Thanks Sophia! It really means a lot to know you enjoyed the video. Thanks for taking the time to let me know. Health insurance is a bit confusing to understand. Our insurance was provided by my health employer and I had a couple of options for Nevada state. We pay $214 for our medical each month. I have done 3 videos explaining health insurance in the US. Types of insurance and what to consider when choosing a plan, and ways to save for cost of medical expenses. th-cam.com/video/3MSRMGA9Pqk/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/z-64EKYl03Y/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Gg1KALmYjyw/w-d-xo.html Regarding abortion laws... yes definitely. Aspects like that is definitely important in terms of which state you choose to live it.
Im from hackney London ive been living in the states for 34yrs one thing i realised really quickly about the usa you cant compare the us to the uk you can fit the uk into texas 3 times over you have to compare it to Europe the conclusions ive come after living here this long are about the same as what you mention the negatives about living in the states is there is a very limited social safety net if you are poor or fall on hard times you are in big trouble healthcare is also abig problem before the affordable care act was put in place by President obama if you couldnt afford health insurance and had an on going serous illness they would let you die now thank God its different also the crazy gun laws here are ridiculous in memphis where i live basically anyone can get a gun at 18 can carry it showing and have no gun training the murder rate is totally ridiculous mass shootings its very bad also when you have a job you barely get any benefits no garrenteed vacation pay no paid maternity leave no sick pay there is great wealth and high standard of living but also really terrible devasting poverty this is because they dont have the social safety net Europeans take for granted ive loved living here but my wife and i are plannibg to move back to thd uk
Hi Stephen, thanks for sharing and giving your perspective. 34 years is a long time living in the states. Fully agreed with your comments. As much as we love living here, we appreciate there is a lot bad too. For us, on balance we much prefer it for many reasons. We are also still very new to living here, so lots to learn still. When are you planning to move back and may we ask why? We would not choose to go back, in fact we have a new video on why coming out soon.
@@ANTSEL I always planned on going home to live one day but now more than ever I was adopted but I found my whole family on ancestry my mother father and 2 brothers lots of nieces and nephews I've been searching for them since I was 18 I'm 56 I've been back twice I found them 4yrs ago I'm at home with them at the moment in Wandsworth London what has prevented me from coming home is that me and my wife have both had kidney transplants but the nhs refused to pay for one of her treatments but I have to bring her over next year to be evaluated by a British Dr and the nhs will decide if they will pay if they will we're moving back also the violence where I live in Memphis has become unbearable I'm ready for a safer life
Thanks for sharing your story. It is lovely to read that you found your family after all those years. I cannot even fathom what that must feel like. Ah... good old Wandsworth London :) London will always have a special place in our hearts. SE london that is! As you will find out, we can be particular about our areas. Although there are increasing issues with crime in the UK, is is nothing in comparison to here so I can understand where you are coming from. I hope all works out for you and your wife.
I don't know your names so please forgive me, but the guy in this video looks like he could be a personal trainer, I'm thinking there should good money in doing that.
Thank you 😁. I've been training for about 15+ years now. It isn't something I would like to do as a profession/Career tbh. It's something I enjoy as a hobby for myself - but I do like the compliments 😀. If I ever needed the money and was out of work, I probably would take up PT'ing in the future.
Hi guys.. Just throwing my 2 cents here - speaking from someone that was born in the UK and still resides in the UK. I hope i am understanding what you mean about Capitalist UK. I just want to say that - in my experience for people who are raised in an under priviledged background, there is no support to elevate people from the situation-if so, it is very hard to find. I have always strived to better myself and find the more i try, the deeper i sink. I am 51 now and have worked majority of my life for companies who initally state they offer a decent salary, only to steal from me. The poor are always heavy taxed. I earned £16,000 a year and my tax and NI was £160 a month , on top of that i have rent , travel expenses ( which is not cheap and constantly raising by the day) utilites etc. I have nothing to show for all the years i have worked. I have zero in the bank at aged 51, which is a disgrace. I have reached a point now where i am not going to fight to find work and continue to allow myself to be taken advantage . For now i have nothing at all to lose.. I know that sounds negative, but that is how i feel. The UK is a VERY unforgiving, Unsympathic place to live. If you are not born into wealth than you will find yourself left out in the cold. You mentioned benefit system, but yet when you manage to find work, it is back around in that vicious circle. Yes the US is brutal, but the UK does not come without its flairs too..Best thing for anyone is to live in the Caribbean :)
