smoking kills you, but the actual "act" of smoking is a very healthy practice.. you leave a stressful environment, go outside for five minutes, & take deep breaths.
Anyone with available cash should be loading up on low cost index funds right now. I like $ITOT & $SCHB. Buy, hold, buy more, never sell. In a few decades borrow against it to buy a lake or mountain 2nd home, otherwise don’t touch it
Did you know that by spelling the english word SOCKS outloud you are also saying the spanish phrase Eso si que es, which means "it is what is is".
You can Try it in your head
The Atlantic has a sobering, first-person look at the ramifications of legalized online sports betting. Here are a few of the more telling passages.
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🚨 MIKE POSNER SAYS HIS $70,000 ROLEX MADE HIM MISERABLE — SO HE DITCHED IT FOR A $40 TIMEX
American singer and producer Mike Posner says buying a luxury Rolex turned out to be one of the worst “deals” he ever made.
He thought the watch would make him feel cooler.
Instead, it made him anxious.
Posner says every time he traveled with it, he was constantly worried:
• it would get scratched
• a backpack zipper would damage the face
• he’d forget it in a hotel safe
He says the watch was a Rolex Day-Date with a diamond bezel, a model often referred to as the “Presidential” Rolex because it has been worn by multiple U.S. presidents.
Eventually he realized something unsettling.
“I didn’t possess the Rolex… it possessed me.”
So he ditched it.
Now he wears a simple Timex and says it gives him way more joy because he doesn’t have to worry about it.
His message:
“Don’t slave away for possessions… don’t let your possessions possess you.”
Did Mike Posner just say the quiet part out loud about luxury status symbols?
I was a finance major in college.
I ran a profitable multimillion dollar business and sold it.
Worked with investment bankers, financial advisors, angel investors, and venture capitalists.
Let me save you 15 years. Just buy Index Funds.
If you ever wonder the purpose of life
My grandmother died 9 years ago
My son never met her and has no memories of her
His children are unlikely to even know her name or care about who she was
Such is life. It has no purpose. You live and you die.
The only meaning is that you do what you want without worrying about other people's thoughts and opinions
Do not use this as an excuse to be lazy. Use this to be free.