When I left I banking, my choice was to return to it or go into crime. That was the only way I could replicate the income. I chose a simple life. Very hard to do.
Really interesting, James. My son hit a deer a week ago. Tim is fine; the deer and car, not so much. He has been driving a 2009 Nissan for years, one of my cars, nothing wrong with it and no car payments. Well. That gift is over. While shopping for a new/used car for him I decided to take a test drive of a Mercedes Benz. It was like driving a cloud. Just lovely. My husband said, “Buy it.” I couldn’t bring myself to buy what I thought of as a vanity car. Too much poverty in my childhood, I guess. Tim settled on a 6-year old Honda. Sometimes being used to a lot of money is a burden. You don’t see it for the good that it can do and you piss it away.
When I left I banking, my choice was to return to it or go into crime. That was the only way I could replicate the income. I chose a simple life. Very hard to do.
The only solution is to value free time over what money can buy and that is VERY unlikely to happen.
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Really interesting, James. My son hit a deer a week ago. Tim is fine; the deer and car, not so much. He has been driving a 2009 Nissan for years, one of my cars, nothing wrong with it and no car payments. Well. That gift is over. While shopping for a new/used car for him I decided to take a test drive of a Mercedes Benz. It was like driving a cloud. Just lovely. My husband said, “Buy it.” I couldn’t bring myself to buy what I thought of as a vanity car. Too much poverty in my childhood, I guess. Tim settled on a 6-year old Honda. Sometimes being used to a lot of money is a burden. You don’t see it for the good that it can do and you piss it away.
Get a Mini Cooper. Much cheaper and same experience...
I was going to but rented it for a week first. Hated it!