Hi Tee, I do hear you and if that is you experience you should definitely voice it. That’s what we want our channel to be. So we always appreciate you sharing in the comments 😊 In my experience... The UK by no means is the ideal system its more a measure of our experience. My parents and our family were poor living in government (tax) funded housing for the first 20 year or my life. My dad was a factory worker at a plumbing center and my mum a stay-at-home mum. Their parents being immigrants in the 50’s or 60’s from the Caribbean as well (Jamaica). My experience being a 2nd gen black person in the UK is. I didn’t know I was poor until secondary school, we had food, a roof over our heads, good schooling, cheap travel (bus etc) and completely “free to us“ healthcare. My brothers and I never had to worry about being homeless, if we got sick or how much school was going to cost us. To me that’s a measure of wealth and opportunity not afforded to a lot of people in the world. I went to a grammar school for £0 cost and then opted out of education and managed to gain employment and live very well (subjective). Although Selina has a different story as she is first gen in the country with her parents immigrating here with absolutely nothing in the 60s I think but again with a similar outcome. The UK IMO affords you opportunity. Something I try to explain when I talk to people is equal opportunity is not equal outcome. My main point here is both Selina and I are born of immigrants and started with £0 and for us at least the UK system worked in our favor, and I personally am grateful for it. Unknown to us when we met both of our families actually started out life in the UK mins from each other in the SE of London on council estates. Additionally, both our parents and all of our siblings are in similar positions. Both of my brothers (24 and 32) are engineers on good salaries over £50k. Selina’s siblings (all 50+, she's the anomaly being "only" 35) are in similar positions. Again born of immigrants to the UK and genuinely starting with nothing but for what the government (tax payers) afforded us. Selina is the only 1 in our combined families who was not born poor, by time she came along her parents owned a house in the mid 1980's. To give you an idea of how much Tax and NI we paid in 2019/2020 it was in excess of £85k for the year. So you can see what we took out in the early part of our lives (not by choice) we are most certainly paying back Oh and I started on £13,300 per year in my first job and Selina’s first job I think was £5 or £6 per hour at All Sports in Bluewater shopping centre 😅. Finally, this absolutely does not diminish your experience in the UK because it does differ, however, I wanted to share a bit of our background and perspective.... especially from 2 island people who started with nothing. Selina is from Mauritius and even smaller island than my home island! Hope that made some sense? Ant.
@@ANTSEL Hi Ant, Thank you for sharing your story with me.I certainly take my hat off to you both and your remarkable achievements. You have both obviously found a way to discover and harness your true sense of self / value to excel in the ways that you have described. Worldly knowledge, Self worth and value came far to late for me and unfortunately i am now paying the price for that. It will be interesting to hear how and when you discovered your true sense of self and what contributed to the fierce determination that you both have. I have watched a lot of vlogs of people that are younger than me and have a penthouse ( or close too) apartment in the heart of London and living polished lifestyles . I know that some maybe stagged, but majority actually live the lifestyle and i often wonder where i went wrong. Why did i allow the UK system defeat me?..Anyways, im off on a tangent now hehehe! I would love to know about the trials and tribulations you had faced in order to come to the place in the world . I know this channel is ourely about life in Las Vegas and I truly admire your guys continous ambitions .
You are spot on with the self-value/worth. I think that is probably the key part to all of it. It’s your starting point and grounding in life. I will probably do a video on that and potentially something with more insight into myself and Selina also. Without going too into detail (I always go into detail :) ) but to give you a slightly better insight… I would say my self-worth came from my mum and my brother initially - no matter what I did they were always there. It didn’t mean they believed everything I did was right, but they supported me, so it gave me the confidence to be me and mess up (which is did a lot). I’m really open and secure in myself due to this. I never felt like I had to follow a path or fit in as my family made me feel I was fine to just be me! I am also VERY different to the rest of my family and most of the people I went to school with 😊. So I have always been comfortable in that fact and it is easier to not feel the pressure to conform. In terms of me and Selina & us as a couple, we have known each other since 11 years old and I think we originally got together at 15…. Selina family rejected it due to being racists (a story for another time) and it made our lives absolute hell particularly for Selina who at about 19 had to leave home and move in with my family in our council home with no money or support! Between 15 and 26 we didn’t have a relationship with them. I struggle to believe there is a system in the UK designed (at this point in time) to fail us. I honestly feel we as a community fail each other mostly in being open, candid and honest about the real world and how to navigate it. We focus on the fantastical or things not grounded in the reality of the world we must live in. It really is a system you have to learn to navigate. If anyone was meant to fail it should be myself, Selina, my brothers, her mum, her sister etc. Selina’s mum in particular landed in the UK without anything as a first gen immigrant sent to earn money to send back home… no education, no money and no clue she has still made a success of her life and provided a solid foundation for her children. All of us at a massive disadvantage simply being immigrants or son/daughters of immigrants Yet we have all found a way to be successful in our own right. I never view something a think I cant do it, until I do it and cannot do it.. I then rationalize the reason that I wasn’t able to. Is it me, is it finances, is it education, is it the system and so on…? I then try to solve whatever the problem was that was preventing me from achieving. Before I end up writing a 300-page novel I’ll leave it there for now. Just wanted to at least show its been a far from linear path for us. As for our channel it is fluid so I am happy to cover many different things As always, I appreciate your candidness and kind words… I really enjoy talking about real life stuff!!!! Ant.
