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02-09-2016, 10:14 AM | #25 | |
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I feel like I'm a lucky one sincerely I get to make money with my hobbies and I get to be with my kids while doing it. My days are alike the other but I'm happy.
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You sound like a highly intelligent person BoMoWe but you are failing to realize money is not everything.....doing things that make you happy to balance out that shitty attitude...and that's just it,attitude is everything and when you fail to be grateful for your good fortune it shows though attitude so adjust as necessary.....sounds like your just in a rut so try something new/fresh to inspire some new thought patterns. Don't mean to sound harsh or rude but like c5 says you are way ahead of most people and your attitude doesn't inspire people to pity someone that clearly has a lot going for them but just fails to see how fortunate they are. |
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02-09-2016, 10:21 AM | #28 |
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I think she envies your shoes.
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So would you give up your horses, shoes, car, cell phone, IG, and lifestyle in order to be with your daughter 24/7?
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02-09-2016, 10:49 AM | #31 |
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Horses no. I've owned my horses for 16 + years. You don't just give up a family member. When I received my first horse as a birthday gift I made a commitment. To this day, I've honored that commitment. My mom sent my Grandmother this letter with a check. Look at what she wrote to me. I intend to do that until my horse breathes her last breath.
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02-09-2016, 10:52 AM | #32 |
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Edit- I know that note is dated 2002. I got Blackie in 1999 and leased her 2 years before I decided I wanted to buy her. Her owner put her for sale in 2002 and my Mom bought her for me. I've legally owned her since August 12, 2002 but I've been caring for her and providing for her since I first leased her in 1999
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02-09-2016, 11:27 AM | #36 | |
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True, but there's a salary ceiling to federal jobs (most competent federal employees will make GS-14 or whatever and earn around $90-110k/year). The ceiling for a comparable corporate job in finance/accounting is closer to $150k/year for a non-executive position. Most of my family works in the govt so I know how it is. 3-day weekends with a comfortable salary is very enticing. I just made those numbers up though - I don't know if I really would settle for a $60k 24 hr/wk job since I live in a high COL area.
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I get to work at 6:30, and head home just as my son needs a ride from school after practice. I can take off most any time to see a game, yet still have enough funds to buy him a Beetle, and we went out last Friday because he wanted to buy parts and build his own computer. Dropped a grand on pieces, just started helping him put them together last night. I've had some serious philosophical "discussions" with my middle son (28) who is very Union, and thinks it's not fair that I get as much as I do yet can still be a coach and make all the games. "Hey, I gave up a lot of earning potential to have the latitude to be at practice by 4:30 each day" |
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I have totally gotten sucked into this thread.
Sara504, you are still on thread with your talk about Blackie. It's not only about making money to live, but about family too. Blackie is family, just like your daughter. I am also a single parent and I have two kids. Finding time with them is the most important thing to me. I have just started leasing a horse for my daughter... a very slippery slope! I will give up a lot of things to have time with my kids, but her life revolves around horses. And mine around her and her brother. As long as your daughter is happy and healthy, they will appreciate what you have done for them. You may feel you have missed a lot of firsts, but from their perspective, you are her world, and will always be number one. We are all trying our best to find our way. |
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I got laid off almost a year ago, during that time I had a wife on maternity leave and an infant. Felt like my career was over. I was 35.
I worked for 10 straight years for an oil and energy company, then oil price went down. I made 6 figures/year. I saw it more as an opportunity to go back and get a Degree and spend time with my family (from my bucket list), sent my Letter of Intent to the University and got accepted, where I currently am in the last semester. I learned in life that life is going to be always busy, doors will open, and think positively and nothing is impossible. There's plus values in life (pursuing my degree, spending the whole summer with my family on trips and picnics, etc..) I do miss the money and liberty to buy anything, but I won't trade that with spending time with my family every day. Some ppl value money (like most my asian friends), some ppl value time and learning like myself. |
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