When I was 15. Grew up in a very conservative atmosphere. Self-reliance was a huge thing. Also grew up listening to Dave Ramsey. He was a huge influence on my financial life.
DonaldJMusk
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Exactly what I did. And I didn't even wanna wait until my 60's. lol
Ha! Nah, I paid off everything before AI. But I actually don't mind AI and think it's awesome. Now you can get me.
Worked really hard. Live in a low cost-of-living area. I'm not rich or anything, but property taxes here are small. Small rural town. And I just lived very frugally since I was in my teens. I'm in my 40's now.
And I have some side-hustles going on. I can't really mention them, since Lemmy would hate them, but has to with ads and things. And one was a fly-by-night thing that was brief but profitable. I put all the profits into paying off my house and land.
My kids moved out and are on their own. And my gf has a good job and lives in her own place. So basically I'm totally free.
I wish I could say I was a wise investor or some wall-street tycoon. But nah, I live in a small rural conservative town. The exact kind of place that most of lemmy hates. Everyone here has cowboy hats, gun racks in their pick-ups, etc.
But I don't care. Now I don't have to work. It's weird though. By the things you read on Lemmy/Reddit, doing what I'm doing is impossible.
Well, it's impossible in a big city. But in rural towns in boring states, it's very possible.
No, I put soap on my hands and rub the glasses, then rinse under the shower and put them on the ledge.
What the actual fuck?!
First I was horrified. Now I'm going to try this in a few minutes!
I just felt like too many people were linux-nerds and tried to make everyone else feel stupid for not understanding the fediverse concept.
I get it now, but I put off jumping in for a while because a lot of people here were so unwelcoming to newbies.
Welcome! I'm new here too. What do you think so far?
This is awesome news. I think he's a great choice.
If you would have said that before the election, you would have been burned at the stake in this community. Attitudes have changed real quick. lol