@@teesmith5749 Hi Tee. It’s never too late and the fact you’ve acknowledged your own self worth is an amazing and important 1st step. Another one is not to watch others. You never know how they’ve got there and like you e said whether that Penthouse is real or not. Do you. Lessons learned and surrounding yourself with right minded and positive people is an important step to make. Explore other revenue streams outside of your 9-5. This could be anything from selling items on EBayy to even started up your own TH-cam channel or even both. Something that you’re interested and passionate about. Buy low, sell high. There’s a wealth of knowledge on TH-cam to give you pointers on this and other alternative revenue streams. Give it a look. You got this 💪🏾
100% I was just typing out another message saying it is never too late and recognising it is an important first step and i know its "woo-woo" but it is often "mind-set" that traps us. Another thing is you are always kind and measured with your words and that says a lot. It is all to easy to miss-understand someone's perspective online and react badly... you never do. Rod and I are good friends for exactly this reason sharing a path that did not conform wit the status quo.... recognising what wasn't working for and aligning yourself with people and ideas that did. Rod has most definitely travelled this path in more recent years coming from a very very different mindset to me. So has first-hand experience in what he is talking about.
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Your take on the US is interesting and I'd say typical of newcomers to the US. I'm from Lancashire and grew up in an old mill town, went to a grammar school then Uni, got a Ph.D. and emigrated to the US to take up a professorship. I had full employer health coverage for the 20 years I worked, but non at all for the past 20 years. . I bought a 40 acre homestead and designed and built a home on it - The land was 22k - I sold some lumber from trees that I logged off my land that covered the cost of the land. The house I did quite a lot of the work myself and it cost me 75k. No way you could do that in the UK so a big plus there. Spectacular landscape (another plus) but winter was 6 months long with so much snow and colder than you would ever know. The landscape is spectacular in the US and as you said most of it is empty, the next town to where I lived was 100 miles away. You couldn't pay me enough money to even set foot in Vegas. I now live in Florida, too many people - flat and boring but it's sunny and warm/hot the whole year round except for the 2 weeks Jan/Feb. The food in the US is very low quality, nowadays much more expensive than Europe, made from a lot of synthetic chemicals that are banned in Europe. Don't eat chicken/meat in the US as it's pumped full of chemicals/hormones ( major negative) I can't stand the tipping culture, the atrocious minimum wage. You must live in a gated community! I live in a regular neighbourhood but nearly all the new developments in my area are gated and these people live in a fantasy land disconnected from reality. My favourite country to live in is France, where I live for 3 months of the year since Brexit. Didn't like Australia at all after living/working there for a year. The wealth divide in the US is obscene. There is no social safety net as in Europe. Most middle class Americans are just one paycheck away from homelessness - they live in massive debt. There is no real political choice in the US, the 2 and only parties are both right wing , one much more so than the other. Not a communist, green or socialist party in sight. Not that I get a vote! Whatever happened to "no taxation without representation", I will never become a US citizen. My wife ( an American) and I do have guns (hunting rifles) - I used to hunt deer while I lived up by the Canadian border on my own land. I wish you all the best on your American journey. After 40 years I've had it with the US and am getting a residence visa for France.
Thanks for sharing. Everyone's background and story is different. Also we are all different in what we want , and that can also change over time.
I think those of us who get the choice to travel and live in more than one place, are very fortunate that we can pick.
The USA is far from perfect, much like other countries. The only thing we can do is ensure we pick the best location, that suits our needs at that point in time.
A lot of my family are from France ( Sel), it is a place I like visiting (depending where), especially for the food. We hope all goes well and you get your residence visa.
Very interesting what u say here and like you. I can hear how new they are to the US, I’ve been here for 40yrs, also. Looking forward to leaving. Most Brit’s, do end up going back to the uk, as they age. The US, is for the young.
