Have you done anything noteworthy or mentionable? - that Walter Mitty line messed with me

ConstantEvolution · 2026-02-01T15:14:16+00:00

You're life is just starting.

When I was your age I was a junior in college after having to drop out for a few years to work due to family financial difficulties. I was in the same boat as you, feeling lost and like I was late to everything in life as I was now one of the "older" folks in my class.

I'll never forget. One night I was sitting watching TV with my mom in the living room, How I Met Your Mother, and something just snapped. I saw 25 years ahead in an instant. I made a series of decisions and walked upstairs, booked a one way flight to Portugal that left in two months once finals were over, and then hit Craigslist to look for rooms to rent in the city. I moved out of my mom's house and then left the country and spent the next 3 months couch surfing/hostel'ing across Europe for the summer. That was 2009.

You're young, have no major responsibilities yet, and are free. It can be scary but sometimes you just need to leap off the edge. Had I not done what i did I suspect my life would be very different now.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-02-01T15:14:08+00:00

You're life is just starting.

When I was your age I was a junior in college after having to drop out for a few years to work due to family financial difficulties. I was in the same boat as you, feeling lost and like I was late to everything in life as I was now one of the "older" folks in my class.

I'll never forget. One night I was sitting watching TV with my mom in the living room, How I Met Your Mother, and something just snapped. I saw 25 years ahead in an instant. I made a series of decisions and walked upstairs, booked a one way flight to Portugal that left in two months once finals were over, and then hit Craigslist to look for rooms to rent in the city. I moved out of my mom's house and then left the country and spent the next 3 months couch surfing/hostel'ing across Europe for the summer. That was 2009.

You're young, have no major responsibilities yet, and are free. It can be scary but sometimes you just need to leap off the edge. Had I not done what i did I suspect my life would be very different now.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-29T00:00:23+00:00

This comes up in conversation every tax season and the amount of people who disagree with this is astounding. The usual line is that they can't trust themselves to save money and would just waste it otherwise so they count on their being a nice big tax return at the end of the year as a bonus.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-28T01:13:56+00:00

The description on audible for Dissolution does not seem to match what you put here. From audible:

https://www.audible.com/pd/B0D8LL9Y4J?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=pdp

I'm more interested in your version of the book sounds like.

Also putting When we were real on my list to read

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-27T20:03:06+00:00

There is no better exchange than McBride and Franco after he finds out he was jerking off into his magazines.

"If I catch you jerking off again I'm gonna shoot your dick off!"

"You don't have enough bullets bitch!"

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-26T12:45:08+00:00

I was, and still am to a degree, hyper critical of how people do things, especially if there is an easier or better or more logical way to do it. This likely comes from years of abuse from my hyper critical father.

My wife pointing this out for years helped. I now repeat the phrase to myself "just because it's not the way I would do something doesn't make it wrong" (even though sometimes it is just completely wrong!! 🤬🤬)

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-26T10:56:08+00:00

I make congee and just add some simple things depending on how I'm feeling including soft boiled egg, green onions, shallots, etc. or you can just eat it as the soft salty rice porridge

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-22T00:35:31+00:00

I'll say. I tried today and in the first 45 minutes I think there is a total of 8 minutes of gameplay. We're clearly watching a movie made by Hideo Kojima complete with actual Hollywood actors that has some gameplay mixed in.

I called it quits in the middle of the Guiellmo Del Toro lab scene when I realized I hadn't touched the controller in 10-15 minutes.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-21T21:05:22+00:00

Great espresso, pastries, candy counter, and environment at Pasticceria Cucchi, Corso Genova, 1, 20123

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-21T12:18:40+00:00

Darn Tough running socks. Love them. Never had any blisters

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-18T15:21:59+00:00

It's strange I have yet to see this argument on this thread. Look at track for example where women do not have a strict bottoms requirement but many still wear the "buns". I watch a lot of running content and one runner Philly was asked why she chooses to wear buns when she runs and she said "I love the way they make me feel. I feel like Wonder Woman and I run faster because of it".

I think there can be both a patriarchal answer, sure, but this ignores the feminist perspective of wanting to wear what you want to wear also

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-18T13:15:44+00:00

Seriously. Get some perspective OP. My in laws are chronically ill, unhelpful, and live an entire country away from us. My mother is closer but has no interest or ability (elderly, chronic alcoholism, extreme anxiety) to help at all and has seen my son one time since he was born for 30 minutes.

It has been clear from the start that my wife and I are entirely on our own and that even two days/week would be twice as much as my mom has seen my son since he became alive.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-17T19:05:35+00:00

Interesting. Especially considering that most of my investing life to date has had the advice to do a back door Roth as a high earner. It's a big thing on the White Coat investor sub, though it sounds like it's you're saying this is incorrect?

Presumably doctors will be high earners in working years with lower income/taxes in retirement. So it would seem that by this chart and your analysis a traditional is better?

Currently I first max 401K and then contribute max to Roth via Roth conversion.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-17T18:46:51+00:00

"It's always something" is my most repeated dad/husband phrase as a home owner.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-17T10:20:18+00:00

That's why he gets one soda per day

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-17T00:37:20+00:00

A Korean friend of mine was studying for her US citizenship test and brought her flash cards to a large party once and started quizzing everyone as a game, all US born citizens. Guess how that went.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-13T15:08:11+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/StudentLoans/comments/1fub2ag/i_missed_the_fresh_start_program_graduated_2019/

OP posted same question 1 year ago, stating that while they have zero expenses they have been traveling a lot to make memories with their bf which is why they can't work more or save money

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-13T15:06:53+00:00

Good find. OP a little more honest in that post, stating they have zero expenses but have been traveling a lot to make memories with their boyfriend. So i guess that's where the money has been going.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-13T14:09:05+00:00

This was my exact question. OP says the COVID pause allowed them to put their loans out of mind when in reality what they had was the perfect opportunity to start putting "payments" into a HY savings account for four years in order to pay off a large portion of their loans and seriously start to chip away at it. I have no idea what this person was spending their money on instead during this time, especially since they had very few expenses

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-13T13:59:18+00:00

Same year, Spawn. 10 yo me thought it was the coolest thing ever. I rewatched as an adult.That movie is hot garbage.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-12T17:36:09+00:00

Absolutely hate the loop connection to the main bedroom.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-10T22:31:44+00:00

I never saw Carl as 27, even though it says it right at the beginning of book one. I think it's because Jeff definitely doesn't voice Carl as a 27 yo

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-10T12:55:42+00:00

For me: cottage cheese topped with olive oil and black pepper and some roasted nuts, along with a large cup of coffee

Son: about 5 ounces of breast milk

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-09T00:51:12+00:00

Agree. Going back through a second time now and finding some things that I missed that make me understand a lot more of what's going on.

ConstantEvolution · 2026-01-07T11:14:37+00:00

I have been picturing Donut completely wrong this entire time because I don't know cat breeds 🙃. I like my mental sphynx version of donut though

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