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If You Don't Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will

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Re: If You Don't Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will

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Post by Retric »

Mz wrote: post #60
Retric wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people in the US have the option of a vary cushy life, they just don't realize it. The real problem is people are only aware of a minuscule fraction of their choices. And no joining the military long enough to get a collage degree does not qualify as a 'hard' life compared to say living in as a super max prisoner, a hunter gatherer, or 95% of humanity before the 1500's.

Thanks and have an upvote. But my deeply in debt and homeless situation has now been compounded by a suddenly hugely negative bank balance. Please excuse me while I go have a good cry. I no longer know how to cope.

Please, don't give up. A quick read of your profile suggest your in a difficult situation right now, but you still have options. You can read, your a US citizen, you have a high school diploma, you are reasonably mentally stable, you are still young.

Social Security includes disability benefits which you may or may not qualify for. But, you are probably eligible for some government assistance of some kind. ED: http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/conditions-page-2-38.html vs http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/resources/social-security-d...

Trying to make significant amounts of money from websites is far closer to playing the lottery than most people here want to think about. Still, there are ways to make money working from home or even just a library, but most of them don't pay vary much. Look at https://www.elance.com/ to get and idea what your competition is.

PS: I wish you the best of luck.

Re: If You Don't Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will

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Post by Mz »

Retric wrote: post #61
Mz wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks and have an upvote. But my deeply in debt and homeless situation has now been compounded by a suddenly hugely negative bank balance. Please excuse me while I go have a good cry. I no longer know how to cope.

Please, don't give up. A quick read of your profile suggest your in a difficult situation right now, but you still have options. You can read, your a US citizen, you have a high school diploma, you are reasonably mentally stable, you are still young. Social Security includes disability benefits which you may or may not qualify for. But, you are probably eligible for some government assistance of some kind. ED: http:/…

Thank you for your kind words, but I am too healthy to qualify for disability. I am mostly out of options at this point. I would cuss god out one more time but he/she/it clearly doesn't give a flying fuck. I have done the impossible. Is the world interested? Nope. Is there any money in it? Nope.

Have a good evening.

Re: If You Don't Prioritize Your Life, Someone Else Will

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Post by lookACamel »

altrego99 wrote: post #16

What if the situation in his example was reversed? What if, his wife lay with the newborn baby, and he felt that he wanted to go visit the client, but he said 'no' instead? Would he still be wrong?

That's not really the point. It's not really about objectively correct decisions. It's about knowing the difference between what you think is important and what you think others think is important.
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