Ant and Selina, this was a very refreshing video to tune into. It was very thought provoking, I also delved into the comments as I was watching and saw a very interesting exchange between yourselves and Tee. It is clear that the two of you together have really found a way to carve out the path you want for your life, and that is very admirable and commendable. I do have to acknowledge that I could see some of where Tee was coming from regarding the UK system. I started out my adult journey prioritising education, then straight after that getting onto the property ladder (which I have to say was a good choice at that time as I don't think I could have done it by myself now). Then some years later, I decided to pursue a career change, which involved full time university study for 3 years, to only sort of kinda leave that career?? So, I can relate to Tee in the sense that my efforts to progress simultaneously feel like they are keeping me further away from where I'd rather be. I do not at all feel like I have sunk though, I am in a decent enough place and position in my life generally but I just want more and feel that I should be further ahead than what I am. I respect Ant's honesty about wanting to create wealth, I find when I refer to "wanting more", it's as though I'm supposed to be content with just the status quo...Doing my 9-5, paying my mortgage because that's what's everyone else does and that's it. It would be interesting to hear from both of you more about your career journey's and path taken towards your accomplishments and where you are now (My apologies if you have already covered that in previous videos - I've not watched them all yet!).
Hi,
Really appreciate you taking the time to write such a lengthy comment. It’s such a tough one to put succinctly into words. We have now started structuring a series that documents our journey from Children - School - post school- jobs - financial choies - goals and then how we ended up here. It’ll be a lot of videos but hopefully better covers off our specific journey and life choices.
I always find people want the 1,2,3 steps to happiness or success or career development but in reality life doesn’t work that way. For example myself and Selina both have very difference approaches to life but share common goal.
In our experience the truth is those who will succeed will do it regardless of education or starting position (at least in the UK).
To me the goal is more important than the steps.
100% on the status quo comment - The UK is such a mind-trick it seems if you want to do better, pay less tax, and not settle, then somehow you think too much of yourself or “you are doing fine” the UK is a very settle for what you have country IMO. The US could not be more opposite. Obviously, the US ideology comes with it’s own set of issues (nothing is ever enough). But I feel we are very fortunate to have grown up in the UK and been able to navigate our way to the US, we come with a different appreciation and perspective.
Selina grew up with more money than me, but her parents are immigrants who started with 0. I grew up poor on council estates. 1 of the things that worked great for us is because we share a common goal with different approaches it has a synergistic effect and 2 people in it together is far more than 2 individuals separately trying to achieve individual goals (even if they are the same)
I do have some videos that briefly cover the rapid ramp up of our financials.
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There are no get rich quick tips, a lot was timing and planning. Financially Selina has made considerably more from working than me and I have made considerably more, than her, through investing and properties… SYNERGY.
In terms of my goals its not to be educated or have a senior role or anything along the common lines that get people trapped. Mine is simple to live happily… for me happiness is never having to worry about money and being able to do what fulfills me…. And because it’s clear for me I take the steps to ensure I am always heading in the direction of that goal. I started an engineering degree and quit after a year… simply as it wouldn’t have increased my happiness of prospects of making money so it was a total waste of time for ME.
I could ramble on for thousands of words but we will get started on our series that documents all of this and more and get them posted ASAP. I know its a fragmented response (pretty much how my mind works) but the video series will make it a lot clearer so stay tuned.
Ant
@@ANTSEL Thank you too for taking the time, it’s nice to interact and exchange.
I have noticed that you have some finance related videos on your channel, I intend to go through those once I’ve finished the moving to US series.
I have sort of, kind of looked into investing previously and then life events have taken over, with nothing coming from my research! So thanks for sharing those links. 👌🏾
When thinking about tax, which I have done a lot, and been through very similar journey to you guys. Think about tax on the way in (income tax), the way out (sales/consumption tax and healthcare costs) and tax on investing growing your after-tax wealth in a tax free way.
US is lower on income side but higher in the other two. No effective way to grow investments tax-free outside of a pension. Property and Consumption taxes are much higher, plus healthcare and higher insurance costs.
Also, on houses. Houses depreciate in the US. They are built to deteriorate out of wood and now plastic panels. That’s why you get a tax write off for the depreciation of your house, which confused me initially. They are not built to last 200 years, in the most part.
Totally agree on climate. I love US weather, but name a place in US that has reasonable temperate year-round weather without extreme heat or very cold winters. Hawaii is the only one I can think of.
Hi guys ☺️
This video is quite amazing because here you explain your reason why you chose to move there. I think most of the people find it similar with their thoughts.
I’m the lucky one who get your analogy and I feel like In one way you answer my questions in this video.
I appreciate and keep going with this kind of stuff because lots of people who is watching you have the same ideas when they compare 🇬🇧 with 🇺🇸 .
You doing a great job and I like to spend time watching your videos.
Take care and have a lovely weekend 😊
Hey - We made this video as you requested it! So we are glad you liked it.
Haha yes there are only a few that seem to follow my analogies - special people! 😁
Thank you, we appreciate the comments and compliments. Any other videos you would like to see please let us know!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend also 😀
Ant.
@@ANTSEL usually most of the people don’t believe in this kind of analogies. I don’t mind if I’m little bit different.
