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Adventure or Money? and life options for those in their mid 20's. Advice please
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<blockquote data-quote="Crash_Bandicoot" data-source="post: 811047" data-attributes="member: 13990"><p>Why can't you do both? Why does every question proposed have to be of extreme polar opposites?</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Hear me out:</strong></em></p><p></p><p>If you slave away your 20s and 30s, you will make a shit ton of money by the time you hit your 40s and beyond. Let's assume that.</p><p></p><p>But here's something I saw on my last trip abroad:</p><p></p><p>A bunch of middle-aged/old men eating fancy meals, living in their hotels, and staring at women. They had a ton of money but their adventurous side of their youth was gone. It's much harder to do crazy, adventurous things as you get older. Heck, I'm not even close to being in my 40s but I can't stand to do things that I used to do in my mid 20s anymore. </p><p></p><p>And I couldn't imagine hanging out at hostels as a middle-aged man. Completely out of question. </p><p></p><p>But at the same time, if you party away your 20s and have nothing to save for (exactly like I did haha), then you'll be behind your peers.</p><p></p><p>So here's a solution for the middle ground (and something that I am currently doing and am very happy with):</p><p></p><p>Get a stable, decent paying 9-5 job that <strong>actually </strong>lets you leave by 5 in a large, cosmopolitan city for a few years (I'm going to get shit for praising the stable 9-5 on this forum, I know). You'll have plenty of time outside of work to build a side/remote business, make memories, meet chicks, explore your city (I'm in NYC so there's always new, exciting shit to explore here - 24/7), etc. Do that for a few years and then transition over to something more entrepreneurial/remote. You'll have decent savings by the time you leave in a few years too so you can handle financial failure if your remote/business fails.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, you won't save as much as if you worked 100 hours a week all through your 20s, but at least you'll still be able to create some memories and go on adventures while working that stable job - all while saving some money.</p><p></p><p>My 2 cents</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crash_Bandicoot, post: 811047, member: 13990"] Why can't you do both? Why does every question proposed have to be of extreme polar opposites? [i][b]Hear me out:[/b][/i] If you slave away your 20s and 30s, you will make a shit ton of money by the time you hit your 40s and beyond. Let's assume that. But here's something I saw on my last trip abroad: A bunch of middle-aged/old men eating fancy meals, living in their hotels, and staring at women. They had a ton of money but their adventurous side of their youth was gone. It's much harder to do crazy, adventurous things as you get older. Heck, I'm not even close to being in my 40s but I can't stand to do things that I used to do in my mid 20s anymore. And I couldn't imagine hanging out at hostels as a middle-aged man. Completely out of question. But at the same time, if you party away your 20s and have nothing to save for (exactly like I did haha), then you'll be behind your peers. So here's a solution for the middle ground (and something that I am currently doing and am very happy with): Get a stable, decent paying 9-5 job that [b]actually [/b]lets you leave by 5 in a large, cosmopolitan city for a few years (I'm going to get shit for praising the stable 9-5 on this forum, I know). You'll have plenty of time outside of work to build a side/remote business, make memories, meet chicks, explore your city (I'm in NYC so there's always new, exciting shit to explore here - 24/7), etc. Do that for a few years and then transition over to something more entrepreneurial/remote. You'll have decent savings by the time you leave in a few years too so you can handle financial failure if your remote/business fails. Yeah, you won't save as much as if you worked 100 hours a week all through your 20s, but at least you'll still be able to create some memories and go on adventures while working that stable job - all while saving some money. My 2 cents [/QUOTE]
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