[–] tablewalk 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I'm self employed and want to create a goal to work towards that is comfortable yet still reasonable.
Small goals are underrated. People go for all that crazy envisioning of massive goals.
What if your goal was 110% of your current income? Then when you hit it you can set another goal and still wind up in the same place.
[–] u_r_wat_u_eat [S] ago
I mean as short term through long term goals. Yearly goals, monthly goals, what I'd like to be making in 5 years, in 10 years etc.
I've found the best way to achieve substantial goals is to take baby steps working towards it.
[–] AlternateSelection 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Enough money to be able to set all my bills to auto-pay. A thousand bucks a week would do me just fine. I don't need much.
[–] whiteboyday ago
money is not what you want. peace is much better. that is what you should be working for.
[–] u_r_wat_u_eat [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wrong. Money buys comfort, money buys ease of mind, money buys health, money buys leisure, money affords a family and kids.
Love it or hate it, money is the foundation of our current world, and you can either go hippy and live dirt cheap for free or you can play the game and succeed and hand your children a higher standard of living.
[–] i_scream_trucks ago (edited ago)
im not sure how people are that disconnected from reality that they dont realise that all these assclowns advertising the whole free spirit roaming lifestyle all have to be able to afford to be able to do fucking nothing for long periods of time - no one lives for free. living for free is called sponging. they might be selling themselves, which would be whoring but honestly how do you attract that much attention that you can monetize laying about being a fucking hippy? im talking about honest money? yeah they all either have a fuckload of money from elsewhere, a nest egg to sit on, or somewhere else theyve got that shit on tap.
Its not dole bludging bums or serial con-artists advertising living the hippy lifestyle. Con-artists and criminals that dont live their lives under the radar end up in jail, and people who scam welfare while advertising roaming around not looking for work end up getting fucked up by Centerlink, no, those people are people who dont have to fucking work, which is the only way that that lifestyle is remotely possible, which is the antithesis of the lifestyle theyre spamming you with
its just reality. you dont get nuttin for nuttin.
[–] whiteboyday ago
money is the foundation of our current world
only if you accept it. good times bring weak men.
[–] smokingneedle 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
A grand a day is nice, but I wouldn't mind going back to 70 grand a year. So many less headaches. I'm thinking about shuttering one of my retail units just because it only makes money I don't really need, and way more taxes and headaches than I ever wanted
[–] u_r_wat_u_eat [S] ago
One of the reasons I keep my business very small with light overhead. In terms of what I do at least, which is within the realm of lawncare style of labor.
Small pickup, tiny trailer, solo operator/owner. Sometimes I think a helper would be nice and I'd make more money but that means I bring in a lot more headache to cover that employee. Of course I can do under the table but that too can lead to issues.
[–] smokingneedle 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The employees are the problems. I don't NEED more money, so I don't need this retail unit. My wife says "what about the employees, they need work" so we keep it. Retail unit sells novelty nostalgia crap, records, guitars, crap like that for teenagers.
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[–] u_r_wat_u_eat [S] ago
One of the big things is to build/buy a nice home with plenty of usable land. Definitely a seller's market right now though.
[–] NorthSeaPagan 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
6 gorrillion USD