Skeptic Project

But it certainly buys comfort.

Money can't buy happiness.... it can get you close enough to get it yourself though.

Certainly beats being poor.

Not only that, but there's a couple advantages of being in business for yourself rather than someone else, and this doesn't just include entrepreneurs, but also some consultants and employees who have positioned themselves to have the freedoms they want.

Those who care should know my job, and while it's kinda stressful at times, I do not take unscheduled calls, I don't check email more than once a day (and unsorted mail twice a week) and I don't have to plan my holidays in advance.

I never do cold calls nor free presentations, and when I have to negotiate a deal, I always have the freedom to choose the location (if I'm not on the phone) and once a client reaches me, resistance usually is low and the process is quite enjoyable.

The industry standard is quite different - at first you call 20 businesses who do not care who you are and only once you said "money" fifteen times they start listening and invite you in for a presentation. You then spend a few hours preparing your pitch, 10-15 minutes making it - all for free - and if you're lucky, you get to haggle over fees and retainers.

So while common sense seems to be that in order to get more money, you have to work "harder", my position actually allows me to do more of what I like and less of what I don't. I still have to get more stuff done at the end of the day than the average Joe, but that's a different story.

Buy a set of pans, perfectly designed to hit Zeitgeisters!

On a related note:

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My parents are working class immigrants (they have degrees, can't speak English well though). I gotta tell ya, they keep the house clean, furnished, and with a luxury here and there, but it fucking sucks for them to work so hard to keep it that way.

I personally want a bigger, betta house without having to work 12 hour shifts, and being a specialist doctor or surgeon would satisfy me professionally and in terms of personal economic taste. (current version of dream career)

I guess my point here is the financial background you grew up in can really influence and/or motivate you to seek a higher status.

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"would satisfy me professionally"

Way to take my post out of context. Derp.

Pwned.

Whatever you say, wrongtext ho.

Oh shit!

(stands up and at attention)

Grand Admiral Obvious, Sir!

Meh.

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HEY GUYZ, I USE LATIN, I'M SMARTICLES LOLOLOLOLOLOL! THIS HIDEZ MY CONTEXT FAILZ!

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Nah, I think settling with entertaining someone's total diversion of the topic to greatly exaggerate how blatantly they're ignoring their error in reading and processing a previous post for whatever reason will do just fine.

"What great analysis on this thread did I misinterpret? I'm not sure if you picked this up or not, but this thread isn't really anything serious in nature. Your anecdotes about your immigrant parents and your desire to not struggle as they have don't really weigh heavy here. "

LOGIC FAIL SO HARD WTF.

You took what I said out of context.

The thread became jovial and lulzy the moment you decided the usage of "derp" was a more worthy tangent to follow rather than continuing the discussion about how one's upbringing can affect how they view their pursuit of financial goals and careers. (which you're still getting wrong when it comes to my particular case, by the way).

"Your anecdotes about your immigrant parents and your desire to not struggle as they have don't really weigh heavy here."

Oh gee, where the fuck is that tiny violin where I need it?

We can run this thread down into the ground with cheap BS and memes if you want. I'm game.