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<blockquote data-quote="lowbudgetballer" data-source="post: 524840" data-attributes="member: 6270">I'm just about 40.&nbsp; I'm doing ok but would probably change everything about my life.&nbsp; I'm definitely not living on a beach in Southeast with an internet connection and a tube of lube in my pocket.As scorpion said, employment skills.&nbsp; And don't sell yourself short--stay out of low-wage, dead-end jobs.&nbsp; Avoid college, unless it's a community college teaching a trade for the area in which you live.Were I 20 again, I'd try to work oilrigs 3 months on and 3 month off, invest, and spend the 3 off-months partying and raving in Phnom Penh, Koh Phangan, and Goa (all dead in this day and age).Now, I'd probably move to Vegas, Houston, Miami, or Phoenix.&nbsp; And, I'd definitely learn Spanish.I was planning on the military earlier in life, but didn't pursue it due to a failed a security clearance.&nbsp; Had I gone through with it, I would have banked as a contractor in Iraq right after 9/11.Possibly take up martial arts, but I had already done that anyway. . . Over the years, I have walked away from a couple good university jobs in Asia teaching American Lit.&nbsp; In a lot of ways, I regret that. lowbudgetballer</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lowbudgetballer, post: 524840, member: 6270"] I'm just about 40. I'm doing ok but would probably change everything about my life. I'm definitely not living on a beach in Southeast with an internet connection and a tube of lube in my pocket. As scorpion said, employment skills. And don't sell yourself short--stay out of low-wage, dead-end jobs. Avoid college, unless it's a community college teaching a trade for the area in which you live. Were I 20 again, I'd try to work oilrigs 3 months on and 3 month off, invest, and spend the 3 off-months partying and raving in Phnom Penh, Koh Phangan, and Goa (all dead in this day and age). Now, I'd probably move to Vegas, Houston, Miami, or Phoenix. And, I'd definitely learn Spanish. I was planning on the military earlier in life, but didn't pursue it due to a failed a security clearance. Had I gone through with it, I would have banked as a contractor in Iraq right after 9/11. Possibly take up martial arts, but I had already done that anyway. . . Over the years, I have walked away from a couple good university jobs in Asia teaching American Lit. In a lot of ways, I regret that. lowbudgetballer [/QUOTE]

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