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Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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Spoom wrote: post #42

God, this board is strange sometimes. The very idea of having a million dollars and simultaneously complaining about not being rich enough is bizarre to me. But then, to the OP, I'm probably a crazy person (or worse, below some threshold of being a worthwhile opinion) because my bank accounts' savings are only measured in thousands. Beyond that, if you're still willing to listen to the opinion of a thousandaire , you…

OK, I am going to do this then. I am already seeing a shrink and a life coach. But I am going to start getting out there. Maybe that will do it. All I need is an idea, and I'm going to rape it. I'm absolutely insanely famished and I am going to go full cutthroat balls to the wall rabid insane when I get something going.

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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epo wrote: post #27

You're either trolling or you have a mental health problem (depression perhaps?).

I don't see how it is so mentally insane to want more out of life. I think people who think 1 million is the same as having 100 million are delusional, as it is nothing of the sort. Sure, I could buy a bunch of shit with 1mm, but then what? If I had a job right now that I enjoyed, BELIEVE me, I wouldn't be posting. But I am unemployed, I left my old work, and I won't go back to it. So I have to find something new.

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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gexla wrote: post #16

It seems to me like you don't want to be rich so much as you don't want to worry about running out of money. I imagine a lot of people with a decent amount of money feel that way. Personally, I kind of like the hustle and fight at the bottom, but it can get tiring. Money doesn't buy happiness. It only buys you time and the raw materials to be happy. Again, I think your issue might be the thought of losing what you ha…

are you currently stationed in thailand?

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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grownseed wrote: post #13

Like many others here have already pointed out, the money you have is considerably more than most, me included. But that's beyond the point. Thinking this is the sort of thing that'll make you happy, is in my opinion exactly why you are not so. From my view, which took me time and effort to understand and appreciate, you cannot become happy by longing for things, but by being satisfied with the things you already hav…

>Thinking the world is your problem is assuming the world should care about you more than you care about it or yourself.

no they shouldn't. The world does not give a flying fuck about me. It only cares what I give to them. So why don't I? Why am I such a worthless piece of shit. I am a worthless piece of shit. I am a worthless piece of shit.

I am a piece of shit.

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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beginagain wrote: post #55
grownseed wrote: post #13

Like many others here have already pointed out, the money you have is considerably more than most, me included. But that's beyond the point. Thinking this is the sort of thing that'll make you happy, is in my opinion exactly why you are not so. From my view, which took me time and effort to understand and appreciate, you cannot become happy by longing for things, but by being satisfied with the things you already hav…

>Thinking the world is your problem is assuming the world should care about you more than you care about it or yourself. no they shouldn't. The world does not give a flying fuck about me. It only cares what I give to them. So why don't I? Why am I such a worthless piece of shit. I am a worthless piece of shit. I am a worthless piece of shit. I am a piece of shit.

I am a fucking piece of shit. I should kill myself. I should fucking hang myself. I am a piece of shit.

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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fluxon wrote: post #12

IMHO you have a comfortable cushion, and some time to make careful, thoughtful decisions. Some professional financial planning could set you up to relieve yourself of some worries. Having done phase 1 (acquiring retirement money), you can take some time and assess what you love in life, or to explore what that means. Phase 2 might be family, or it might be personal growth, or it might be an adventure, or investing, o…

I'm not scared of meeting Cuban. I am scared of meeting Graham.

Cuban is not that smart in my eyes, Graham is really smart, but I'm not sure Graham realizes how smart he is.

How arrogant is that?

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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horofx wrote: post #5

Actually you have a pretty good amount of money for your age, if you keep going like this I'm sure you will get what you want in maybe 20 years. But seriously. Money is shit. What EVERYONE is striving for is experience. You want to feel the experience of boarding that private jet, gamble 10mi or something. The experience you are wanting to have is very empty and there's way better stuff to do out there. Learn to draw…

I want to help who I empathize with. But if I do not love myself, how am I supposed to love others?

I cannot help poor people, I do not empathize with them. I can help broken people, but how am I to help them when I cannot help myself?

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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avifreedman wrote: post #33

What makes you happy? When I was in college if someone had offered to pay me $100k inflation adjusted for life to play with computers, coding, and networking, I would probably have signed in blood - even having has some success at consulting and with entrepreneur role models in my family. So when I get frustrated at people or with circumstances, I find it helpful to remember enjoying reading books, playing with techn…

Well then why don't we work together, motherfucker? btw, I am serious, and would join you, just give me the word.

Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich

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g123g wrote: post #48

Whenever these kinds of useless and idiotic thoughts come to my mind (they often do), I think of the following quote by Steven Weinberg The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy. The important part is to understand that this human life is a farce and it does not matter what you do or do not do.…

I wish I was talented enough to take this advice to heart. I know it is true, and yet I am too retarded to act on it.
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