The most important thing is to listen what other people say and take what you think is better for you.
You can make more videos like this one where you can explain this difference between the countries.
I’m sure there are lots of us who want to know this
Guys I would recommend cutting down your videos and getting straight to the point.
Your content is great, but I find myself skipping ahead to get to the point
I can not stop watching you guys. Just so interesting.
Just got to love this couple! I look forward to seeing more!
I agree with all that you'v both said. I grew up left leaning. I'd say I was conditioned into it, by way of my up bringing, and the same can be said for religion. I eventually started to think for myself and broke the conditioning. From that point on life became so much better and easier. It's important to know the game that is being played when it comes to politics and learn how to play it. I'd say Im a capitalist through and through these days. I grew up money poor but learnt the game, and how to play it, and the system would class me as middle class now. I think the system should provide a basic safety net for those who are trying. The UK has taken this to one extreme and America to another. I think most should proceed on the assumption that things will get worse for the working class, and even middle class, and so it's important to learn the game and by that I mean investing in assets that will grow more so than inflation. I wouldn't describe myself as pro left or pro right but a capitalist with an appreciation of what it's like to start of money poor. Keep up the good work both. Many can and are learning alternative ways of thinking from your content.
"Nobody can afford to live in London!!"....Exactly!!!! I get it!!
London is crazy super low salaries and super high home prices. People say northern California is expensive... it is but when you have average salaries in say Palo Alto of $230k + and a home cost $1M thats not actually that expensive. In London average income GBP39k and average property GBP 1Mil + you can see which is less affordable for local people. CRAZY
My all favourite couple again with wealth of information
Always appreciate your comments :)
Love Fremont, the old vegas
I watch a lot of UK shows and what they call a small (single) bedroom is about the size of my walk-in closet (which isn't a very large one for by US standards.
This is often very true!
Why did you guys choose Vegas? Check out, Top 10 Best Cities to Live in America for 2021, by From Here to There. You can use that as information for future reference in case you move in the future. And I suggest that video to watch in your own personal time. Best of luck to you both.
Good question.
Lots of reasons... 5 below
1. Low taxes
2. Weather. I will not live anywhere with extended seasons of cold or wet
3. Space
4. Proximity to California
5. Semi low cost of living
We were originally moving to California when we initiated the move in Jan 2019 all the way until Feb 2021 and then we changed our minds. We have a fair few videos from last year and early this year with the journey.
We have also been coming here for 15 years to various places such as Florida (where we got married), Texas, New Jersey, New York, California and Nevada.
We may only stay here for a few years and then move somewhere else in the US. We are starting our Green Card Application in the next couple of weeks which can take up to a couple of years, so we will wait until then
I'll take a look at that video later this afternoon, thanks for the recommendation.
Ant
@@ANTSEL Thanks for replying, you guys are a smart couple and I wish good things for whatever you do here, and I can tell you are going to be successful. You both have good vibes and it comes across in the videos.
Pls excuse my fellow citizens. They are very sensitive 🥺 to criticism (even if it ain't criticism). I, on the other hand, welcome your comparisons and observations on the USA from a foreigner's point of view.
Hey guys, love your channel, I would like to move to LA in the next 3 years, I wanted to ask do you ever exprience racial profiling in the US or is it the same as UK passive racism.
Thanks for watching :)
I am guessing you mean - do we experience racial profiling in a negative way? as we would say racial profiling is happening all the time, it is just contextual. Ant's personal experience in the UK, South East London, was definitely not passive.
Where we live in Summerlin, Las Vegas, we have not experienced any negative racism but we do believe this has to do with the general wealth of the area and the assumption that you must be doing well if you live here, and this leads to us being treated a certain way.
I am sure if we lived in a less affluent area, our experience would be different.
So far we have not experienced any open racism, but we have only been here 10 months.
Interestingly when I talk to friends and colleagues in the USA of personal experiences, the only place that comes up regarding racism is California. We haven't personally had issues in the places we have been in California, or anywhere else we have been in the States so far. Let's hope it stays that way.
@@ANTSEL your wife would probably not be bothered. But as a Black man, you could be stopped by police for no reason anywhere in this country. White supremacy is also on the rise since Donald Trump came on the scene and made hate okay- to be open and vocal about it! I am a retired teacher in California, I have a son, grandson, nephews etc all over the USA. You see the news. I grew up in Kentucky during segregation, but unlike Mississippi-- every state was different. Anyway enjoy Vegas, and the Raiders!!🖤🏈-- Welcome to 🇺🇸. I'm in norCalifornia near Sacramento🌴. Moved from Ohio 45 yrs ago. Peace😁🇬🇧.
LA is suffering as a whole, go there if you want but its not suggested
“the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members”
Therefore, do you want to have kids and let them grow up in that environment?
