Exactly my thoughts. I’m in my early 40s now and will retire within the next couple years due to the blessing of a successful small business I’ve had for 16 years now. I worked my ass off in my late teens, 20s, and 30s when I had the drive and energy. I’m less motivated and energetic now (but far from old) and I’m glad I front loaded the work.
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Started working when i was 15, had fun because there was money in my pocket
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i did not have any serious job till 27 or so. before that was doing ‘work’ in internet cafes etc. that work mostly involved sniffing white powders of unknown origin and spying on customers via spy software (mostly girls as you can imagine).
then reality of life hit me, that my mother won’t carry me. i moved away and got a high paying tech job straight away. also helped getting a wife. now i’m somewhat upper middle class (or slightly above) with no debt (not that i give a shit or career ever mattered to me)
I was more of a work hard / play hard guy. And glad for it now at 40.
I did the trips to Cancun, Miami, Steamboat Springs et cetera, had plenty of weekends I’ll never remember and some that I cherish as memories. Met women, went to events, experimented with chemicals…
But I also built a good platform for owning my place in the world, will likely either retire early or pseudo-retire and pass a business down, and will then do all the old people hotspots. Like Alaska cruises or tapas trips in Spain or whatever.
Imo a work hard/play hard mentality is the best of both worlds. I still employ it, but play now looks more like slowly boating around a lake, target shooting or taking midday naps on a random Tuesday or something.
“But I was on social assistance”
Don’t be a piece of shit. Unless you’re legit disabled at least work enough to support your own fun.
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Well done to all of you sensible admirable lads who spent their 20s doing the right things. I wasted those years under a raincloud of debauchery, delusion, and demoralizing underachievement. Now I’m trying to play catch-up as I approach my mid-30s. It’s never too late, but things would be a damn sight easier if I had started earlier.
insert the Chinese proverb about planting a tree here
Only a clown would refer to Her Majesty as the Queen of England.
She was the Queen of The United Kingdom.
Why do these fucknuggets always post in Off Topic?
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20s were interesting. I was bipolar but not yet diagnosed or medicated. I stayed in school as long as I could. College (attended 3 different undergrad schools), grad school, law school (with only a BA in Political Science to show for it). Took a little time off in there to join the Army Reserves. At 26, I knocked up a waitress who already had a four-year-old daughter and married her (after literally spending a total of 4 days together outside of her serving me in the bar a handful of times). Instant family, just add sperm. Quit law school, started teaching, and eventually was diagnosed and got my shit together. If I hadn’t knocked her up, I probably would have always been a bum. Kids motivated me to figure out what was wrong with me.
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Why is everyone on this thread so triggered lol?
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Self adulation at others expense is my guess.
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I don’t know, maybe because 30% of our income from WORK supports people that just want to have FUN 
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How did you stretch 1.5 years of income into ~9 years of living expenses?
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Fuck you and fuck your 20s you lazy piece of shit.
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If you get sufficient sleep, this might be just a matter of drowsiness or being mentally spent. I cannot even count the number of days in which, while driving to the gym, I thought, “How am I going to make it through this workout? I should just drive home,” only not to feel like that after ten minutes of stretching, mobility drills, and foam rolling.
Other times I’ve come home after a night of awful insomnia, thinking I might just be able to take it easy indoors, and then see my kids running around the backyard and think, “I can’t make it through this night.” But once I start doing stuff, the fatigued feeling goes away.
Life doesn’t end after getting home from work if you don’t want it to. Just don’t lie down after work.
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You are wealthy from your work but you don’t care about career and don’t give a shit?
long story, short; always had passion for computers/tech since teens. back in the day when i was living in EU(several places) didn’t make money of it, and had no idea if this will ever make me decent money. then moved to the usa and started in a startup tech comp. that was in L.A. and even that salary was poverty. however the company took of and the stocks became $$$. moved out of CA but my salary went at least 4x since then (with stock comp). remained debt free since forever. I was pretty poor in my 20’s, no girl wanted to date me (or dumped me quickly), and my diet consisted of bread/rice
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Key difference between you and the OP - you were trying, saw an opportunity and seized it to make yourself a better life (whether it was your express goal or not, it was something you worked towards).
OP just wants to freeload and do whatever the heck he wants.
I busted my butt, got a BS at 21, MS at 26 (while working full time the 4.5 years between) and now have a job where I am considered an expert in my field at the age of 33 (and decently compensated for it).
I have set it up so I work the minimum required to ensure my wife/children have everything they need to have an enjoyable life (enjoyable =/= easy).
You have no clue what it means to be a responsible human. Your day is only 8 to 5? count yourself lucky. My day (like many here) starts at 5 am or earlier and by the time family then work, then more family, then chores is taken care of its usually about 9 pm. I am happy if I get an hour to do what I whats “FUN”.
I always say I wish I had the free time I thought I didn’t have as an undergrad.
Two things:
- Life is suffering (common thread of all religions)
- You are entitled as fuck.
This is a giant red flag and if I was a hiring manager wouldn’t even look twice at your (lack of) resume.
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OP is so full of entitlement it’s leaking out of the orifices on his face.
That and the fact that I had to subsidize his BS life while there are plenty of teachers/other public service workers out there that can’t even afford rent in crappy cities right now. I would rather see my taxes go to those people who are good humans.
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The being on public assistance was what got me.
If someone is okay with the trade off involving less income for less work, that is fine. Might even be rational. That is different than less work and others pay your way.
I had a period after I had an 8 month paid internship and only a year left of college to finish. I figured having the last year to study and look for a professional job wasn’t too bad of a choice vs working that school year. I sold my plasma twice a week and used some of my saved internship money to pay for life. It was quite spartan. I think that choice is fine.
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Exactly. If you don’t want to work - fine but don’t expect anyone else to carry you through the minefield or have any sympathy for you when it blows up in your face.
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Not for the driven. The 8 hours of work amped me up to have my very best workouts. I saved the easy workout for Saturdays. Granted, if you lack a good constitution, this might seem impossible.