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I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Hopeless Hal
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:01PM
I’m 34, and live with my parents. I’m not lazy, but I can’t seem to get on my own feet. I have a job and make 50k a year. I try to take initiative and get better jobs, but no one hires me when I apply for jobs that pay over $100k. I don’t have the aptitude or the mock for anything that pays over that. That’s what it seems like you need to make to subsist in this area. I want more for myself, but don’t know how to get it. I fro need a life coach or something to figure it all out.
Couldn't see this coming from a mile away!!!!!!
Posted by:
Hal's SPAM machine
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:05PM
I can see this is gonna be another SPAM thread in the next several postings.
Hey Hal, you should try free life coaching at _______ ! It really works.
Hey Hal, you should try free life coaching at _______ ! It really works.
Re: Couldn't see this coming from a mile away!!!!!!
Posted by:
Hopeless Hal
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:12PM
Hal's SPAM machine Wrote:
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> I can see this is gonna be another SPAM thread in
> the next several postings.
>
> Hey Hal, you should try free life coaching at
> _______ ! It really works.
Oh god I hope not. I am just venting
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> I can see this is gonna be another SPAM thread in
> the next several postings.
>
> Hey Hal, you should try free life coaching at
> _______ ! It really works.
Oh god I hope not. I am just venting
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
don't need another
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:17PM
We already got one Sad Sack here,,,,,Meade,,,don't need to worry about another. Meade is enough.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Nothing but hope
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:19PM
don't need another Wrote:
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> We already got one Sad Sack here,,,,,Meade,,,don't
> need to worry about another. Meade is enough.
We should be concerned about anyone who wants actual help to improve their lives. That’s my one big gripe with fairfax underground. Not enough empathy for others on here.
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> We already got one Sad Sack here,,,,,Meade,,,don't
> need to worry about another. Meade is enough.
We should be concerned about anyone who wants actual help to improve their lives. That’s my one big gripe with fairfax underground. Not enough empathy for others on here.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Save your money
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:25PM
For one year and put it all on the Redskins winning the Super Bowl. You’re welcome buddy, now turn that frown upside and get your Mom to make you a Hot Pocket.
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Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Coupn Cutter
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:28PM
If you reduce your car radio's gas consumption there is a good chance you could live in your car in 20 years. Put in a Tesla radio.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
well said here here
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:33PM
Nothing but hope Wrote:
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> don't need another Wrote:
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> -----
> > We already got one Sad Sack
> here,,,,,Meade,,,don't
> > need to worry about another. Meade is enough.
>
>
> We should be concerned about anyone who wants
> actual help to improve their lives. That’s my
> one big gripe with fairfax underground. Not enough
> empathy for others on here.
I've always felt that way. Refreshing to see I'm not the only one here carrying on the good fight. If you can help just one person here, makes the whole thing worth it. I always say that.
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> don't need another Wrote:
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> -----
> > We already got one Sad Sack
> here,,,,,Meade,,,don't
> > need to worry about another. Meade is enough.
>
>
> We should be concerned about anyone who wants
> actual help to improve their lives. That’s my
> one big gripe with fairfax underground. Not enough
> empathy for others on here.
I've always felt that way. Refreshing to see I'm not the only one here carrying on the good fight. If you can help just one person here, makes the whole thing worth it. I always say that.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Horse to water
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:46PM
The problem is weeding out those who actually want to change to those who are just wasting time. I’m skeptical that if Meade Skelton made a cry for help, he’d follow through on the advice given.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Move somewhere less expensive
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Date: September 25, 2021 10:58PM
Hell you could move to Texas join the border patrol. They let you ride horses an whip brown folks.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Bfhg
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Date: September 25, 2021 11:00PM
Move somewhere less expensive Wrote:
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> Hell you could move to Texas join the border
> patrol. They let you ride horses an whip brown
> folks.
“Move” less expensive isn’t a solution. People live where there’s jobs.
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> Hell you could move to Texas join the border
> patrol. They let you ride horses an whip brown
> folks.
“Move” less expensive isn’t a solution. People live where there’s jobs.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
He's an actor
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Date: September 25, 2021 11:01PM
Horse to water Wrote:
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> The problem is weeding out those who actually want
> to change to those who are just wasting time.
> I’m skeptical that if Meade Skelton made a cry
> for help, he’d follow through on the advice
> given.
Meade's an actor, I wouldn't take what he says as fact or reality. He also has one hell of an overactive imagination. He knows when to play the fool, minstrel boy or the professor. Like a said 'an actor' a pretender.
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> The problem is weeding out those who actually want
> to change to those who are just wasting time.
> I’m skeptical that if Meade Skelton made a cry
> for help, he’d follow through on the advice
> given.
Meade's an actor, I wouldn't take what he says as fact or reality. He also has one hell of an overactive imagination. He knows when to play the fool, minstrel boy or the professor. Like a said 'an actor' a pretender.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Hal in Twenty years
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Date: September 25, 2021 11:29PM
Stop being a pussy! Do your parents charge you rent? 50k for a fuck up like you is ok. You probably eat out three times a day wast your money on alcohol, weed and cigarettes. Just save your money and remember what you do today affects your future.
https://youtu.be/UhmYBp5oj48
https://youtu.be/Vp248_pk69c
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Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Dutch tulip bulb
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Date: September 25, 2021 11:36PM
If you invested your money in Bitcoin you could be a Billionaire in 20 years (No, not really)
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
The Cowboy Code
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Date: September 25, 2021 11:42PM
Bfhg Wrote:
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> Move somewhere less expensive Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hell you could move to Texas join the border
> > patrol. They let you ride horses an whip brown
> > folks.
