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Any credited advice re: Saving Cash v. Living It Up in late 20's/early 30s?
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:37 AM Author: carnelian crotch Saving like an Early Retirement Extreme student v. Spending it all and living well banking on making much more $ later in life? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746704) |
Date: June 20th, 2016 11:38 AM Author: fluffy pit athletic conference Wouldn't you need a job to "save" cash? Kind of hard to sock away part of your $0/month paycheck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746711) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:38 AM Author: Fragrant alcoholic resort pisswyrm You can always earn money later. You'll never be young and wild again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746714) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:39 AM Author: fluffy pit athletic conference he looks 40, is bald and has no friends. How wild is he going to get? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746721) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:40 AM Author: cracking cruise ship Buckfuckingwild (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746726) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 8:11 PM Author: lime alcoholic school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30750342) |
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Date: July 30th, 2017 7:01 PM Author: tantric diverse field "You can always earn money later."
The market for 40+ people is on fire! |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:39 AM Author: Soul-stirring gay wizard water buffalo It's not that expensive to "live it up." I guess depending on what your definition is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746718) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:40 AM Author: Drab Step-uncle's House CR, unless you are needlessly blowing $ on bottles and expensive dinners, you can pregame at home and go out lit up on cheap vodka and spend like $20. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746723) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:46 AM Author: carnelian crotch ha my idea of living it up at this point in my life is copping a decadent studio for 1.6k a month (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746773) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:39 AM Author: cracking cruise ship You can save and live it up in most of the world and the USA making < $60k a year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746719) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:39 AM Author: overrated coldplay fan Just don't get married or knock up a random and you should be able to live it up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746720) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:51 AM Author: carnelian crotch priority #1, don't have kids of marry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746824) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:41 AM Author: magical state dysfunction If your serious you can set yourself up before your 30 to have meaningful independent sources of income outside of a regular job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746729) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:41 AM Author: cracking cruise ship Go on... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746735) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:45 AM Author: carnelian crotch I like this idea and if I maintain my budget and lifestyle I can save almost 2k a month with a 3.8k take home. I just don't know if that's worth it though.
I pay 1k in rent each month, it's tough making a decision on whether I should cop a studio for 1.5k a month or just stay with roommates, save aggressively and cop a condo in the next 2-3 years.
For example I feel like girls judge me based on having roommates etc, and copping a 180 GF is important, especially as I get into late 20's and the 180 girls at locked down. |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 11:47 AM Author: flatulent very tactful station half-breed Ur balding and make shit money. No 180 chicks will get with you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30746783) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:32 PM Author: bespoke stage He doesn't even make shit money, he is unemployed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747170) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:33 PM Author: magical state dysfunction Ideally you want a chick who is down with you right now with what you have, because having money and flashing it or whatever will attract the worst kind of woman on the spectrum. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747176) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:34 PM Author: fluffy pit athletic conference He better find a chick ASAP that's ok what he has right now, because the bottom line on the top of his head is only going further in the wrong direction. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747186) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:36 PM Author: magical state dysfunction Oh is this the guy who is tripping about being bald? He should just shave that shit and move on in life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747200) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:51 PM Author: Shimmering blathering home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747286) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:35 PM Author: stimulating university it is the fact u have several female roommates that's the problem dude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747187) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:57 PM Author: vigorous sooty factory reset button native Good ideas, it's also beneficial to be independently wealthy from inheritance or the largesse of a family member. Obviously, the more you can invest and save, the better (generally). But living an austere life in your 20s to be 35 and have $18k of "passive" income every year is pretty ridiculous. You'll get to 35 and you'll still work because $20k isn't enough, and you'll have missed out on opportunities to go places and meet people and experience new things. So, go out, do stuff, don't spend all your money though. Most importantly, don't stay at a shit job that is draining your soul away. There are always options. |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 8:20 PM Author: fiercely-loyal library tattoo plz explain how i can do this in the 3 years i have left (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30750395) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:38 AM Author: fiercely-loyal library tattoo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837553) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:42 AM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837565) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:42 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163163) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:31 PM Author: lavender spectacular bawdyhouse voyeur My opinion: as long as you're under 20k in credit card debt during your 20's, you're fine. If you're successful in your 30's, cutting a 20k check isn't that big of deal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747165) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 2:57 PM Author: carnelian crotch lol that's quite a turn around (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30748162) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:37 PM Author: Big Narrow-minded Stag Film Police Squad asking this Q = PROLE GOY TELL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747202) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:25 AM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837498) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:44 PM Author: translucent rigpig tanning salon "I like this idea and if I maintain my budget and lifestyle I can save almost 2k a month with a 3.8k take home. I just don't know if that's worth it though."
it's not if you are intelligent/upwardly mobile. i had the same experience. every time you move up the socioeconomic ladder and your income/wealth/whjatever goes up significantly, your prior scrimping and saving becomes almsot inconsequential. it's like struggling to save $5 in high school before you get a real job, then all the $5s you saved mean very little
my first job making $30k i scrimped and saved, and now making a lot more than that all the money i saved then was pretty chump change
at some point you do hit a cap, but until then all the saving you do in prior life stages is compeltely overshadwoed as soon as you level up |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:48 PM Author: yellow nursing home faggot firefighter counterpoint: scrimping and saving teaches you moderation even if the $$ is insignificant (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747265) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:59 PM Author: Ruddy provocative generalized bond CR, it's about values and mentality rather than the money itself.