Good insights guys.
Thanks!
Thankyou so much for all this useful information Would love to try it! Anything’s got to be better than Scotland 🏴😢
Good morning 😁. You are welcome.
I don't think we have seen you in the comments before? so Welcome, and thank you for watching and taking time to comment.
Haha if you are anything like me I require about 8+ hours of sun per day and space to breathe. If that's the case then yeah it is def better that Scotland or the UK in general. The 3 weeks of summer per year gets depressing!
Hope you enjoy some of the other videos we have on the channel including some of the negatives of Living in the US/Vegas.
Ant
@@ANTSEL absolutely! 😎
I worked around the states and the Caribbean for a while.. before I met my husband, he was the one that grounded me in Scotland again 😢 I do often say why couldn’t you have been American 😂 ..no seriously I’ve always wanted to live the American dream! 🇺🇸
Now the kids are teenagers, they both too would love to relocate to the states, but after researching it seems impossible for us so we even thought of Canada 🇨🇦 but the states does sound more appealing, i have always felt so drawn to the states as my grandfather was born in New Jersey.
You guys enjoy! wishing you both lots happiness for the future!
And I look forward to watching more 😘
Another tip get microphones or record your videos somewhere else. The water pump, filter whatever that sound is from your pool is very distracting and drowns out your voice.
Thanks for the feedback, we noticed the same. We actually have 2 Rode mic's that we switch between and always use. Since filming the videos back then, I believe we always turn the pool pump off now. Hopefully the sounds quality is better.
Hi
How did you go about moving to the us ? Is it hard to move there ? X
Hi! We came here on an L1A visa and now on an employment base green card. It was not too hard for us, as the company I worked for had a US base.
The USA is one of the most difficult countries in the world to emigrate to legally. Australia is another. The UK is now so bad my wife who is college educated, English is her native tongue, cannot even get a visa to live there with me and I'm British born and bred and can easily trace my ancestors back into the 1600's in Lancashire through the parish records. I came on a P3 visa (green card)
Which grammar school did you go to there are 4 in our town which is unusual but welcomed
Bexley Grammar School . Which town are you from?
I really wasn’t expecting this video to be like this…it was way better than I thought it would be! I really enjoyed it. A proper, well thought out discussion that didn’t just tell me the weather is nice in the US 😂
May I ask how you have found health insurance? How much is it and is it confusing choosing one?
Also for me a massive con would be maternity leave and pay or rather lack thereof!
And I think abortion laws are probably something to add to your list of majorly divisive topics!!
Thanks Sophia! It really means a lot to know you enjoyed the video. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Health insurance is a bit confusing to understand. Our insurance was provided by my health employer and I had a couple of options for Nevada state. We pay $214 for our medical each month. I have done 3 videos explaining health insurance in the US. Types of insurance and what to consider when choosing a plan, and ways to save for cost of medical expenses.
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Regarding abortion laws... yes definitely. Aspects like that is definitely important in terms of which state you choose to live it.
Most Brit’s, leave at retirement. It’s pointless staying after that.
Very true!
Im from hackney London ive been living in the states for 34yrs one thing i realised really quickly about the usa you cant compare the us to the uk you can fit the uk into texas 3 times over you have to compare it to Europe the conclusions ive come after living here this long are about the same as what you mention the negatives about living in the states is there is a very limited social safety net if you are poor or fall on hard times you are in big trouble healthcare is also abig problem before the affordable care act was put in place by President obama if you couldnt afford health insurance and had an on going serous illness they would let you die now thank God its different also the crazy gun laws here are ridiculous in memphis where i live basically anyone can get a gun at 18 can carry it showing and have no gun training the murder rate is totally ridiculous mass shootings its very bad also when you have a job you barely get any benefits no garrenteed vacation pay no paid maternity leave no sick pay there is great wealth and high standard of living but also really terrible devasting poverty this is because they dont have the social safety net Europeans take for granted ive loved living here but my wife and i are plannibg to move back to thd uk
Hi Stephen, thanks for sharing and giving your perspective. 34 years is a long time living in the states. Fully agreed with your comments. As much as we love living here, we appreciate there is a lot bad too. For us, on balance we much prefer it for many reasons. We are also still very new to living here, so lots to learn still. When are you planning to move back and may we ask why?
We would not choose to go back, in fact we have a new video on why coming out soon.
@@ANTSEL I always planned on going home to live one day but now more than ever I was adopted but I found my whole family on ancestry my mother father and 2 brothers lots of nieces and nephews I've been searching for them since I was 18 I'm 56 I've been back twice I found them 4yrs ago I'm at home with them at the moment in Wandsworth London what has prevented me from coming home is that me and my wife have both had kidney transplants but the nhs refused to pay for one of her treatments but I have to bring her over next year to be evaluated by a British Dr and the nhs will decide if they will pay if they will we're moving back also the violence where I live in Memphis has become unbearable I'm ready for a safer life
Thanks for sharing your story. It is lovely to read that you found your family after all those years. I cannot even fathom what that must feel like.
