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Originally Posted by Toxigen
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a whole lot of sentimental verbage to say "im happy with mediocrity"
sorry you dont own / produce anything meaningful
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that's so funny, I had literally half-written a double post in my head. "inb4 you call me mediocre for my class position while not on the treadmill and fully independent well before you". Worked about 8 years out of college, landed an executive position at a small tech company and retired after a small bump in the road (the loss of use of both of my hands, the challenge of which was probably weightier than anything you've ever witnessed let alone done), and I survived that episode thanks to this frugality with a good enough position to launch a legitimate attempt at living on passive wealth. Have a clear path to wealth and assets that generate income. I get the feeling you definitely can't relate but, uhh congrats on the job and massive status anxiety? Does the car feel like it depreciates less when you're in an hour of traffic a day in the thing? Maybe so.
Why would I flaunt wealth before I have it, Toxigen? THAT would be "happy with mediocrity". No, we actually work and study (and play) pretty hard over here and that capital is being used
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] and we don't front, we have nothing to hide. 1br apartment and all. We are young lovers still bound at the hip and the setting is perfectly appropriate and dignified enough. I treated myself to a laptop at (landmark), the first expensive toy I bought myself since teenager other than bike things, and I'll treat myself to a car maybe at one million. Bleh probably not even then, lol. Read Buffett's biography.
Reply how you like from here but there is wisdom, planning, positive intent, self-confidence and hope in my post and you just bray "buy a nicer car poor". You are not representing high class or wisdom here literarily or financially. I can't splurge on a car until I build my father a cabin on the family land. He's the one who had me reading Stephen King at age 4 -- not high literature but he did the best he could, and the results are visible. I am better bred than you and love my family more than depreciating vehicles which demonstrate by their appearance that I wasted money on them.
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