Plus, it's entirely possible you don't "level up" or some major event derails your life, and then the money is highly consequential. |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:11 PM Author: translucent rigpig tanning salon sure, thats valid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747402) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:57 PM Author: carnelian crotch valid point. even if I copped a 1.5k studio instead of my 1k room, I could still save 1k a month. not bad at all, and people in my position get promoted in around 1 yr from 65k to 85k and I think that would def be doable for me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747315) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:08 PM Author: fluffy pit athletic conference how do you pay rent with no income. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747388) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:16 PM Author: carnelian crotch I have savings and just got a job. thank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747433) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 5:08 PM Author: painfully honest cocky stain legend lock yourself into being a bootlicking corporate slave so you don't have to share a bathroom (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30749212) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:55 PM Author: khaki irradiated casino Much of it depends on where you live. It is pointless to ball out of control in Pittsburgh or DC. LA or NY on the other hand might give you some memories. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747303) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 12:58 PM Author: arousing black becky Roommates. With Jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747318) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:01 PM Author: carnelian crotch Ideally i would find a 2bd nice place that has bedrooms on the opposite sides of the house. That's a totally different situation than having 3 roommates and sharing walls (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747337) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:07 PM Author: Vivacious Lake Institution International Law Enforcement Agency Live it up. I only see two scenarios for our future.
(a) complete overhaul of society, so your savings are meaningless.
(b) this world is a festering TTT, and killself is the best option. |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:14 PM Author: vigorous sooty factory reset button native Ansolutely, living it up decreases life expectancy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747424) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 1:08 PM Author: Well-lubricated dashing mother messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30747387) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 2:52 PM Author: carnelian crotch Decadent or shrewd? http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/5636018663.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30748109) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 4:05 PM Author: Racy medicated telephone newt 1600 + utilities to share a place?
Decadent. What's the XO wisdom on min income to afford a 1600 place? |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 4:13 PM Author: carnelian crotch 1600 is also the minimum id have to spend to get my own shitty studio, but id still be able to save 1k a month which is like 28% of my post-tax income (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30748742) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 3:26 PM Author: Racy medicated telephone newt You do want to enjoy yourself somewhere in the middle.
Your life is as valuable towards the end: your cock stops working, you lose your hair, you lose your hearing, social groups wither away, etc... Many experiences are only truly available to the young.
Having said that, I don't have an answer. I need to live like a pauper if I ever want to buy real estate. Or never have kids. It marry well. Or Both.
Edit: Adam Carolla talks about not having health insurance or even modest savings in his late twenties, with no family to fall back on. He figured he'd either make it or he wouldn't. He disdained the modestly confortable and soul crushing middle. I tend to agree with this perspective. This is why fed gov jobs should be avoided
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Date: June 20th, 2016 3:31 PM Author: fluffy pit athletic conference would your advice change if OP already lost his hair? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30748431) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 12:37 PM Author: know-it-all drunken ticket booth Ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837863) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 3:39 PM Author: carnelian crotch i dont plan to ever have kids or marry anyone with less $ than me. I think your advice to find a health medium is good though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30748492) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 3:45 PM Author: Racy medicated telephone newt Herman Hesse disdained middle class life in Steppenwolf. I'm typing from my phone so I can't describe it eloquently.
If I'm honest, I probably troll against a healthy medium. Settling for a fed gov job, marrying a plain woman, and buying a 700k condo strikes me as a shitty life. Many of us won't make it, but give it a shot |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 4:46 PM Author: carnelian crotch XO Steppenwolf, where the pain and anguish of bourgeois life provides the courage necessary to seek change. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30749023) |
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Date: June 20th, 2016 5:10 PM Author: fantasy-prone hairless circlehead forum As long as your expenses are growing slower than income you're good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30749220) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:10 AM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837438) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:12 AM Author: Well-lubricated dashing mother messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837445) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:13 AM Author: carnelian crotch Seems like a good argument to save. I wanna buy real estate when shit collapses (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837449) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:27 AM Author: Well-lubricated dashing mother messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837507) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:28 AM Author: carnelian crotch LOL the apocalyptic shtick is one of my favorites on XO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837511) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:55 PM Author: Stirring Property (first to go) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163260) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 10:03 PM Author: Indigo Laughsome Cumskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163310) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:28 AM Author: overrated coldplay fan "Living it up" doesn't have to be expensive unless you absolutely NEED to do shit like copp bottle service everytime you go out, take a limo or Uber XL or whatever the high end version is called everywhere you go, or NEED to live in some high-end luxury condo/penthouse that cost like $5k a month. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837513) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 11:31 AM Author: carnelian crotch Yeah, should have titled the thread, "What should I be saving in my 20's?"
