Comments on: Just Do You.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:56:14 +0000

Yeah it is! Haha…. And it’s pretty crazy because if you asked *any* of them if they’d rather stop working or continue working for X # of years, they’re gonna tell you they’d rather stop and have the freedom! Yet no one asks you how you did it so they can learn and copy you??? It’s like we’re too brainwashed to going after the “normal” thing that people just cast aside all other routes… And I was probably the same until it dawned on me how ridiculous it is, haha..

Have fun on that lake! :)

By: Ms. Montana

Ms. Montana — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 21:54:13 +0000

Ah, this cracks me up! It’s so true. The whole time we were saving, investing and hustling, there were those people who thought it was ‘stupid’. Like driving a beater car, packing our lunch or renovation homes would never add up. BUT then those same exact people after we hit financial freedom, now just think it’s ‘weird’. Whatever. They can drive to work in their 40k SUV and order take out to make themselves feel better about the 9 hours they have to spend at a job they hate. I’m going to the lake today. Or hiking.

My sweet mom said after the Hubs quite this year. “You know, honey, it’s weird. People will think it’s weird. You don’t take a year off of work when you have 5 kids. No one does that! Maybe at 22.” She is absolutely right. It’s weird. And freaking awesome.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:57:06 +0000

In reply to superbien.

I just started watching the Netflix original documentary – “Making a Murderer” – pretty incredible so far!

By: superbien

superbien — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:44:51 +0000

In reply to J. Money. Check out Fringe, Jane the Virgin, 30 Rock, iZombie, and Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Oh, and to lull you to sleep, the Barefoot Contessa, she's lovely.

By: superbien

superbien — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:43:06 +0000

In reply to Tonya@Budget and the Beach. Another interpretation - he may be one of those slimy guys who has learned how effective it can be to be mean to a woman, in order to make her turn herself inside out for him, and thus end up wanting him. So I agree with J, he may like you, and be a manipulative bastid. Stay far far away!

By: superbien

superbien — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 11:41:17 +0000

In reply to maria@moneyprinciple.

Maria, they refused your offer of coffee because they thought you were a nanny? Ok, so I get that the point is that they made an offensive assumption based on accent… but I don’t get the logic of refusing coffee from a nanny. Do nannies make bad coffee? Do they only accept coffee from someone of a certain socioeconomic status? Or — oh! Were you offering to go out together and socialize together, at a coffee place, and she thought you were lower status and so refused?

By: Chris Muller

Chris Muller — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:46:30 +0000

Well said. Not surprisingly, I’m loving the Aesop quote too. We waste so much time trying to impress others or show others what we’ve accomplished or have, that we lose sight of what’s really important – ourselves, our families, etc. At the end of the race, nobody is going to give a sh#t where you finished, they’ll be worried about themselves. A college professor of mine used to say, “whoever dies with the most stuff wins.” Now I’m wondering which side of this argument he was really on… aaaand now I have a headache.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:59:43 +0000

In reply to Adam @ AdamChudy.com. HAH - amen.

By: Adam @ AdamChudy.com

Adam @ AdamChudy.com — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 03:51:41 +0000

Anybody reading and posting in the FIRE community is probably a weirdo anyway. Keep doing your thing everybody.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:22:51 +0000

In reply to Cedes.

hah! you and I would have gotten along well in high school then :) though I didn’t start dying my hair until senor year…

And BAD ASS site! I love that! I should submit this pic, haha…