Put that time and energy of youth into working two or more jobs.
It just comes down to wanting it bad enough to suffer for it. I never looked at it as suffering though. It was more like a test of what I could endure. I had a great time doing it too. Learned all kinds of practical skills. Stayed out of trouble.
Unfortunately I was a bit carefree with the paycheck so I didn’t capitalize on all that hard work as much as I could have but I avoided debt for the most part, lived below my means and paid my bills. Woke up a few years later and got back on track. It’s finally paying off now and I’m still having fun working on the goal. I wish I could do it all over again!
I agree with and can relate to a lot of your comment, I.S.
I took a similar path, and was broke financially twice. Once at 21, and again at 30.
When renting out a room in someone’s basement, I finally got it together with finances and different strategies, and have tried to not look back, save to remember lessons from that school of hard knocks.
Not sure I’d want to do it all over again in this day and age, but yes, if we could revisit
our earlier choices we made, I would do things a bit differently. I would try to:
-Save more frugally;
-Party less and be less materialistic;
-Better distinguish between wants vs. needs;
-Take advantage of investing for compound interest benefits while younger;
-Talk to more seasoned adults as mentors for advice and counsel;
-Keep learning and improving to gain valuable, diverse occupational skills & experience,
as those are something that cannot be taken or taxed away from us like income can.
Most of those are life long disciplines, not just for young adults at commencement.
-suds
I too agree with anonymous. Workaholism could apply to me when I worked for a living. What $ not taken by ex wives was squandered on wild women. I have some regrets about the ex’s but not the wild women and the consequences that came with the wild times. My work efforts were always fueled by desire to help others as a core value and it rewarded me handsomely. Fate and circumstance, like Forrest Gump’s feather, has colluded nicely for me. Hat tip to the poster who used the phrase FG’sF recently. It resonates deeply with me. If I had an alter moniker on here, I would use it.
“What $ not taken by ex wives was squandered on wild women.”
Looks like the age-old trap many men fall into of chasing pussy and trying to hold onto pussy.
Tides are turning. We understand and mourn the lives squandered and lost by many mislead men…but MGTOW will not repeat the process…
Plus, we’re working on the genetic engineering side of things. 1000 years from now, people will laugh in horror at the idea of bumping and smashing pelvises together in fervid tandem to achieve reproduction.
Save for when Sly Stallone gets teleported to the future.
22winmag - The South was Right (and slavery would have ended through legislation not war in the years to come, so don't give me that shit) What happened to places like Rhodesia and safe spaces for white folks? What comes next?
Not really , youth is the energy that allows you to survive your inexperience to get to whereever you end up. Whether or not you learn anything.
22winmag - The South was Right (and slavery would have ended through legislation not war in the years to come, so don't give me that shit) What happened to places like Rhodesia and safe spaces for white folks? What comes next?
January 11, 2018 11:29 am
If you ran a farm like America runs with age demographics it would be a barren wasteland in no time flat (giving all the benefits and care to the old and dying, while neglecting the youth).
Arcayer
January 11, 2018 8:28 pm
Young people have time?
Rdawg
January 11, 2018 10:36 pm
This reminds of the old engineering saw.
Project Attributes (choose any two):
1. Fast
2. Low Cost
3. High Quality
Most of the old people I know don’t have that much money. There are a few exceptions who have “made it.”
TC – see that chart on the left? The young that squander the time and energy end up being old with time and no money.
Put that time and energy of youth into working two or more jobs.
It just comes down to wanting it bad enough to suffer for it. I never looked at it as suffering though. It was more like a test of what I could endure. I had a great time doing it too. Learned all kinds of practical skills. Stayed out of trouble.
Unfortunately I was a bit carefree with the paycheck so I didn’t capitalize on all that hard work as much as I could have but I avoided debt for the most part, lived below my means and paid my bills. Woke up a few years later and got back on track. It’s finally paying off now and I’m still having fun working on the goal. I wish I could do it all over again!
IS – I have not seen any emails from you, if ever sent.
llpoh, I haven’t sent it yet. I’ll get to it this evening.
I agree with and can relate to a lot of your comment, I.S.
I took a similar path, and was broke financially twice. Once at 21, and again at 30.
When renting out a room in someone’s basement, I finally got it together with finances and different strategies, and have tried to not look back, save to remember lessons from that school of hard knocks.
Not sure I’d want to do it all over again in this day and age, but yes, if we could revisit
our earlier choices we made, I would do things a bit differently. I would try to:
-Save more frugally;
-Party less and be less materialistic;
-Better distinguish between wants vs. needs;
-Take advantage of investing for compound interest benefits while younger;
-Talk to more seasoned adults as mentors for advice and counsel;
-Keep learning and improving to gain valuable, diverse occupational skills & experience,
as those are something that cannot be taken or taxed away from us like income can.
Most of those are life long disciplines, not just for young adults at commencement.
-suds
I too agree with anonymous. Workaholism could apply to me when I worked for a living. What $ not taken by ex wives was squandered on wild women. I have some regrets about the ex’s but not the wild women and the consequences that came with the wild times. My work efforts were always fueled by desire to help others as a core value and it rewarded me handsomely. Fate and circumstance, like Forrest Gump’s feather, has colluded nicely for me. Hat tip to the poster who used the phrase FG’sF recently. It resonates deeply with me. If I had an alter moniker on here, I would use it.
“What $ not taken by ex wives was squandered on wild women.”
Looks like the age-old trap many men fall into of chasing pussy and trying to hold onto pussy.
Tides are turning. We understand and mourn the lives squandered and lost by many mislead men…but MGTOW will not repeat the process…
Plus, we’re working on the genetic engineering side of things. 1000 years from now, people will laugh in horror at the idea of bumping and smashing pelvises together in fervid tandem to achieve reproduction.
Save for when Sly Stallone gets teleported to the future.
Statistically speaking seniors are the most well off financially.
was gonna say the same thing
no time, money, or energy
Most old folks (myself included) would be better described as:
little time (left)
little money
little energy
Youth is wasted on the young.
Reminded me of this song, a deep track, but one of my favorites from the Pumpkins (hope you have 8 minutes):
And wealth is wasted on the rich (in general).
Sez you
Knew that would gig you. Hence the qualifier. ?
Not really , youth is the energy that allows you to survive your inexperience to get to whereever you end up. Whether or not you learn anything.
If you ran a farm like America runs with age demographics it would be a barren wasteland in no time flat (giving all the benefits and care to the old and dying, while neglecting the youth).
Young people have time?
This reminds of the old engineering saw.
Project Attributes (choose any two):
1. Fast
2. Low Cost
3. High Quality
+10 Dawg. I haven’t seen it before, but like it. Will copy onto paper and hang in my workplace.