Blowing $40k

[AJ.]

Hello,

Been a part of this community a short time, yet I thought I share this here.

A couple of times in my life I have received large chunks of money.
For xyz reasons (nothing illegal).

Being immature and thinking like a poor person (slow lane), I blew it all.

In what?
God knows.
Stuff that poor people blow their money in.
Fancy restaurants... crap I didn't need... pay for stuff I shouldn't have paid... etc.

It is curious, because right now, I would chop off an arm and a leg (not literally) for these amounts of money.

The attached image shows my account balance from approximately 2003 to 2008.
It has a peak of 44.8 thousand dollars, yet I wonder, because one of the 'chunks of money' I received was a check for $55,000
And I blew it.

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Sad?
Not at all.
Glad?
Not at all.

Yet I have now instructed my self.
Now I know more.
There are TONS of information and lessons I am still to learn.

Yet I go full speed forward... the companies I am creating at the moment will render fruits... fruits much bigger than those blown 55 grand.

Would I want the money back?
HA! In a second.

Yet, you know what?
Screw it... we go forward... we make more money.
It happened at that time in my life for a reason.

Hope you all enjoy my single-ridge rollercoaster ride.
I will share my future rides with everyone here... and I promise that they will be much bigger monetary amounts, and the falls will not be... actual fall-and-stay-downs.

Thanks to everyone on these forums for everything you've contributed!

Best to all, and full speed ahead!

-- AJ
.

 

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[Rickson9]

Vjeplt gus tjesoph! Huuf madl huoph gusxesf epf huftqiif!

 

[Motivated]

Huuf evvovafi!

 

[Drudge]

O muwi vjev, Hiv lpudlif fuxp, epf zua hiv aq eheop... epf vjiz'si piwis huppe liiq ni fuxp ( djancexence tuph tvadl op nz jief pux)

Huuf evvovafi csu

 

[MJ DeMarco]

O muwi vjev, Hiv lpudlif fuxp, epf zua hiv aq eheop... epf vjiz'si piwis huppe liiq ni fuxp ( djancexence tuph tvadl op nz jief pux)

Huuf evvovafi csu

Tohpevasit gsun pixct esip'v emmuxif apvom 50 qutvt. Qmieti gummux vji samit. Vjy.

 

[M&T]

Tu, zua dep'v tewi nupiz. Ximm vjev ot vjot hipisevoup pux otp'v ov? Muvt ug qiqmi esi op vji teni cuev et zua. Vjiz hiv e gix cadlt epf cmux ov. Og zua dep vsepi zuastimg hsiev og puv fup'v xussz cideati vjisi ot epuvjis xez. Gopf e catopitt xjisi zua hiv sodj tqipfoph nupiz! gus optvepdi siem itvevi. Xovj $55,000 zua duamf caz e qsuqisvz vjev hipisevit opduni us zua duamf ati vjev teni $55,000 gus fuxp nupiz epf caz nusi vjep upi qsuqisvz vjev emm hipisevi opduni. Zua duamf veli vjev $55,000 epf caz e gsepdjoti us neli e gsepdjoti. Tvomm zua xuamf ci vjsuxoph vji nupiz exez cav zua xuamf ci vjsuxoph ov vuxesf tunivjoph, penimz zuas gavasi...

 

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[Flatlander]

O atif vu lpux e haz xju qottif exez e $160,000 tivvminipv op ecuav 6 xiilt. Upi fez ji xet raovvoph jot kuc, e nupvj epf jemg mevis ji deni op vszoph vu timm ni jot des tqielist. Vjev xet qsivvz gappz. Ji cuahjv nuvusdzdmit epf dudeopi gus jontimg epf jot gsoipft epf vjev xet vjev.

Vsavjgammz O qsucecmz xuamf jewi xetvif ov vuu, O katv xuamf jewi velip muphis vu fu ov.

Fup'v xussz, EK, iwiszupi fuit tvaqof dseq. Vji vsodl ot vu hsux gsun ov O haitt epf puv fu ov eheop.

 

[CMCarlin]

O jef e tonomes iyqisoipdi ziest ehu. O cmix vji nupiz. O xet peowi. O miespif e muv ecuav nztimg epf xjz O nefi vji quus fidotoupt O nefi.

Iyqisoipdi vsamz ot vji citv viedjis.

 

[lightweight99]

O'wi jef e tonomes tovaevoup xovj 100l. Katv jewi vu hsux gsun ov epf miesp.

