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2015

#45
Selta said:
His "mysterious" answers and posts are just like the cassanova, Fassa, MIJ-VI, and other attention grabbers that have since disappeared from TB.
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So?

I am posting in order to express myself. How much I can express myself is limited right now. If I am posting to garner attention, and you disapprove, it is a very simple matter to refrain from clicking on the thread.

The only way I will ever disappear from TB is if I die.

And if that is the case, it is most likely murder. Murder most foul.
 
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2014 was bad in some ways and very good in others. I was laid off for 8 months and tried my hand at the life insurance business but found out that it just wasn't me. Spent a good deal of time during the summer helping my folks with things around their house ( lots of painting, etc.) and that was a very rewarding experience and it brought us a lot closer. Finally went back to work in August doing a different kind of work and although it's contract work it appears that I'm going to be there for a very long time. I'm not making that much money but the kind of "rewards" outweigh the lack of funds.

For one, it's 40 hours a week and that feels like a paid vacation. From 1986 through 2013 I worked massive hours doing jobs that were very physical at times (at 61 I can't do that anymore....too many aches) where this job is pretty easy on me. Plus I'm learning new things everyday. I've had it with the high hours. You have no life what so ever doing that. I mean, ya gotta do what ya gotta do (and I did) but you reach a point where you get tired of having no life due to working all the time.

Due to the small paychecks this coming year is going to be a very lean one for me. I already cancelled my cable TV which is no biggie, I found a cheaper phone plan, the heat is lowered and I'm back to eating "musicians soup"........which can actually taste pretty good sometimes!!! But all of this is okay. First and foremost I know I'm still living like a king compared to some people on this planet and praise the Lord for that. But the real light at the end of the tunnel will be in January of 2016 because that will be my last mortgage payment and that is something to look forward to!

So long as I keep working, 2015 will be lean but good at the same time.

I wish all of you the very best in 2015!
 
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Mike M. said:
2014 was bad in some ways and very good in others. I was laid off for 8 months and tried my hand at the life insurance business but found out that it just wasn't me. Spent a good deal of time during the summer helping my folks with things around their house ( lots of painting, etc.) and that was a very rewarding experience and it brought us a lot closer. Finally went back to work in August doing a different kind of work and although it's contract work it appears that I'm going to be there for a very long time. I'm not making that much money but the kind of "rewards" outweigh the lack of funds.

For one, it's 40 hours a week and that feels like a paid vacation. From 1986 through 2013 I worked massive hours doing jobs that were very physical at times (at 61 I can't do that anymore....too many aches) where this job is pretty easy on me. Plus I'm learning new things everyday. I've had it with the high hours. You have no life what so ever doing that. I mean, ya gotta do what ya gotta do (and I did) but you reach a point where you get tired of having no life due to working all the time.

Due to the small paychecks this coming year is going to be a very lean one for me. I already cancelled my cable TV which is no biggie, I found a cheaper phone plan, the heat is lowered and I'm back to eating "musicians soup"........which can actually taste pretty good sometimes!!! But all of this is okay. First and foremost I know I'm still living like a king compared to some people on this planet and praise the Lord for that. But the real light at the end of the tunnel will be in January of 2016 because that will be my last mortgage payment and that is something to look forward to!

So long as I keep working, 2015 will be lean but good at the same time.

I wish all of you the very best in 2015!
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Awesome post my brother
 

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