Ah... good old Wandsworth London :) London will always have a special place in our hearts. SE london that is! As you will find out, we can be particular about our areas.
Although there are increasing issues with crime in the UK, is is nothing in comparison to here so I can understand where you are coming from.
I hope all works out for you and your wife.
@@ANTSEL thank wishing you both all the best too
This is simply not true. Even before Obamacare, there was (and still is) Medicaid (government paid insurance) for poor people.
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Oh! My god. I told m friends back in the uk, that the US, is 100yrs, behind the uk….
I don't know your names so please forgive me, but the guy in this video looks like he could be a personal trainer, I'm thinking there should good money in doing that.
Thank you 😁. I've been training for about 15+ years now. It isn't something I would like to do as a profession/Career tbh. It's something I enjoy as a hobby for myself - but I do like the compliments 😀.
If I ever needed the money and was out of work, I probably would take up PT'ing in the future.
@@ANTSEL Lol, good answer mate you look great.
Oh forgot my name is Anton but people call me Ant and my wife is Selina or Sel :)
@@ANTSEL Nice to meet you Anton and Selina, I'm Wilfred but but people call me Will.
It can be very scary being here from a country like uk, who have more compassion.
Because I don’t like trump, my plumber stop coming to do my repairs…. Damn fool…
Hi guys.. Just throwing my 2 cents here - speaking from someone that was born in the UK and still resides in the UK. I hope i am understanding what you mean about Capitalist UK.
I just want to say that - in my experience for people who are raised in an under priviledged background, there is no support to elevate people from the situation-if so, it is very hard to find. I have always strived to better myself and find the more i try, the deeper i sink. I am 51 now and have worked majority of my life for companies who initally state they offer a decent salary, only to steal from me. The poor are always heavy taxed. I earned £16,000 a year and my tax and NI was £160 a month , on top of that i have rent , travel expenses ( which is not cheap and constantly raising by the day) utilites etc. I have nothing to show for all the years i have worked. I have zero in the bank at aged 51, which is a disgrace. I have reached a point now where i am not going to fight to find work and continue to allow myself to be taken advantage . For now i have nothing at all to lose.. I know that sounds negative, but that is how i feel.
The UK is a VERY unforgiving, Unsympathic place to live. If you are not born into wealth than you will find yourself left out in the cold. You mentioned benefit system, but yet when you manage to find work, it is back around in that vicious circle. Yes the US is brutal, but the UK does not come without its flairs too..Best thing for anyone is to live in the Caribbean :)
Hi Tee,
I do hear you and if that is you experience you should definitely voice it. That’s what we want our channel to be. So we always appreciate you sharing in the comments 😊
In my experience...
The UK by no means is the ideal system its more a measure of our experience. My parents and our family were poor living in government (tax) funded housing for the first 20 year or my life. My dad was a factory worker at a plumbing center and my mum a stay-at-home mum. Their parents being immigrants in the 50’s or 60’s from the Caribbean as well (Jamaica). My experience being a 2nd gen black person in the UK is.
I didn’t know I was poor until secondary school, we had food, a roof over our heads, good schooling, cheap travel (bus etc) and completely “free to us“ healthcare.
My brothers and I never had to worry about being homeless, if we got sick or how much school was going to cost us. To me that’s a measure of wealth and opportunity not afforded to a lot of people in the world.
I went to a grammar school for £0 cost and then opted out of education and managed to gain employment and live very well (subjective).
Although Selina has a different story as she is first gen in the country with her parents immigrating here with absolutely nothing in the 60s I think but again with a similar outcome. The UK IMO affords you opportunity. Something I try to explain when I talk to people is equal opportunity is not equal outcome.
My main point here is both Selina and I are born of immigrants and started with £0 and for us at least the UK system worked in our favor, and I personally am grateful for it. Unknown to us when we met both of our families actually started out life in the UK mins from each other in the SE of London on council estates.
Additionally, both our parents and all of our siblings are in similar positions. Both of my brothers (24 and 32) are engineers on good salaries over £50k. Selina’s siblings (all 50+, she's the anomaly being "only" 35) are in similar positions. Again born of immigrants to the UK and genuinely starting with nothing but for what the government (tax payers) afforded us.
Selina is the only 1 in our combined families who was not born poor, by time she came along her parents owned a house in the mid 1980's.
