graniteman
MuscleHead
- Dec 31, 2011
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^^^This, we all have to work our asses off as 100's millions here in the USA depend on us , this doesn't even take into account the billions around the world that get our tax dollars handed out like a friggin Pez dispenser...Ohh and don't even think about cheating or stealing..The gov't hates competition.
I hear younguns bitch about their checks all the time, I tell them..''Look at the gross pay, what you REALLY make not the net. I don't think half even know what that is sadly
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zodd
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- Mar 2, 2014
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Yea i agree totally with all the posts here ,its sad I'm the guy who had it all and lost a 90k job or should say quit because of my poker addiction and skanks I'm now lucky to making 10 bucks a hour the job market is horrible in michigan I worked at a detroit casino for 11 yrs that don't mean shit on a app i didn't save up enough sold my house and now i live with my folks i learned the hard way don't take anything for granted arrogance is lethal i have a friend who makes 60k wife makes same 4 kids cheap house and somehow they are broke and have to move in a tiny house and rent their bankrupt my folks have money they saved for 40yrs i laughed a thow cheap they lived since i was a kid I'm not laughing now they have no debt and a 400 k house my dad never made more then 35k a yr mind you i hope i made a point here
Get Some
MuscleHead
- Sep 9, 2010
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Great that you have extra time.. what if those people you mention do not have extra time? And what will you do with your extra time if you have no money.
The sad fact of life (for most) is that everything you wanted in your 20s only becomes affordable by your 40s... and by that time you have many more obligations that make affordable a word that makes you cringe.
IMO, more stress is created by not having money than having to work overtime at a job that makes you money...simple as that.
DrMehta
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- Apr 5, 2014
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Working hard is easy when you are young, putting in 60-80 hour work weeks are just not an option when you are old, at least not for most of us. I do agree with the OP that you need to have a life outside of work, too many people either just work like slaves or don't work at all. It's all about balance. I will say however it is not so much how much you work as it is how much you save and set yourself up for the future. I am around many people who make a very good living and sadly many of them have not saved one dime. it is sad to see people who make 100k or more a year and they just live pay check to pay check.
TheChosen1
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- Mar 19, 2012
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I moved from the Big Easy to California 15 years ago. I make 4 times than I did in New Orleans. I actually enjoy my job. But despite the pay raise, guess what? I'm doing the same damn thing here that I did down South. And that is, living paycheck to paycheck. The cost of living here sucks. The taxes here sucks. But if I went back where I came from (since Katrina touched it a bit), the jobs that I worked are gone.
Before my injury, I was doing 48-52 hours a week. Sometimes the extra time helps stretch the paycheck, sometimes it's no difference. But we (myself, wife, 2 kids) manage to survive.
Before my injury, I was doing 48-52 hours a week. Sometimes the extra time helps stretch the paycheck, sometimes it's no difference. But we (myself, wife, 2 kids) manage to survive.
ProteinFarts
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- Apr 7, 2014
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Some people (usually those with a strong work ethic) like having nice things. I am one of those people. Furthermore, there are two schools of thought. Some people live for today. They spend every dime they make on fun and/or party hardy carring little about their health of tomorrow. Or there are the people who exhibit restraint today inorder to live like kings tomorrow. I am the later.
Rampage
MuscleHead
- Oct 26, 2011
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Only thing I find with the later school of thought is that tomorrow is not promised.. I bet theres so many people that spent every single second trying to save up money for the future and when that time came they could no longer enjoy that (deceased, injured, whatever it may be)
So I tend to work hard to really just enjoy my life now.
ProteinFarts
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- Apr 7, 2014
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No doubt. Nothing wrong with that mindset. I guess I model myself after my parents. They worked hard and took care of themselves and retired by 55 with a butt old of money. Now they spend their time doing what they want and traveling the world. Living like kings. But the point you make is valid. My dad has a bad cancer ATM and his future is unknown. So I can see both sides. I deviated from OPs meaning I think though. I just like nice things is all. I like to be able to buy what I want when I want. An excess of money does not make one more happy. But not having enough to provide basic things for yourself or your family does make one sad.
For instance, I could retire right now if I wanted. Move me and my family into one of my free and clear condos and live off the rent of the others. But I would not be able to take my kids on vacations. I would no longer drive a nice car. I could no longer go to nice dinners. Etc etc. not worth it to me.
Plus not working is no fun. It may be at first. But over time you will be so bored you want to shoot yourself. The best is retired and doing what you want each day to keep you busy. Not what you have to do each day. Your job could be having sex with the most gorgeous woman in the world. But if you had to do it every day day in and day out times 365 times 10 or 20 years you would hate it just as you hate your current job. No body likes having to do things. By nature people want what they can't have and don't want what is forced upon them.
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