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Advice for the Younger Generation

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January 22, 2019, 03:08 PM
Zeus007
Advice for the Younger Generation
'Don't forget the values of your father"


"The government do not own you, you own the government"
January 22, 2019, 03:21 PM
mdj
Put a little bit of each paycheck in savings. It doesn't have to be a lot. You can up the ante as you earn more. I wish I had learned this earlier in life.
January 22, 2019, 04:01 PM
.38supersig
I have never used/done/had/paid:

  • drugs.
  • rent.
  • alcohol.
  • credit cards.
  • tobacco.
  • car payments.
  • coffee.
  • night in jail.
  • peed on an electric fence.

    I could be the most boring member of SigForum...


    quote:
    Originally posted by flashguy:
    Could be. I have paid rent, possess 2 debit cards, bought my first new car on credit, and once grabbed an electric fence. Other than that, I'm much like you. I don't think of myself as boring, and I suspect you don't think you are, either.
    flashguy



    I don't. Just one day at a time is all I can ask for.

    quote:
    Originally posted by TXJIM:
    I have done everything on your list to excess, does that make me the most interesting or just the dumbest? Big Grin



    Probably means you guys have had more fun than I did. Plus I forgot to put:

  • lottery.
  • gambling.

    A way to simplify things is to not buy anything that involves depreciation or interest if you can. Rent is a 100% interest rate. Makes perfect sense if you plan on staying at the same place for 6 months instead of 30+ years though.

    A lot can be learned by listening to others. Stories about a summer kitchen and lowering the bottles of milk into the well to keep them cool during the day fascinate me. I could listen to them for hours. Learning history isn't so much as remembering dates and speeches, It got a whole lot more interesting when I found out where the local blacksmith shop was in town. Walked the tunnels dug under the roads during Prohibition. Figured out a garage had built the third airplane in the state. What happened at the local ghost town...

    My advice: There isn't a dinner, TV, cellphone, car, jewelry, etc... that you get and have it feel better than paying off your house.



    • January 22, 2019, 04:33 PM
    Chance228
    quote:
    Originally posted by mdj:
    Put a little bit of each paycheck in savings. It doesn't have to be a lot. You can up the ante as you earn more. I wish I had learned this earlier in life.


    This...save early and be consistent...it will pay off. I wish I was a better saver in my teens and early 20s.
    January 22, 2019, 07:26 PM
    Phantom229
    .38supersig, if you don’t mind, can I ask how you went without paying rent? I get the other stuff but the rent one puzzles me.


    Situation awareness is defined as a continuous extraction of environmental information, integration of this information with previous knowledge to form a coherent mental picture in directing further perception and anticipating future events. Simply put, situational awareness mean knowing what is going on around you.
    January 23, 2019, 07:19 AM
    RAMIUS
    Read books.

    Exercise.
    January 23, 2019, 08:14 AM
    Outnumbered
    quote:
    Originally posted by PHPaul:
    All good advice, and unfortunately, all a waste of breath.

    I posted a rant relative to this in What's Your Deal. Bottom line is, VERY few people of any age learn from other's mistakes. Gotta pee on the electric fence for themselves.

    T'was ever thus.


    That's true for many people, maybe even most. But we still try to instill wisdom in our kids even if all of them don't heed all good advice in their youth. If nothing else, it gives them another dot to connect to as they wise up and realize "hey, the old man knew some stuff after all".
    January 23, 2019, 08:30 AM
    Silent
    Every step deepens the habit.

    Silent
    January 23, 2019, 06:37 PM
    MNSIG
    quote:
    Originally posted by .38supersig: Negotiated that if I could prove I was saving my money instead of blowing it, I could get a pass on paying toward the rent.


    Sounds like your parents made it possible by allowing you to live rent free into adulthood.
    January 23, 2019, 07:55 PM
    .38supersig
    quote:
    Originally posted by MNSIG:

    Sounds like your parents made it possible by allowing you to live rent free into adulthood.


    Only up to the age of 19. After that they couldn't swing the rent where they lived and moved into my place. Imagine changing the locks when your dad moves out. Good times.



    January 23, 2019, 08:02 PM
    sjtill
    There's a short Hawaiian saying that goes like this:

    Pa'a ka wa'a
    Nana ka maka
    Hana ka lima

    Shut your mouth
    Open your eyes
    Work with your hands


    _________________________
    “Remember, remember the fifth of November!"
    January 23, 2019, 08:20 PM
    doublesharp
    take care of your teeth

    don't be afraid to toot your own trumpet

    always tell the truth and then you won't have to remember what you said


    ________________________
    God spelled backwards is dog
    January 23, 2019, 09:36 PM
    Bassamatic
    A college degree means jackshit. What really counts is having good common sense.


    .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.
    January 23, 2019, 09:38 PM
    Shifferbrains
    Learn a skill or trade that you can go anywhere and make a living.