>
>
> “Move” less expensive isn’t a solution.
> People live where there’s jobs.
There's jobs everywhere. But most place have cheaper cost of living.
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> Move somewhere less expensive Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Hell you could move to Texas join the border
> > patrol. They let you ride horses an whip brown
> > folks.
>
>
> “Move” less expensive isn’t a solution.
> People live where there’s jobs.
There's jobs everywhere. But most place have cheaper cost of living.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Groundhog Day
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Date: September 26, 2021 11:01AM
The Cowboy Code Wrote:
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> Bfhg Wrote:
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> > Move somewhere less expensive Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Hell you could move to Texas join the border
> > > patrol. They let you ride horses an whip
> brown
> > > folks.
> >
> >
> > “Move” less expensive isn’t a solution.
> > People live where there’s jobs.
>
>
> There's jobs everywhere. But most place have
> cheaper cost of living.
You speak of what you don’t know. I’m from the middle of nowhere PA. You can buy a 3 bedroom home for $70k, but you there are few jobs that will pay you more than $30k. Drugs are a problem, little to no infrastructure and absolutely no form of leisure, outside of shooting up or playing cards. It’s why people move to cities and the burbs. Teleworking is changing this, but not by much.
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> Bfhg Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Move somewhere less expensive Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Hell you could move to Texas join the border
> > > patrol. They let you ride horses an whip
> brown
> > > folks.
> >
> >
> > “Move” less expensive isn’t a solution.
> > People live where there’s jobs.
>
>
> There's jobs everywhere. But most place have
> cheaper cost of living.
You speak of what you don’t know. I’m from the middle of nowhere PA. You can buy a 3 bedroom home for $70k, but you there are few jobs that will pay you more than $30k. Drugs are a problem, little to no infrastructure and absolutely no form of leisure, outside of shooting up or playing cards. It’s why people move to cities and the burbs. Teleworking is changing this, but not by much.
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
Be a Muni!
()
Date: September 26, 2021 01:19PM
Hopeless Hal Wrote:
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> I’m 34, and live with my parents. I’m not
> lazy, but I can’t seem to get on my own feet. I
> have a job and make 50k a year. I try to take
> initiative and get better jobs, but no one hires
> me when I apply for jobs that pay over $100k. I
> don’t have the aptitude or the mock for anything
> that pays over that. That’s what it seems like
> you need to make to subsist in this area. I want
> more for myself, but don’t know how to get it. I
> fro need a life coach or something to figure it
> all out.
Get a county job. Just keep applying over and over until you get one. I work for the county and only make 60k a year but the health insurance is only 10 dollars a month and I get 8 weeks off with pay a year (including holidays). I do between 1 and 2 hours of actual work a day and lunch break is from 11 to 1. I have a decent pension coming in addition to social security so retirement will be sweet. I just have to work 3 more years. Good luck!
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> I’m 34, and live with my parents. I’m not
> lazy, but I can’t seem to get on my own feet. I
> have a job and make 50k a year. I try to take
> initiative and get better jobs, but no one hires
> me when I apply for jobs that pay over $100k. I
> don’t have the aptitude or the mock for anything
> that pays over that. That’s what it seems like
> you need to make to subsist in this area. I want
> more for myself, but don’t know how to get it. I
> fro need a life coach or something to figure it
> all out.
Get a county job. Just keep applying over and over until you get one. I work for the county and only make 60k a year but the health insurance is only 10 dollars a month and I get 8 weeks off with pay a year (including holidays). I do between 1 and 2 hours of actual work a day and lunch break is from 11 to 1. I have a decent pension coming in addition to social security so retirement will be sweet. I just have to work 3 more years. Good luck!
Re: I have consigned myself to the fact that I will be poor and homeless in 20 years
Posted by:
The smell of opportunity
()
Date: September 26, 2021 01:47PM
You make $50k, you live in your parent's basement and you want to get ahead. How about saving and investing every dollar you make.
Many people with very good incomes end up pissing their money away. They wake up one day in their mid forties and realize they cannot afford to send their kids to college, even if their kids go in state, and they won't have their mortgages paid off until they are 70. If it was not for their 401ks they would be looking at eking out a meager retirement living on social security. The reason most people with incomes your level end up broke is because their living expenses exceed their income. You don't have that problem. On an income of $50k you ought to be able to put away $25k per year and still have enough cash for some fun. In five years of saving at that rate, given reasonable investment returns, you should have over $150k.
Many people with very good incomes end up pissing their money away. They wake up one day in their mid forties and realize they cannot afford to send their kids to college, even if their kids go in state, and they won't have their mortgages paid off until they are 70. If it was not for their 401ks they would be looking at eking out a meager retirement living on social security. The reason most people with incomes your level end up broke is because their living expenses exceed their income. You don't have that problem. On an income of $50k you ought to be able to put away $25k per year and still have enough cash for some fun. In five years of saving at that rate, given reasonable investment returns, you should have over $150k.