I have been laid off from work

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nomadicdude

Kingfisher
I got laid off, actually canned, over two years ago for being a insubordinate dickhead. It was a great feeling standing up for myself after years of putting up with true assholes simply because of a sick paycheck.

I banked a lot of money in that job, so I've been traveling ever since. I've realized now that work is a necessary evil in life but too often people knowingly or unknowingly force themselves into having to make work the center of their life.

They either spend too much on shit they don't need and end up having to work to pay down debt, or they don't develop hobbies or interests or perspective and so work is all they have in life.

You're young and it seems you are adventurous so I don't see any problem with what's happened. Crap will always work out in the end as long as you keep trying.
 

xsplat

 
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Is anyone in the DR now, and interested in plugging into a global online escort database?

I'm considering setting such a thing up for Indonesia, but making it global and getting partners around the world would help insure our success.
 

xmlenigma

Pelican
Sometimes you got take the crap but be TACTFUL about dealing w Supervisors. You become their RIGHT HAND man. Its like being an ADAPTABLE player.

At times when you've earned your Ranks & shown enough investment and they VALUE you. Then play at that level.
 
I'm kinda in a some-what similar position as far as "What to do from here." Right now I'm working 2 jobs, between 64-72 hours a week (Lately been more like 72). I'm banking for me, and I think for a good majority of the population at the age of 25. I'm making more than 95% of kids my age that I know who've graduated college. But I'm working like a slave. I have hardly any social life anymore. I do manage to get 2 days off a week, but I've found that I pretty much need one of those days to rest. Luckily I work with some good looking girls and good looking girls constantly come into my work, so I still have a means to meet girls (The uniform I have to wear definitely doesn't help though. I make sure to pop in every once in a while dressed real nice to do something I need to do while I'm off. I get some real nice compliments and IOIs from the girls every time), but definitely still not as easy as before I was working two jobs. The second job I picked up also kinda sucks. I can't stand the girl I work with, and a lot of the people suck as well. But that money is fucking awesome. Money's just being thrown at me from all directions. I walk into one job, BAM! $200 in tips! Then I get off, go to the second job, BAM! There's an envelope sitting in the cash drawers with my name on it with $200 in commission. Then I get paid every other week in both jobs, but the weeks are oposite, so basically I'm getting a nice fatty 2 week check every week. Even my tip job pays decent hourly. I'm having $350-400 days frequently. I know that's probably not a lot of money for many of the older international playboy ballers here, but for me, being 25 and 2 years ago making $12 an hour working 40 hours a week, it's a nice chunk of change.

But here's the thing... I work my fucking ass off. I just started to eat a nice healthy diet, but it's killing me following it. First of all, just finding the time to cook can be a burden in itself, not to mention finding time to go to the market and shop since I don't have a car. I was talking with a friend of mine who I suspect is somewhat of a feminist. I was telling her how I was considering getting a girlfriend because I need someone to wash my clothes and fix me meals. She was not too happy about that. She said, "You're looking for all the wrong reasons to find a girlfriend." Really? Oh yeah, I forgot, I want sex on demand too, guess that's what I must have been leaving out. It's been hard to keep in touch with friends or to work out. As far as my situation with women, it's not a whole lot worse than before I got the two jobs. I have a feeling this may be because of my confidence now that I am keeping busy and eating healthy. Sometimes I wanna just say fuck it, my origional job pays well by itself, fuck having both jobs. Get rid of the one and start living life!

I'm just really trying to figure out if it's worth it. And the answer right now for me is YES. Nothing worth having is easy to get. If it was, everyone would have it. I've heard Roosh say that in different words many times. So right now, I feel like I have to make some sacrifices as a man so that I can be where I want to be in the next 5 years. At the end of the day too, I also think, "What am I gonna do with all this money I save?" Usually I'm thinking, "I'm gonna invest the shit out of it, and try and make $60k into $100k, then $100k into $150k" and so on... The other part of me is thinking, "Save $25k an go travel the world for a year." But at the end of the day, I think investing is what I need to do so I can travel the world all through my 30s and 40s and be comfortable when I'm older.

My advice to you is fuck spending that money you have saved in the DR. Hold onto it, go work a couple more years in the oil industry, save $100k (Which if I remember correctly from other posts, it shouldn't take you more than 5 years to do, I would even think much less than that working in oil), invest that, and live in the DR and anywhere else your play boy heart desires!
 

pitt

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Internationalplayboy when i was dumped from my job, i was really happy because i knew i had two options:

1) I was going to be happier because i would have more freedom and i would be doing the things i want to do and not the things i think i should do

2) My income was going to grow faster because i knew i had to find a better job or invest more

I opted that i am going for option 1 for now. The best time of my life was when i was travelling, i was so happy, nothing beats a young man lifestyle of flying from country to country, sleeping with hot women from country to country, i was happy constantly, although i was making more money recently, i have been also more unhappy, i feel that im really sacrificing my twenties, i think i have been undervaluing the most important commodity (time). Dont get me wrong, i love hustling, i enjoy making money and i dont want to live a life where all i focus is women but fuck being in a prison hoping that tomorrow is going to be better, im going back to my international playboy life, i miss my travelling (of course i will still hustle on the side).

This post by Steven Pavlina is a must read, have a look:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/the-power-of-now/
 
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