Recent content by trib1

I think we might be going around in circles, so let me put to bed the notion that the criticisms stem from the financial side! None of the critics are willing to examine the numbers, so they don't actually know what my NW/COL/Debt situation is! Could they be interpolating it? It would be very...

COL in Ireland is somewhat deceptive. Its very much down to being frugal. Being single, LBYM, and without a car, its worlds apart from being married with a family. I have close friends, who make, and have made 10k euro or less for the past 10-12 years, think tourism miusic, acting and...

Thanks for your comments its food for thought as they say. BTW: The criticism is not primarily financial, the key critic, won't even entain the numbers, and switches off whenever I try to present my case. The criticism stems from a value judgment that they themselves have been schooled in, one...

I wish I could think more like you, I think life would be simpler! I've been poor at times, especially when I was writing music. But as long as you're doing something you love, you don't notice living LBYM so much IMHO. Its helpful having friends around, that have themselves been living on...

I plan to push hard with the writing regardless. Marketing old works / writing new ones. But since I can't guarantee selling anything, I am effectively retired! I'm sorry you think I'm crazy. But this far, I've never really taken any real risks, I've always played it safe. What can I do? . . My...

I step away for a while, and look what happens: You guys are taking the Malarkey (aka in Ireland: taking the piss!). This thread is off to Comedy Central! BTW: Anyone see the Colbert Report when it had Jim Cramer (of Mad money) screaming on about the economy? As he raged on they kept...

To FIREdreamer :- Part of me would love to, if I could only get my head around website design. Otherwise its just pure daydream. The downturn is interesting though, its a synchronistic time to launch a site like this. But I'm too nice though, I'd want to give everyone their money back if they...

To Moemg;- Yes that's how I'm feeling-- high standards, the perfect 10 thing. . .but its not what I am looking for. . as the perfect 10 thing will fade! What I'm looking for is to find a way to be content! She certainly herself doesn't need to be ER'd. If she likes her job, even loves it...

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I'd like to add one other thing . . I recently had a revelation. . .that I suffer from er, um. . .what could be best described as: perfectionitis! Aka: searching for the 'Perfect-woman' disease! I didn't realize because it happened so slowly over a long...

ER & Dating: Single, I hate the word! To Want2retire! Ireland has become very materialistic, very wealth obsessed. We didn't used to be! Cheap credit changed us. I find myself frequently sitting across from Dates who respond somewhat shocked, that unlike them (the mainstream), I'm not also up...

Companionless is probably better. Kind of stuck. . .feeling shut out! There's no local ER chapter or club to chill with like minded female ER types. Dating websites / speed dating are ok, but don't do a great of matching people by financial philosophy. A successful PT poster in a past thread...

Its definitely less about the financials. The criticisms are more to do with, perception, and expectation. I don't think they're worried about me being a burden, in fact in that department, ironically, they might actually be very helpful. Not that I ever would impose. Maybe because I'm too...

To anyone I haven't thanked personally yet, Thanks for taking the time with your comments!

Thanks deserat. Its not cast in stone. I may end up working again-- absolutely, and in that sense ER/PT is a lot like entrepreneurship! Hell, people have lost their entire businesses over less in their control.

To yakers :- I can really relate to your post. Likewise thats a Big motivator for me, one I didn't mention before. My dad had his 1st major heart attack at 50. His near death misses continued for the next 10-15 years at a severely reduced quality of life. He didn't make it to 70! Always...