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Originally Posted by Kaldaien
Thank you, someone finally has something reasonable to contribute.
I have been in a deep depression since my mom passed away ~1 yr ago. I quit my career (software engineer) to take care of her when she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. After she passed, I inherited a lot of money and started living off of stock dividends instead of restarting my career. I am actually somewhat ashamed that I became content to mooch off of stock earnings and not work, because in college I was an over-achieving perfectionist and now I am a lazy slacker living off money I did not earn.
I purchased this car to stretch my budget real thin and pretty much force myself to go back to work to keep from losing money this year. I really did not expect to get so much hate explaining my situation, if I came across as someone who was bragging, I assure you it was not intentional - I thought it was pretty clear I am actually pretty disgusted with the situation I am in. To be accused of bragging was just the final straw for me. |
I gotchya, can't really relate to the living off dividends and inheritance, I've always felt like that stuff should be invested in a way that grows rather than diminishes. Sort of building it for the next family member. However, I've never been in the situation so can only speak of how I think I would react.
Anyway, the part I can relate to is motivation. I work a 100% commission based job. If I have months of reserve and bills paid, I have zero motivation to work. I literally just want to sit around, spend time with the family (not a bad thing) and do nothin! HA. But if I have something to work for or work towards that makes all the difference. This lady Z coming my way is my new motivation. Sounds ridiculous, you'd think providing for the family would be motivation enough, but that's easy...I need something to get the blood flow going!
