I genuinely feel for people in their early 20s right now because they missed an era that actually existed not that long ago.
$550 rent that didn’t require three roommates.
$4 happy hour where you could actually go out on a normal paycheck.
$90 grocery runs that filled the whole fridge.
Job offers coming in within days of applying, sometimes with a signing bonus attached.
Nights out where nobody was performing for a phone the entire time.
That wasn’t some mythical golden age from decades ago.
That was less than fifteen years ago.
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Death, taxes, and buying the S&P 500.
Look how beautiful she is.
10 years of nothing but up and to the right.
It’s a shame some people never start investing.
One day, your home will be empty, and someone will have to decide what to do with your things. They'll open your drawers. They'll find the watch you treasured so much, the car you spent three years paying off, and the clothes you saved for special occasions because you didn't want to wear them out. And they'll make three piles: what to sell, what to give away, and what to throw away. None of it goes with you. Not a single thing. The only thing that goes with you is that afternoon you stayed talking for hours and didn't even realize where the time went. The look on your mom's face when you showed up to visit her without telling her you were coming. Don't collect things... Collect moments with the people you love
You work for decades. You save your money. You buy a piece of land. You pay off the mortgage. You finally own it outright.
Then the government sends you a bill every single year for the privilege of keeping what you already bought.
Stop paying property taxes and eventually you can lose your home.
So here’s the question Americans should be asking: If the government can take your property because you stopped paying them, how much of it did you ever truly own?
A paid-off home should mean exactly that: PAID OFF.