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Originally Posted by Feyd
Bottom line, if you want to make money... you have to put in the hours.
The problem is that people in this day and age have this crazy sense of entitlement where they feel society just owes them something for contributing nothing. Not saying that's you by any stretch, just saying that your situation is very normal for a high salary job.
Trust me, 99,9% of those people you think are living the dream (the ones who are driving the nice cars, taking expensive vacations and living in the huge houses, but are seemingly only working 20hrs a week) are leveraged to the hilt and probably have tens of thousands of dollars out on credit cards.
If you want to live comfortably, have nice things, and live debt free... that takes constant hard work and the occasional weekend at the office.  |
This is so true. There was a local guy who I saw at the gym (that I haven't gone to in almost a year
) and lived in my brothers neighborhood, who I thought had the world by the tail. He was always driving a new Porsche (997tt vert with every option, then rolled into a 997.2 as soon as they came out), he got a new Cayenne S for his girlfriend, big house etc etc. Well, this guy died unexpectedly he was in his 40's while on vacation in Hawaii. As it turns out he owed everybody money, by the time the dust settled his exwife ended up with a bill.
Lately I have become obsessed with the idea of paying off my house. It kills me to see how much I pay in interest every month. If I can stay focused (and not buy a vacation home which I REALLY want) I can get it done in 7 to 10 years without changing my lifestyle....we'll see, I am making my first additional contribution toward principle reduction this month. If the damn economy picks up and I can start getting bonuses again it would be very nice indeed.