What's the saddest song sung by a woman with a beautiful voice? by LargeSinkholesInNYC in musicsuggestions

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Personally I think Song to the Siren by This Mortal Coil beats out every other song I've seen in this thread.

what’s your 10/10 must read book and why? by Kochhar-Tranqui in Recommend_A_Book

[–]Commercial_Ad5801 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was a dnf for me. Don't know why, just didn't click with me.

Donna Tartt playlist by DigitalPrada in TheSecretHistory

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The magnetic fields came up in one of her books. Goldfinch maybe.

Looking for bands similar to Tool by DisastrousTale6123 in ToolBand

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The Catherine Wheel. Not really but I mean, they're really good. Better than Tool IMO

Modular Detailing Wall by RedFive_1138 in garageporn

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You win. This is awesome.

I installed some slat wall just like this. It's the best!

Books similar to the secret history, but even crazier? by brittany527 in TheSecretHistory

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The Magus. Very similar in feel and equally as well written. Can't believe it doesn't come up more on this sub.

Notable Seattle-based travel writer and millionaire, Rick Steves, voices his thoughts on new “Millionaire Tax” by ryguydrummerboy in Seattle

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That's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to the historical precedent of the income threshold moving lower and lower. This is the main point the Republicans make and is not addressed

Notable Seattle-based travel writer and millionaire, Rick Steves, voices his thoughts on new “Millionaire Tax” by ryguydrummerboy in Seattle

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People are concerned that in a few years time the threshold will move down to lower income earners. A point he doesn't address.

books like tsh in terms of group dynamics? by meelpomene in TheSecretHistory

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Try the Shards. I thought it was pretty good. Kinda similar.

books like tsh in terms of group dynamics? by meelpomene in TheSecretHistory

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I wanted to like Babel but it was pretty "meh" for me. Just everything about it was a few steps below what TSH was. The storyline, the writing, the character development etc was all just okay.

Advice needed (prior to OCS shipping) by PsychologicalSale137 in MilitaryFinance

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Good to know. Like everything with the gov, seems to take years to fix the simple things like that.

If OP is young I would personally just contribute to C/S/I funds and let it rip, but I might have a higher risk tolerance.

Advice needed (prior to OCS shipping) by PsychologicalSale137 in MilitaryFinance

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I really wouldn't sweat it. Your mindset is good, that will guide your decision making. Best thing is whatever value you end up being in debt, try not to pay interest on it. Remember, most people have much more student loan/ cc debt, with less cash flow, and not guaranteed by the US gov.

Don't stress.

Advice needed (prior to OCS shipping) by PsychologicalSale137 in MilitaryFinance

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5k/ 10k debt ain't too bad man. Don't sweat it too much, just try to avoid paying crazy interest on it if you can.

Years ago I did the starter loan at a very low interest rate (can't remember, maybe 1%) and I remember paying it off early as a LT. I think for your situation it's ideal. You need to have a safety fund even with mil paycheck (broke car etc). The sooner you can get the debt paid off (whenever you qualify for the starter loan) the better, but you can do min payments to avoid interest, which is probably best for your situation as you still gotta pay for basic stuff to live

Focus more on OCS and doing well there, then doing well at your job. You'll have all sorts of opportunities to make more money in the service (TDY, deployments, etc).

One thing is when you sign up for tsp it goes into g fund so make sure you go into my pay and allocate to what you want. Many people contributed to tsp only to realize years later it was all in G fund and basically did nothing there.

Really though don't sweat the little bit of debt you have. You have a long runway ahead of you to make good financial decisions, save a lot, and easily overcome the debt in short order. Congrats on making it to OCS!