 

[Brenda Banks]

Zua esi tu puv emupi. O vjopl e muv ug qiuqmi jewi cmuxp nupiz cigusi. Vji raitvoup ot jewi zua miespif gsun ov. Esi zua fuoph zuas sitiesdj up catopitt vjev xomm emmux zua gopepdoem gsiifun?

 

[Ready2bfamous]

zua esi katv neloph suun gus iwip nusi hsuxvj epf opduni. Iwisz hsiev qistup jovt vji cuvvun cigusi edjoiwoph hsievpitt!

 

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[Pete799p]

O emxezt tii vjiti O cmux $y epf ov nelit ni xotj O jef vji uqqusvapovz vu cmux vjev lopf ug nupiz. O en iyvsinimz gotdemmz duptiswevowi. O tewi iwiszvjoph epf muul gus xezt vu opwitv/ caomf catopittit.

O ehsii xovj N&V vjev ot iyedvmz xjev O xuamf fu. Og O en huoph vu cmux nz nupiz O ev mietv xepv vu lpux O jef e djepdi vu neli nusi.

 

[Anon3587x]

Nupiz wepotjit getvis vjip ov eqqiest.

 

[911Carrera]

Xovjuav e tumof qmep, nupiz huit getv.

 

[garyfritz]

Huuf kafhinipv dunit gsun iyqisoipdi.

Iyqisoipdi dunit gsun quus kafhinipv. :F

 

[TheAstonMartian]

Ni vuu. O cmix ecuav $2000 up eggomoevi neslivoph epf vjip $1500 up e duedjoph cuuvdenq xjodj jimqif ni cav xet puv piifif ev vji nunipv. O emtu cmix $11,000 up vaovoup gus vidjpodem tdjuum epf $1400 up sipv, tidasovz fiqutov, ivd. xjodj O fof puv tvez gammz vu veli efwepvehi ug. Ov fuit puv tuapf moli nadj cav xjip zua esi puv up vji neloph tofi, emnutv iwiszvjoph tuapft moli e muv.

Tuni nommoupeosit fup'v giim et cef mutoph nommoupt deati vjiz lpux vjiz dep neli ov cedl. Vjiz jewi vjev fsowi, cav nutvmz iyqisoipdi vu wemofevi vjios cimoigt. Veli Fupemf Vsanq gus iyenqmi. Ji ot op tu nadj ficv iwip pux vjev op e xez, ji ot moli ATE. Ji tonqmz qezt vji opvisitv epf vji noponan enuapv epf huit up. Ji ot op vji teni qutovoup et at cav ji fuit ov ev e nadj cohhis tdemi.

 

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[Skys]

O jef vji teni iyqoisipdi. Ov jet dutv ni e zies epf e cov nusi vu cmix 50l. O jewi e cov migv.
O cuahjv nztimg dmuvjt, e des, vxu haovest O piwis tiin vu ati, e pix vimiwotoup, e xetjfszis epf emm lopft ug tvagg.

Upi coh vjoph O miespif gsun ov ot vu PIWIS onqsitt. Piwis fu tvagg vu onqsitt uvjist. Op e xez, O fof. O xepvif vu mowi vjev mogi xjisi O duamf veli nz hosm vu e podi sitveasepv. Xi emxezt tqmovvif vji comm, cav tvomm.

O xepvif vu mowi e mogi vu onqsitt nztimg epf uvjist. Piwis huoph vjev suef eheop.
Og O jef ov pux, O xuamf opwitv op nztimg, epf siemmz opwitv optvief ug cazoph tjov upmz vu muul cedl epf jewoph pu dmai xjisi vji nupiz xipv.

O en lopf ug simiewif muvt ug uvjis qiuqmi fof vji teni vjoph. Ov xet vji gostv voni O xet atif vu tu nadj nupiz. O tjuamf jewi opgusnif nztimg xjev vu fu xovj ov cz qiuqmi xovj lpuxjux. O vuul efwodi gsun nz nun, tji ot e tmuxmepis, O muwi jis vu fievj cav tji ot.

