Or do I quit and take bigger risks like try to build my own thing/startup because I can get back to a job later?
I would normally advice you to go with what you feel is right for you, but right now, I’m personally going to be riding out the next few years as safe as possible. I think the world economy is in for its bumpiest ride in our lifetime. So unless the thing you plan on selling thrives in a market with a broken global supply chain, war in Europe, real climate impact, food shortages, political unrest and recession (and some things will thrive, they always do) then being a startup the next few years will probably be more of a challenge than it’s been for the past few decades.
In fact, I'm thinking of doing that next year. My job isn't hard by any means, but I cannot focus on my other projects while I'm working.
I'm only in my 30s, but I will say the biggest tip I can give to any young person is don't let any other person direct your life. Case in point, I knew a girl once whose mother tried to push her into an arranged marriage.
She had to estrange herself for a bit.
If you like your job, stick with it I guess.
But if you really want to move abroad, do that now. The moment you get settled down, or even get into a real relationship. This gets much harder.
And finally you're going to make a bunch of mistakes, learn to forgive yourself when you do. And stay away from people who are going to harp on your mistakes and try to pick on you.
When I was your age I couldn't imagine my current self, in my 50's, sick and broke so I did nothing to prepare for the future.
If you're making as much money as you say, by living frugally and making good low risk investments you should be able to save enough money to do whatever you want by the time you're in your 30's.
That's what I would do if I had it to do over.
Note also that if you're like most people you can probably find a way to live on much less than what you're currently spending.
Of course there are no guarantees in life, you could die tomorrow.
Having said that, you might want to build your business after hours until it's off the ground. Gives you lots of time to not be dependent on it so you're not getting desperate while trying to sell.
Do your future self favors. Don’t spend, lock it up.
Keep building and growing, be ambitious, yet recognize there is a cycle and you will burn out.
You will be at your prime when you are 35 (if you take proper care of yourself.) you will be old some time after 50, and probably dead (or not much better off) by 100.
The problem most have (unaware to themselves) is not that they don’t live long enough, it is that they are a waste of what life they have.
If you're in sports or tech, you're old at 30 /s
Just not smoking cigarettes is an obvious one, and now almost all of us don't smoke. Those who do, age faster.
But there are hundreds or thousands of things one can do to slow down phsyical and mental deterioration over time.
Unfortunately there are also hundreds of things that people hope will do that, which actually make no difference. Such is life.
Aging is a process (or really, a set of processes) that happens to everybody, but it doesn't happen at the same rate. This is obvious just by looking at people, and more obvious to the scientist that cut people open after they die, and take a closer look.
I was poking at the fact that you can't make Forbes 30 Under 30 or qualify for youth grants past a certain age. So sometimes youth is best spent on chasing certain opportunities rather than trying to stay young.
https://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/158230192655...
It's really up to you whether "no surprises" is a good or bad thing.