Increasing your income the only way to go. Map out what you want your life to be, how much that lifestyle is then career map your way into that income. Cutting expenses just makes you miserable long term.
Most homebuyers obsess over getting $20k off the list price.
Meanwhile, a 1% lower rate on a $450k loan
saves $300/month = $108,000 over 30 years.
Stop chasing pennies and start chasing rates.
Major cheat code for life: Be fully where your feet are. When you're at work, work. When you're with family, be with family. When you're resting, rest. Most people are physically present and mentally everywhere else.
One thing about adulthood that way too many people learn way too late (and have no choice but to learn the hard way): you have to be deliberate/proactive about everything. For the first time in your life, you can't be passive participant in anything.
every engineered thing is a hypothesis.
a bridge says:
this geometry can carry this load.
an aircraft says:
this structure can survive this stress.
a circuit says:
this design can behave under real conditions.
To engineer is human by Henry petroski is about the brutal teacher behind all good design:
failure.
failure exposes what theory missed.
• bad assumptions
• weak materials
• hidden fatigue
• poor margins
• unexpected loads
• human error
engineering improves because reality keeps correcting it.
the best engineers do not worship elegant designs.
they study broken ones.
North Carolina scored the largest manufacturing investment in the state's history at $4.6B.
JezZero is breaking ground on the first greenfield large-aircraft production facility built in the United States in a generation.
The Z4 blended-wing-body (BWB) is the first clean-sheet American commercial aircraft program in 15 years.
The 8 million sqft facility will employ 14,500 direct, high-wage aerospace workers.
Open your eyes 🇺🇸
I stopped thinking anything is unattainable in my life because I know I’m a diligently hard worker. If there’s something I want, I treat it as a need and work relentlessly until it’s achieved.