As the saying goes “I was once young and poor but after decades of hard work and perseverance I am no longer young”
I lived, I laughed, I ate avocado toast.
In my 40s:
- Bought a home last year, still not paid off.
- home isn’t far from the beach but, due to the previous tsunamis, there’s not much to do there near where I live.
- make more than 6 figures (but not in USD and not 6 figures in USD after conversion).
- I am the chef. And the gardener.
- Fuck tesla (I have a kei car (going somewhere with wife or buying farm supplies), motorcycle, and pedal-assist ebikes)
Almost through my 40’s and I’ve:
- Had three decent careers that each abruptly laid me off without warning.
- Had a home and lost it.
- Had a car and lost it.
- Had parents and siblings and lost them
- Had health and lost it.
- Had good credit and lost it.
- Had tens of thousands in savings and spent it on family members with cancer. (They died anyway.)
- Had a drinking problem and lost it, so hey score one!
Yeah, I got laid off multiple times, lived out of my car, and have a bunch of health problems. The drinking problems also came because of the former (and mental healthcare in the US) and caused/worsened some of the former. Hang in there!
I know it’s just a joke but lady works for Apple, I have a hard time believing she has none of this things
Product Owner is like a project manager.
I’d put her in the 100-200k range.
Working for Apple, potentially near Apple HQ.
You could live paycheck to paycheck on that. No shit.
Why are you assuming everyone who works for Apple is making bank?
Besides, the only realistic way to achieve any of those things, beside the Tesla, is to have a rich family. Even on a six figure salary.
P R I O R I T I E S
Most of that list is attainable if you make good money like that person likely does… and choose to prioritize those things.
Paid off home, and car, and servants, in your early thirties?
Not really, no. Not unless you somehow made six figures from age 20 30
Thats just what I did. I was fortunate to have a well paying career for a while and I prioritized getting free from debt. Now I have time to be my own chef. Took almost 20 years. Not that complicated. No servants tho, thats just you being salty. I never had a rich family, which you assume is the only way. I grew up in poverty. My good luck came from elsewhwere.
So, you started making your fortune at thirteen?
Keep being salty. Im older than you seem to assume, but I did have summer jobs when I was 13. And no, hate alll you like, but I dont have a fortune, just a place to live. I have two shitty part-time jobs now. Be jealous of my shit wages, I guess.
Keep being salty.
No, you just can’t read. The original post was talking about having all these things by 33. You saying it’s doable over 20 years is completely missing the point. Plus the other commenter’s math is 33yo - 20 years of work (claimed by you) = starting career at 13 years old.
At this point you’re either being purposely obtuse or you’re a complete idiot. Either way: shut the fuck up
Nah, youre not my supervisor. I get that you hate me for having been successful. It is typical. Keep downvoting, Ill keep living my best life. And actually, I did it in less than 20 years of income… More like 15 of actual work punctuated by periods layoffs and disability. I still made it happen though. So keep hating. 😘
