the ten most overrated things in our soceity

[CollegeLife]

my situation i knew exactly what i wanted to do, and i knew that going to college would not be worth it in my particular situation.

I guess in my situation then, I'm still in a reasonable area, though I admit my GPA might **** that up.

Make sense enough that one should only go to college for intellectual curiosity and/or practical need for a field. Just that, a lot aren't doing anything practical and few are that passionate about the non-practical one.

Though, thinking a bit more, your musician friends are very talented, but do you solidly believe they could cut it as musicians? It is just that there are lots of musicians out there, a friend of mine knows a band that is incredibly passionate and manage to pick up a small fan following. However, they still struggle to makes ends meet and only recently got signed after like 10 years and still making very little progress. Though, your musician friends aren't making much progress taking the college path either as musicians at least.

 

[backbreaker]

honestly, yes i do. in particular the piano guy. i'm a musician myself and i know talent when i see it, he's talented.

their problem is not lack of talent, I do not think they honestly believe they can make it.

i have learned something about success, the type of success they want.t o get there, you have to burn bridges. that is something that alot of people are not willing to do. you have to quit that job, you have to move out that house, you have to move to that city. you have to commit to making it if that makes sense. you can't commit to making it and also commit to not making it at the same time. get where i'm going?

alot of people will dream about success but plan for failure subconsciously. surprisingly, they get what they plan for.

alot of people want to have that type of success without leaving the comforts of the security they have. rarely does it work like that.

a musician that does not believe in himself enough to move out of little rock? come on man.

that is like an actor who won't leave mississippi.

 

[squirrels]

BB...how did this recruiter initially find out about you?

 

[CollegeLife]

that is like an actor who won't leave mississippi.

But isn't there alot of actors in Hollywood still trying to hit big after being there for years? I'm kinda just playing devil's advocate now. I can understand that to hit something big, you have to go way beyond the comfort zone unless you're really lucky. Still, since you are saying their problem is they aren't trying hard enough, well there are also those who did pack up for Hollywood and still have not got their big break. Of course, staying in Little Rock, that will never give them a chance at all.

 

[squirrels]

Good point Squirrels...

Basically, real estate is a racket...a high-end scam posing as the American Dream.

Eh...there IS money to be made on it, if you know what you're doing.

That's the thing...given a couple generations, there are LOTS of ways to make a sh*t-ton of money, real-estate being one of them.

I cite my buddy's grandfather as an example...made several million owning rental properties. Worked his arse off on it.

Now he's rich, but he's decrepit and pretty much sits around all the time. His grandchildren will be well off, but was it really worth it?

If I'm gonna get money, I need it NOW. I suppose patience is not one of my virtues. But what good is it to make a lot of money sometime in the far future? When you're like 50 or 60 it's not gonna help you get laid, it's not gonna be much use to you except to buy a lot of good times you can't enjoy like you could at 30 or 40.

 

[backbreaker]

as you said to each his own. i have my quirks. i like nice ****.

style does not mean expensive, it means jsut that. styple.

you know how much money ti cost me to do my apartment like that with the woodpn panels? about 200 bucks. i went to home depot, got some wood, some paint, some nails and a saw and did it myself. took me 3 days. 3 full days but it got done.

i have about 60 ish shirts in my closet, 3 of them cost over 100 dollars.

style does not mean expensive. it means you have your own style. it means that when i go out, i don't have on the generic 25 year old outfit.. polo shirt jeans and "dress shoes", i means i can think for myself and come up with something that looks good on me. style does not mean "okay now we can afford a better 25 year old generic outfit"


cheap is realitive. i live in my house. i also work from home. i spent alot of time at home and i like to have nice **** at home to look at. therefore i don't skimp at my houise. i don't care what suzy or any other finaicla guru's tell me about wasitng my money on furniture, they dont' live inside my head.

like i said, you have to find balance. never will be warren baffet. i like nice **** too much.i know this and i accept it. i just keep it in check.


also, note, that when i had myf irst company, i sletp on the floor for 3 years. literally, the floor. imagine working 15 hours days to go to your room, put a blanket on the ground and go to sleep. so excuse me if i want to endouge a little once i actually have some money.

also, furniture is not really a liability. it's paid for and it's not like i have to buy new furniture every 3 years. the custom furniture i had made, in my first 3 apartments i sold and got about 95% of what i paid for it back.

 

[squirrels]

Highest I've ever gotten on the age-scale is 47, I think. F**ked me up in the head, though. I'm sure the story's in here somewhere. Haven't been really laid since then, unless you count a slump-buster that practically threw herself at me.

The way I'm going, I honestly don't expect my body to LAST. Between working out, doing stuff like jiu-jitsu, motorcycle riding, even working out at the gym, I'm already an orthopedic nightmare.

I've got some "retirement vehicles" in place...been thinking about opening an IRA but I'm in the "phase-out range" for a Roth, so I need to think about how I'm gonna get money in there most effectively.

Heff and Gene don't bag women with money. They bag 'em with fame. Gene Simmons is a rockstar, and Heff operates the most well-known vector in the free world for young attractive women to get noticed. On a side-note, I can't help but wonder whether Heffner is actually f**king all those playmates.

I'm not saying money doesn't matter. On the contrary, I am acutely aware of its importance. But I also believe that once you're dead, money isn't worth the paper it's printed on. (unless you want to leave a legacy behind)

By the time I'm 50-55, assuming I live that long, I would HOPE that "getting laid" is not high at all on my priorities list. To each his own, but it's just not for me. The only reason I still care is because right now I'm peaking as far as looks go, and it seems like a dreadful waste to drop "the game" so early.

If for some reason I run out of money by 65-70, I have always saved the "Silver Bullet Retirement Plan" as a fallback option. You can guess what that is.

 

[Oxide]

I like to think that i've done well for myself, and, don't get me wrong: I love money and the happiness that it's brought me.

But it's the simplest things in life that still bring me the most happiness. Eating a good piece of tiramisu for dessert from the local grocer is far better than drinking from an expensive glass of wine at a high-end restaurant.

It all depends on who you are with too. Trust me on that one