An important detail from your story is how much money you started with and gained during your corporate life. Living the way you do now can absolutely be a privilege even if it is simpler. Your core message about being yourself and not what society or specific people want you to be is still good, also assuming what you want to be is ethical in nature.
I started off with several thousand in the hole in 2015 and became debt free in 2021. I took a position in 2019 I was qualified to do 20 years prior because I wanted less stress and more time to myself for $68k/year and I stayed at that position for 4 years. I paid $11,800 cash for my sailboat (29 feet) and $1000 cash for my car. I currently have less than $20k in cash and savings.
All of the big money I had was wasted on the right car, the right clothes, the right watch, the right girl, the right condo. All of it of course was a waste, at least for me. I lived like an average American, wracking up debt so I could ’ live the life '.
[edit] I am a highschool drop out, having only made it though 10th grade. No college, no tradeschool, I self taught how to use a computer (1994) and moved forward from that. I hold no degrees, no certifications. I ended up in System Engineering and Infosec.
Now I repair laptops and phones for people who live in the water, and sometimes do manual labor in a boatyard.
If that doesn’t clear it up please let me know what I’m missing in details.
No, no I don’t. I worked yesterday for 4 hours and that made my bills for the next month. How much cash management do you think a cat with $400 of bills a month needs to do?
Actually less than that now, because I switched from $3200/y insurance with Giecko to $800/y with progressive.
So go be pissy and dismissive in the mirror, but being snarky at me because I figured out a better deal is just childish.
An important detail from your story is how much money you started with and gained during your corporate life. Living the way you do now can absolutely be a privilege even if it is simpler. Your core message about being yourself and not what society or specific people want you to be is still good, also assuming what you want to be is ethical in nature.
I started off with several thousand in the hole in 2015 and became debt free in 2021. I took a position in 2019 I was qualified to do 20 years prior because I wanted less stress and more time to myself for $68k/year and I stayed at that position for 4 years. I paid $11,800 cash for my sailboat (29 feet) and $1000 cash for my car. I currently have less than $20k in cash and savings.
All of the big money I had was wasted on the right car, the right clothes, the right watch, the right girl, the right condo. All of it of course was a waste, at least for me. I lived like an average American, wracking up debt so I could ’ live the life '.
[edit] I am a highschool drop out, having only made it though 10th grade. No college, no tradeschool, I self taught how to use a computer (1994) and moved forward from that. I hold no degrees, no certifications. I ended up in System Engineering and Infosec.
Now I repair laptops and phones for people who live in the water, and sometimes do manual labor in a boatyard.
If that doesn’t clear it up please let me know what I’m missing in details.
Whaaaa life is hard and you have to figure out cash flow.
No, no I don’t. I worked yesterday for 4 hours and that made my bills for the next month. How much cash management do you think a cat with $400 of bills a month needs to do?
Actually less than that now, because I switched from $3200/y insurance with Giecko to $800/y with progressive.
So go be pissy and dismissive in the mirror, but being snarky at me because I figured out a better deal is just childish.
You literally did, so that wasn’t aimed at you.
I apologize.
I’ll add to that.
If you DM me and say ‘Hey do you think you could help me figure out something like you have?’ I would actually try to help you.
Take a different tack bro, you’ll be happier