Comments on: Live Like You Were Dying

By: Beaner

Beaner — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:23:46 +0000

I would love to go back to that lifestyle. When I was single I did Europe for 8 months. It was the most fantastic plan I ever made for myself. I couldn’t afford a house, I was tired of working to pay rent. I saved and went off to work a different job in London, England and then travelled. I can’t say the travel bug is done for me but I came home with a bigger picture and learned a lot about me.

I have now planted some roots in a small town and found the man of my dreams. We bought a house and are getting married in May, 2007.

If you don’t live for you who do you live for. Or What? Work?

Remember no matter how low you are now, you can only go up from here. Keep climbing. You are the only one driving your life. So if your not happy with it make a change.

Shelley-Bean

By: billy

billy — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:25:59 +0000

Terry,
I work in a convenience store enabling the 20% of lowlifes who come into the store. Why?
Enabling their alcoholism, their nicotine addiction, their prediliction, and their lottery losership. Not your problem
So even my work itself is depressing. Get another job, and if you say you can’t, ask yourself why, and keep asking why till you get to the real problem. Look in the mirror when you do this.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:30:50 +0000

It’s not as if my work is improving humanity or anything – I work in a convenience store enabling the 20% of lowlifes who come into the store. Enabling their alcoholism, their nicotine addiction, their prediliction, and their lottery losership. So even my work itself is depressing.

My diet is already based on PBJ, mac and cheese and other pasta, and rice and beans.

By: Trent

Trent — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:34:02 +0000

The point is to set positive goals, not to think about negatives. If you go to work each day knowing that the work is doing more than just keeping your head above water, it adds a greater meaning to your life.

As for the minimum wage situation, if you just sock away $5 a week into an ING savings account, in 20 years, the interest that is automatically earned will be the equivalent of forty hours of minimum wage work a week. Just one cheaper meal a week will do it. It’s all a matter of initiative.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:22:23 +0000

I earn minimum wage (with no fringes) and live paycheck to pathetic paycheck, so there’s not much I actually COULD do. Travel? Quit my crappy job? I don’t think so!

By: Lazy Man and Money

Lazy Man and Money — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:07:09 +0000

Hmmm, very interesting post. I like the timeline. Mudbug brings up an excellent point. I’m happy it doesn’t apply to me. My fiancee retires from the military at age 43 (13 years from now) and we’ll have health insurance.

A difficulty to all this will be having enough money saved for raising children and a college fund for them. As we don’t have children yet, it’s a little difficult to plan that far ahead. For now, we can just plan to save all we can.

By: MudBug

MudBug — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:40:13 +0000

These are fine goals to have and you will probable attain them. But have you heath insurance? What will happen if you could not work for an extended period of time?
Even with people who have heath insurance they get into dire straits because of no income.
Sickness wipes out more family wealth then anything else. Be aware! Hope that doesn’t bum you out man but facts are facts.