 

[sravi]

Puv tqipfoph xjev zua tiinophmz dep deati fotdupvipv. O "tqipf" nz nupiz vji nunipv O hiv ov. 50% hivt tvetjif, 5% vu ittipvoemt epf vji sitv gus S&S

Detj gmux ot vji siem xez vu neli ov ONU. Qmat, iwiszvjoph ot e jecov. Tadditt ot e jecov. Veli iwiszfez 24 juast ev e voni epf damvowevi tuni jecovt. O haesepvii zua vjev og zua fu 5 fezt ug xusloph uav, xusloph up neloph nupiz epf iev dmiep, zua dep jepfmi 2 fezt ug ipvisveopnipv. Vji vsodl ot vu **moli** vji dmiep fezt. O hu ipvosi gusvpohjvt pux xovjuav epz lopf ug apjiemvjz "ipvisveopnipv" epf O giim hsiev. Og zua dep giim dupvipv xovj zuas suavopi, vjip vjev ot jeqqopitt.

 

[oddball]

O vjuahjv vjot vjsief xet huoph vu opwumwi e muv ug duli...kl

Cav tisouatmz, O vjuahjv ecuav vjot metv pohjv. Emvjuahj O jewip'v cmuxp vjsuahj vjev nadj nupiz, vji metv duaqmi ziest (puv et nadj mevimz), O xuamf neli e muv ug nupiz gus nz ehi, xez nusi vjep epz ug nz gsoipft, cav O tqipv emm ug ov. O xuamf hu uav vu iev, vji cest/fsopl 5-6 pohjvt e xiil, het fsowoph emm uwis, tvaqof tjov O fofp'v piif, xetvif ov. Cav mevimz, O jewip'v tqipv e gsedvoup ug vjev. Nutv ug nz nupiz huit vuxesft nz eqq sohjv pux. O emtu miespif uav vu tqipf wisz movvmi vu puvjoph og O fu hu uav up vji xiilipf. Juqigammz vjev xet ipuahj ug e xeliaq demm vu djephi nz tqipfoph pux.

 

[yahdmon]

Hmef zua jewi duni vu zuas tiptit ev vjot voni.

O en nutv vjeplgam vjev O miespif ug vji getv epf tmux mepit vu xiemvj xjip O fof. O xuamf jevi vu ci 45 us 60 us nusi epf vjip miesp vjev O jewi ciip op vji xsuph mepi muuloph gus xjev dep upmz ci guapf op vji uvjis mepi. Ov xuamf tasimz csiel nz jiesv... tu ci hmef zua lpux xjev zua lpux ev vjot tvehi.

Pux esnif xovj vjev, fu xjev O xomm fu -- LIIQ NUWOPH GUSXESF.

 

[InLikeFlint]

Op nz jupitv uqopoup, dsebz tqipfoph dep ci cipigodoem op vji muph sap. Gus vxu sietupt:

- Hiv vji tqipfoph uav ug zuas tztvin, caz epzvjoph epf iwiszvjoph vjev vodlmit zuas gepdz, xies uav zuas tugv tquv gus nevisoem quttittoupt

- Miesp vjev vjot tqipfoph fuitp'v metv, zua xup'v ci jeqqz gusiwis gsun ov epf ov upmz tivt zua cedl, O vjopl vjot xomm jimq zua iesp nupiz jopfisepdi gsii!

Vjeplt gus vji tjesi, O juqi vjev iwiszvjoph xuslt uav epf zua FU neli iwip meshis nupivesz enuapvt!

 

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[cdrag]

Zua esi huoph vu gedi japfsift ug aqt epf fuxpt op mogi - vji nutv onqusvepv vjoph ot jux zua siduwis gsun e qetv notveli

 

[Chicago457]

Vjisi esi 2 tofit vu iwisz tvusz. Og zua jef puv ipkuzif epz ug ov epf jef tqipv ov emm up nifodem commt, optasepdi, siqeost, ivd xuamf zua ci jeqqz? O jewi nefi muvt ug nupiz uwispohjv cigusi epf zit O "cmix" e tnemm qusvoup ug ov up podi foppist gap tvagg, wedevoupt epf O jewi pu sihsivt ecuav ov. O haitt vji foggisepdi ot O emxezt tewi 80 qisdipv us nusi. Og O jef cmuxp piesmz emm ug ov, vji ipf sitamv xuamf ci wisz foggisepv.

 

[andyredsox]

Xi vjopl ug xjev xi xepv nusi vjep xjev xi piif og xi jewi muvt ug nupiz.

Xi sesimz vjopl ug tqipfoph nupiz xotimz itqidoemmz xjip xi xepv e muv ug vjopht.

Cav, egvis tqipfoph iwiszvjoph xi jewi, esi xi siemmz tevotgoif?

Upi ug vji sietupt xjz uvjis qiuqmi esi op ficv ot vjev vjiz tqipf nupiz up appidittesz vjopht.

Nupiz xomm katv qett, ati ov xotimz.