Tag: rich
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Wealth Inequality
Political Rant (you have been warned): Last week the stock market lost something like a trillion dollars in value. Many rich people who are usually preaching to me about the gap between the rich and the poor were clutching their pearls because the gap narrowed and it happened to be their wealth that was more…
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Earning a Fortune
When I was young I was certain I would grow up to be rich. Mind you I didn’t have a plan. I was good at math and was under the impression there was good money in advanced math degrees. I was never as good with money. I can’t save and invest it even though my…
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Fear of Success
What is one thing you would change about yourself? I have a fear of success. When a person succeeds they must continue to do harder and harder work to continue to succeed. Each time I “level up” the next level becomes more difficult. Eventually I fear I will be running just to stand still. Failure…
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Rich
What could you try for the first time? I have been poor or mostly poor all my life. By American standards that usually hasn’t been too bad. I’ve lived with food insecurity but have never been in danger of starving. I’ve missed rent a few times but never been homeless. And I’ve always had clothes…
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Owning Land
One of the reasons that so many of us play video games is that we can do things we can only dream about in real life. The joke on the internet is that they are the only place where “You awake feeling well rested.” I also get fairly rich in the games that I play.…
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Bee Weird
I am a strong advocate that normal is boring. People need, I think, to be weird. Each of us is unique and when we use our imagination and creativity that uniqueness will certainly come out. I am a firm believer in individual expression and the need to relay to the world what we can and…
Latter Day Sinner 