To give you an idea of how much Tax and NI we paid in 2019/2020 it was in excess of £85k for the year. So you can see what we took out in the early part of our lives (not by choice) we are most certainly paying back
Oh and I started on £13,300 per year in my first job and Selina’s first job I think was £5 or £6 per hour at All Sports in Bluewater shopping centre 😅.
Finally, this absolutely does not diminish your experience in the UK because it does differ, however, I wanted to share a bit of our background and perspective.... especially from 2 island people who started with nothing. Selina is from Mauritius and even smaller island than my home island!
Hope that made some sense?
Ant.
@@ANTSEL Hi Ant, Thank you for sharing your story with me.I certainly take my hat off to you both and your remarkable achievements.
You have both obviously found a way to discover and harness your true sense of self / value to excel in the ways that you have described. Worldly knowledge, Self worth and value came far to late for me and unfortunately i am now paying the price for that. It will be interesting to hear how and when you discovered your true sense of self and what contributed to the fierce determination that you both have.
I have watched a lot of vlogs of people that are younger than me and have a penthouse ( or close too) apartment in the heart of London and living polished lifestyles . I know that some maybe stagged, but majority actually live the lifestyle and i often wonder where i went wrong. Why did i allow the UK system defeat me?..Anyways, im off on a tangent now hehehe!
I would love to know about the trials and tribulations you had faced in order to come to the place in the world . I know this channel is ourely about life in Las Vegas and I truly admire your guys continous ambitions .
You are spot on with the self-value/worth. I think that is probably the key part to all of it. It’s your starting point and grounding in life. I will probably do a video on that and potentially something with more insight into myself and Selina also.
Without going too into detail (I always go into detail :) ) but to give you a slightly better insight…
I would say my self-worth came from my mum and my brother initially - no matter what I did they were always there. It didn’t mean they believed everything I did was right, but they supported me, so it gave me the confidence to be me and mess up (which is did a lot). I’m really open and secure in myself due to this. I never felt like I had to follow a path or fit in as my family made me feel I was fine to just be me! I am also VERY different to the rest of my family and most of the people I went to school with 😊. So I have always been comfortable in that fact and it is easier to not feel the pressure to conform.
In terms of me and Selina & us as a couple, we have known each other since 11 years old and I think we originally got together at 15…. Selina family rejected it due to being racists (a story for another time) and it made our lives absolute hell particularly for Selina who at about 19 had to leave home and move in with my family in our council home with no money or support! Between 15 and 26 we didn’t have a relationship with them.
I struggle to believe there is a system in the UK designed (at this point in time) to fail us. I honestly feel we as a community fail each other mostly in being open, candid and honest about the real world and how to navigate it. We focus on the fantastical or things not grounded in the reality of the world we must live in. It really is a system you have to learn to navigate.
If anyone was meant to fail it should be myself, Selina, my brothers, her mum, her sister etc. Selina’s mum in particular landed in the UK without anything as a first gen immigrant sent to earn money to send back home… no education, no money and no clue she has still made a success of her life and provided a solid foundation for her children. All of us at a massive disadvantage simply being immigrants or son/daughters of immigrants
Yet we have all found a way to be successful in our own right. I never view something a think I cant do it, until I do it and cannot do it.. I then rationalize the reason that I wasn’t able to. Is it me, is it finances, is it education, is it the system and so on…? I then try to solve whatever the problem was that was preventing me from achieving.
Before I end up writing a 300-page novel I’ll leave it there for now. Just wanted to at least show its been a far from linear path for us.
As for our channel it is fluid so I am happy to cover many different things
As always, I appreciate your candidness and kind words… I really enjoy talking about real life stuff!!!!
Ant.
@@teesmith5749 Hi Tee. It’s never too late and the fact you’ve acknowledged your own self worth is an amazing and important 1st step. Another one is not to watch others. You never know how they’ve got there and like you e said whether that Penthouse is real or not. Do you. Lessons learned and surrounding yourself with right minded and positive people is an important step to make. Explore other revenue streams outside of your 9-5. This could be anything from selling items on EBayy to even started up your own TH-cam channel or even both. Something that you’re interested and passionate about. Buy low, sell high. There’s a wealth of knowledge on TH-cam to give you pointers on this and other alternative revenue streams. Give it a look. You got this 💪🏾
100% I was just typing out another message saying it is never too late and recognising it is an important first step and i know its "woo-woo" but it is often "mind-set" that traps us.
Another thing is you are always kind and measured with your words and that says a lot. It is all to easy to miss-understand someone's perspective online and react badly... you never do.
Rod and I are good friends for exactly this reason sharing a path that did not conform wit the status quo.... recognising what wasn't working for and aligning yourself with people and ideas that did.
Rod has most definitely travelled this path in more recent years coming from a very very different mindset to me. So has first-hand experience in what he is talking about.