Tai

Future Martian

[Tai @Tai2055]

@bestofStarTrek Amazing actress and I appreciate the fact her character was developed over time.
I like seeing characters in other series to show them doing things OUTSIDE their series. (Worf, O’Brian, Deanna and Reginald). That’s why I like old Trek, good story telling with characters.

[Tai @Tai2055]

@insiderinvests I’m probably wrong, but I find it highly suspicious that large firms are buying up shares. Yet it has almost a 14% short, I wonder if Wall Street is artificially keeping it low, buy up stock before it gets S&P 500, even tho it’s below the 22.7 Billion market cap?

[Tom Nash @iamtomnash]

What people will do to look rich is honestly insane.

They will finance the truck.

Finance the boat.

Finance the Rolex.

Finance the jet ski.

Finance the vacation.

Finance the furniture.

Finance the lifestyle.

And then call it success.

But most of the time, it starts in the same place.

Emotion.

Not numbers.

Not goals.

Not planning.

Not strategy.

Emotion.

I deserve this.

I work hard.

Everyone else has one.

Life is short.

I can afford the monthly payment.

And that last sentence is where people destroy themselves.

Because being able to make the payment does not mean you can afford the thing.

Then the bills show up.

Car payment.

Insurance.

Credit cards.

Student loans.

Childcare.

Property taxes.

Groceries.

Gas.

Subscriptions.

Random nonsense from Amazon you do not remember ordering.

And somehow people are shocked that there is no money left at the end of the month.

But hey, the driveway looks amazing.

Then life does what life always does.

Job loss.

Medical bill.

Business slows down.

Bonus disappears.

Rates go up.

Emergency hits.

Suddenly the whole fake rich lifestyle starts shaking like a cheap folding table.

And that is when people learn a painful lesson.

Expensive toys that do not fit your financial reality are not rewards.

They are anchors.

A $90,000 truck does not make you successful.

A boat you barely use does not make you wealthy.

A luxury watch bought on credit does not make you rich.

It just makes you a volunteer employee for the bank.

Build wealth first.

Then buy toys.

Assets first.

Cash flow first.

Emergency fund first.

Investing first.

Freedom first.

Then, when the money is actually there, enjoy the toys without turning your life into a monthly payment prison.

The American dream is not the problem.

Buying status without a plan, without margin of safety, and without understanding the numbers, that is the problem.

Be smart with your money folks.

[Cole Grinde @GrindeOptions]

If you’re not actively getting your finances in order, your debt in order and your income streams in order right now, you’re going to fall behind.

This is the sad truth that right now in the U.S., if you’re not creating a system to become financially free over the next 5-10 years, you will be left behind.

That’s why is paramount that you invest what you can, save frivolously and are decreasing the amount of debt you owe.

It’s going to get rougher before it gets better easier.

[Tai @Tai2055]

@Anarcho_Dudeist Potential wasted….

[Tai @Tai2055]

@SpaceshipAddict It’s okay, it’s an Intrepid variant. Still better looking than some of the kitbash ships in DS9.

[Tai @Tai2055]

@SCShipyards Some of these ships are coming off Star Trek Online; while I can appreciate that they are trying to make things “canon”, these really shouldn’t exist outside of the game, unless they really want to get into techno jargon. But I’m an old Trekkie I guess.

[Tai @Tai2055]

@squawksquare Also the old adage; “Data will be the new oil”, I forgot who said it but $TSLA is the only company with +1 mil vehicles on the road since 2012, all aggregating road data.

[Tai @Tai2055]

@squawksquare As you always say;

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Nobody Cares. Work Harder

[Malvin @ManOfFocus_]

Dear son, pay the price!

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Real talk.