@jamesonhaslam Agree, and many high income W2s are crushing it (quietly)
Go your own way? Great!
Succeed massively in someone else’s business? Great!
Make a living, pay your bills, provide for yourself? Great!
There’s no right answer to all this. Do what works for you
@Dirtdog founder/CEO friend who built a nine figure business from scratch has paid himself a nice salary for many years.
He kept his spending within the bounds of that salary (mostly).
I think he got some mental freedom from the structure, and profits were default reinvested
@lyndseyfifield We had a nosy neighbor call on us because our kids were playing in the street in front of our house. Quiet neighborhood.
In her anonymous report to CPS (we figured out who called) she lied 3 times, inventing “near miss” events that never happened.
Unreal
@Budgetdog_ We contribute $2500 per child per year to 529 which is the max amount we can contribute and get a state tax deduction. All above that goes to brokerage
@ErikKaiser I’d love if you wrote more about your last paragraph. I see so many including loved ones stuck in patterns, for years or decades, that are so obviously compromising their goals. They can’t see it. I haven’t been able to help as I wish to.
@rossiadam We homeschool. Far more productive than the 30 K per kid per year private school we left.
Kids have so much time to do activities during the day that would otherwise be nights and weekends.
Much lower stress, and they are learning a ton. We love it and they love it
@faraz_r_khan@s1225mn Our erv core grew mold. Have it checked it out.
Also white mold (aspergillus) can cause some tough symptoms. We had it entrapped in hvac. We replaced it all.