Right now I'm set up to save almost 50% of after tax income on a 70k salary |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 12:19 PM Author: Silver orchestra pit french chef Sock away as much as you can and have it invested in a diversified portfolio. When you start you'll need to put most of your savings in a high yield bank account (there are banks offering 1.1% money market accounts) until you have enough of a cushion to start buying index funds. Once you hit the 20k mark invest 10k of it in 3 vanguard index funds (one should be the s&p 500; continue to invest most of your savings in the portfolio). Max out your 401k and Ira if you can. Live as frugally as possible, with the exception of one nice (well-fitted and tailored) suit and dress shoes. Keep your housing costs as low as possible. Don't worry about the commute. Make your own sandwiches at home for lunch. Learn to make pasta or rice and beans for dinner (I just saved you $500 a month). Eat whatever free food is offered in the office. Don't join a gym (long walks and pushups are sufficient).
When you're older you'll chuckle as everyone around bitches and whines about how hard it is to "make it" now. They'll all be loaded with debt, asking their parents for handouts, and enduring a financial stress that will eat away at their marriage/relationship. |
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Date: October 9th, 2016 3:38 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#31597129) |
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Date: December 3rd, 2016 1:31 PM Author: Abnormal Partner Corn Cake Only 20k in savings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#32046359) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 1:00 PM Author: Olive Gaped Stead what are you talking about you can be "young" and make it at any age (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#30837966) |
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Date: July 2nd, 2016 1:11 PM Author: chartreuse giraffe i'd say this:
when fresh out of school, you can literally live like a poor grad student and still have as much fun as ever. you don't need to be fancy. you can't really win the fancy race in terms of golddigger chicks anyway. so try to save your money. rent, food, transportation and maybe travel are the big expenses. I'd say get roommates, save as much as possible on solo meals and have some left to splurge on dates or out. don't be cheap with others around to judge you. travel while young on those kinds of trips that you can do cheaply and best when young anyway: hostel style backpacking; national park camping; road trips between domestic cities.
so please live it up as much as possible, but as a young person you have a built in excuse to do so in a carefree, young way. don't try to chase some kind of ideal of a baller.
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Date: October 9th, 2016 3:42 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#31597162) |
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Date: October 13th, 2016 2:08 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#31633336) |
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Date: December 3rd, 2016 1:27 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#32046335) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:41 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163157) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:44 PM Author: razzle-dazzle house weed whacker I did not do anything fun or have sex for 5 years after college and banked 400k. i'm sure there's a happy medium. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163179) |
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Date: November 19th, 2017 10:21 AM Author: maniacal market old irish cottage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#34722715) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:44 PM Author: Floppy national security agency Enjoy your youth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163180) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:47 PM Author: Amethyst Corner Antidepressant Drug savings is always good, but it would be much more effective if u made more money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163198) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 9:59 PM Author: carnelian crotch tell me about it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163279) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 10:04 PM Author: ebony fighting filthpig theatre you're suck a little bitch. just drink some soy milk, get tits and find a husband. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163313) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 10:04 PM Author: Bistre Bull Headed Address wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163318) |
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Date: April 25th, 2017 10:07 PM Author: ebony fighting filthpig theatre he's always like do i do this or do i do that or do i do something else. reminds me of talking on the phone with chicks i don't want to talk to. at some point you put them on the speaker and just start putting dishes away or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33163328) |
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Date: April 26th, 2017 1:00 AM Author: Sick odious theater What's ur goal? Whatever it is, work towards that, bc that's what u'll end up doing anyways. If you want to retire early, I guess start saving now.
What happened to the Bulgarian? Get a chick that is down to earth and that u find attractive. It's 180. |
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Date: July 30th, 2017 6:50 PM Author: carnelian crotch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33886552) |
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Date: July 30th, 2017 6:51 PM Author: Angry Trailer Park Mexican ur rich now. time to live it up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33886558) |
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Date: July 30th, 2017 6:55 PM Author: carnelian crotch im not. but i think there is a decent shot that tezos makes me rich in the next few years (7 figs NW)
im trying to focus on getting promoted or a better job and not bank on making anything in crypto |
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Date: July 30th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: Angry Trailer Park Mexican Tezos will probably be huge. just spend it up now. you're future self will thank you. can't buy youth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33886583) |
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Date: July 30th, 2017 6:59 PM Author: carnelian crotch when i spend money unnecessarily i feel prole. im a pretty simple guy. maybe ill join a nicer gym and work on fitness more or something (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3260706&forum_id=2в�â¬#33886589) |