Lowering Expectations

dude i got rich selling speed weed and LSD kept the coke and Heroin for myself--it was easy as fuck too easy-----not striving just flowing money flowing insanely---totally ilegal but fuck the police---for karmas sake i tried to move as many pounds of shrooms as possible and as many hits of LSD that i could get my hands on--btw never busted just close calls--quit cas of a broken heart just said fuck it--let it all go---dont regret it a bit---just gotta admit it was fun having gold guns guitars cars and psyho slut chicks running about the place-----whatever to each his own my brothers in Rainbow Family and never had money but has friends across the country and lives on love---whatever the fuck that means------

 

I feel the same way.. as long as I'm comfortable and happy where I'm at, I'll be fine.
And if I quit being happy, I'll just change it.

 

well id start investing then. Im trying to open a money market account at allybank.com so i can earn the best rate on my money. Also looking into stocks, bonds, CD's and such. You can get some stocks that pay dividends and use that money to reinvest in more stocks or get it put into your bank account.

Im looking at BP and i think they are paying a dividend of 5-6 percent. way more than any bank will pay. My savings account gets .10% and the money market with my bank gets .25%

 

You're not lowering your expectations-you're realizing what's important in your life. But be careful. The thing that money can give you (if you plan your life right-KIDS EARLY IN LIFE!) is choices. Not to buy expensive things-but the choice to live your life how you want to. Having kids early in life makes this harder.

BP has some serious problems with the environment (more than many other oil firms). Right now IBM is a very good bet for long term profits. IBM is growing in India and China. GE once they get over their financing arm problems will be another excellent long term investment.

 

Reality mostly. Eventually you realize that even if your goals are attainable, the reality of the matter is you change your priorities. Like, you're realized that some people who make a 6 figure income are slaves to their jobs and can be kind of a prick if they have time to spend a golf course and still make that kind of money.

So why not enjoy a bit of life and want less? Who needs 8 cars?

Excessive wealth for some people just isn't realistically what some people want out of life.

Are you feeling like you lack motivation because you don't want to be a slave and trade your labour for stuff?

 

I want to live life comfortably as well

My idea of comfort requires a 6 figure salary though. Pharmacy ftw, but if I somehow change my mind I will definitely be going to school to be an Orthodontist. I mean I would be fine living on a much lower salary, but I would feel as if I wasn't meeting my potential.

Agreed about the boat Eric, except I like it for cruising on the river at night whilst super drunk

 

i would like to have enough money to explore my interests, to have a house and a small family farm, to get my hands dirty. right now i am going through the crap, the clutter ive accumulated in my life so that there is room for my dreams in there. we are living in an apartment, and might get cable if we can clear out our $100 a month storage unit, but letting go of all that stuff is not only hard, but everything else hinges on it. we dont want to waste this money on rent, but we dont want to move until theres less stuff. im actually planning on making and selling some things on etsy to help out with the bills.
even though we are struggling now, my goals are at least semi-self sufficient. i can practice canning now (my mom makes jellies for craft fairs, they are so yum.) and quilting, but everything else hinges on money, and i think thats screwed up.

 

A little of both probably.

All I know is that when I'm older I'm gonna be fuckin' loaded. I do good in school because I want $$$

Who cares if I dont talk a lot in class anymore. I get my shit done and get fucked up on the weekends.

 

i want money, but i also want to make art and focus on art. realistically i wouldnt make big bucks as an artist - but if i did, thatd be great

 

the things people dream of doing, the things people really have a talent or a passion for are so often the ones that dont offer a reliable, comfortable income. as an artist, what if noone likes your art? my hubby dreams of writing, but we are not really in a situation for him to pursue that now. im hoping he will start a blog to focus himself. i want to design, and make things, and i want other people to buy them from me, but i dont have the space to really work, so i have to find the space before i begin. etsy doesnt charge much for listing, and you could try to sell your art there Purp. maybe not big bucks, but you could really develop a following as well. artists are their own worst critics, dont sell yourself short.

 

I have more academic ambitions. I really like being at a university and having access to millions of books and knowledge at my fingertips. It's not the same as Googling at all. You feel empowered when you know your way around the academia.

But the kind of glory I want for myself in my life, is to fit somewhere to a job - what that probably means is that I'm going to make my own job, and not necessarily fit myself into a cookie-cutter box made for me to fit into.

I like having the time to figure out and hone my qualities and take the courses that *I* find to be useful in life, rather than coming out of university with something that's totally set in stone. Mobility. That's what I want most of all. To be mobile enough that I can still be happy and do whatever I want with my life.

 

apparently, being disabled and all, i'm not supposed to expect anything other than pity, kissing ass, and/ or trying to be as little a burden on society as possible. i've decided to pit myself against society as well as possible instead.

 

reminds me of the rolling stones song 'no expectations'

 

Bahahaha. Orison, where were you on this one?

 

he was busy

 

Yeah thats what i thought of when i first saw this thread. Iv'e always had that thing stuck in my head "Lowereed Expectaations"

 

I've had the same thoughts myself recently, only they were "Fuck accounting, I should start growing." And then when I sober up, I remind myself that this is why I never smoke more then a gram at a time.

 

^^OH SHIT. You just won the internet.

 

I was just about to post some of Ms. Swanns personals from Madtv lol