Aramis
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Sep 9, 2017
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When I realized I understood the difference between fact & opinion, and subjective & objective, and that recognizing them would change my life.
PS. The life expectancy of a 55 male is 25.7, and of a 55 female is 29.1, according to a 2021 government publication. That's more like the 2/3 point, not 1/2 point.
Based on that info and my age, I need to increase my WD rate, a lot...
If you cant s0ot the idiot on the street. Well, you know the rest.
I've had a couple of epiphanies later in life. One is too personal to get into here.
The other has to do with forgiveness. Some people say that you should forgive for your own sake, not necessarily for the sake of the forgiven - that forgiveness is healing. I've learned that in some cases it's OK NOT to forgive - that not forgiving in itself can be healing. It's OK to feel anger, hatred and disgust for someone who has tried to break you.
Along those lines, it was early in my career at MegaCorp, that I learned that some extremely bright and capable people, way beyond my own level, could be so absolutely stupid in some other areas of life that seemed almost obvious to me. Often, that stupidity was in the area of personal finance. It struck me as very odd - this person is so bright (and I don't mean in a 'Rain Man' way, I mean generally bright), how can they not 'get this' simple concept?
And I know it also applied to me in someway - I could 'get' some things, and other things that I guess were easy for others to see, I had trouble grasping.
-ERD50
When I realized I understood the difference between fact & opinion, and subjective & objective, and that recognizing them would change my life.
Very true and the guy making the $250K is SURE he is worth every penny.Person X works very hard and earns $30,000 a year. Person Y hardly works at all, and earns $250,000 a year. I'm not saying that's morally wrong, just saying that as a youth, I assumed the harder you worked, the more $$$ you earned.
Person X works very hard and earns $30,000 a year. Person Y hardly works at all, and earns $250,000 a year. I'm not saying that's morally wrong, just saying that as a youth, I assumed the harder you worked, the more $$$ you earned.
Person X works very hard and earns $30,000 a year. Person Y hardly works at all, and earns $250,000 a year. I'm not saying that's morally wrong, just saying that as a youth, I assumed the harder you worked, the more $$$ you earned.
Very true and the guy making the $250K is SURE he is worth every penny.
Some people earning $250k might be overpaid, but some could be underpaid. The same thing applies to those earning $30k.
Person X works very hard and earns $30,000 a year. Person Y hardly works at all, and earns $250,000 a year. I'm not saying that's morally wrong, just saying that as a youth, I assumed the harder you worked, the more $$$ you earned.
And Tequila makes it even better.Greatest epiphany: Lime juice improves almost everything
..."If" by Rudyard Kipling..
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: