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Jim, I'm absolutely agreeing. I look at my parents, and I think they've done really well with what they've had. I hope that I can manage money that well. I'm not always frugal, but I recognize the need to learn the lifestyle, so to speak. I hope I can do better, in fact that I can do really well for myself. I need to just rein in my spending and investigate lucrative careers that have demand for qualified people.
Granted, my dad has worked 70 hour, 7 day weeks at some jobs, and he truly strives to be the best in his field (foreman for industrial instrument calibrations and electrical personnel). He had a chance to go to college, but didn't. I have to somehow use that for motivation for myself. Hopefully I can do as well, or perhaps better, while still having a relatively normal job and workload.
I'm still young, and I do have the "you only live once" mentality.
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