WrecksPowercolt
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So there I was, 19 years old working my first full time job paying above minimum wage, (called it my grownup job) and like many before me I bought into the belief that I should take out a loan and get a nicer car because "I can make payments and still have money for rent" So that's what I did...then comes the credit card because I have always had issues keeping track of money (don't see the value, leads to spending when I don't need to, luckily I got better) and it's the American dream to have a credit card.
Fast forward! eventually quit that job because shockingly enough, apartment maintenance sucks ass. But wait, I owe money on that credit card and I have that car and other bills too. Fuck it, let future me take care of that.
Cool, I'll get a new job with blackjack and hookers.
... Shit the bills got worse while I was looking for these hookers...I'll get another job and make up for lost income! That'll fix it. I can handle 80 hour Weeks for a month or two...i'm young and Shit and i'm supposed to work for 40 years until I die anyways. Squidward and my dad can't both be liars.
Sweet I can quit the other job today, i'm in a good enough financial position now. caught up with bills...wait what the fuck is that noise coming from my engine? Why am I suddenly not moving? 4000 dollars for a new engine? I owe 5000 on the car...this blows.
am I even fucking living at this point? I've had 7 days off in as many months...2 were sick days. I had one week where 3 hours of sleep before my next shift was "sleeping in"
Why should I have to work until i'm on the way out of life to start enjoying it and doing what I want? The American dream is utter bullshit and you can keep it. I'm almost done paying for that engine and I have someone lined up to buy that fucking car. I'm not going to reenlist as a member of society for a while. I'm not going to follow the ever popular lifeplan that starts with a mortgage for a box to live in, and ends with a life insurance check that pays for a box to be dead in.
I don't buy it anymore. That's not my dream, never was. Don't know why I chased it.
Fast forward! eventually quit that job because shockingly enough, apartment maintenance sucks ass. But wait, I owe money on that credit card and I have that car and other bills too. Fuck it, let future me take care of that.
Cool, I'll get a new job with blackjack and hookers.
... Shit the bills got worse while I was looking for these hookers...I'll get another job and make up for lost income! That'll fix it. I can handle 80 hour Weeks for a month or two...i'm young and Shit and i'm supposed to work for 40 years until I die anyways. Squidward and my dad can't both be liars.
Sweet I can quit the other job today, i'm in a good enough financial position now. caught up with bills...wait what the fuck is that noise coming from my engine? Why am I suddenly not moving? 4000 dollars for a new engine? I owe 5000 on the car...this blows.
am I even fucking living at this point? I've had 7 days off in as many months...2 were sick days. I had one week where 3 hours of sleep before my next shift was "sleeping in"
Why should I have to work until i'm on the way out of life to start enjoying it and doing what I want? The American dream is utter bullshit and you can keep it. I'm almost done paying for that engine and I have someone lined up to buy that fucking car. I'm not going to reenlist as a member of society for a while. I'm not going to follow the ever popular lifeplan that starts with a mortgage for a box to live in, and ends with a life insurance check that pays for a box to be dead in.
I don't buy it anymore. That's not my dream, never was. Don't know why I chased it.