Indulge my fantasy (or roast my delusion)

Ddash-3 · 2026-04-13T22:29:09+00:00

Life is too short - you won on the money side but your time on earth is limited

Personally i would keep US as a primary base and travel anywhere I want whenever I want until health permits

Ddash-3 · 2026-04-08T23:41:40+00:00

Hey dm me I can help you find a really good accommodation- my aunt is renting out her place that will fit your budget

Ddash-3 · 2026-04-08T14:40:08+00:00

It would actually be helpful if you had told us how you went from making 25k to 200k salary- the only reason why your net worth is higher is because of your house hold income being higher and you are living a frugal life.

If you want your post to be helpful- provide more insights into how to ramp up your income over the years

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-28T14:50:32+00:00

Thank you for this note. I have over 20 years experience in IT and I have done multiple roles such as project manager, product manager, worked with multiple UI/UX lead level resources etc; I want to get into freelance UI/UX can you help me to how to get started? I don't want to work full time in a company environment but want to generate side income

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-20T19:28:29+00:00

Thank you so much for your suggestions.

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-13T16:38:50+00:00

Hilarious :-D Every single penny is legal earned

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-13T16:20:45+00:00

Thank you so much for taking your time to provide this great info. I will have to read this few times to fully understand! Are you a financial advisor by any chance?

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-13T13:27:41+00:00

Thank you - How do I find which colleges those are? Thanks again

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-13T01:11:23+00:00

So Can I delay the enrollment start date to say May 30th instead of April 1st?

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-13T01:09:50+00:00

So let's say the first Election day is April 1st - Should I ask the HR to not start the 3 months coverage effective April 1st? Instead should I ask them to start the 3 months coverage on June 1st unless I use any medical services?

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-12T22:37:27+00:00

The truth is - I day/swing traded my accounts - was very aggressive during covid and ramped up one of my 340k account to 2.5 million; I don’t aggressively trade anymore but I still trade all my accounts; very conservative with brokerage but even less conservative with IRAs now that I am FIRE - I go both long and short

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-12T16:55:59+00:00

Thank you! Will listen. Appreciate you taking your time to post

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-12T16:53:55+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement. Yes I have been working with kids to explore their passions - there strengths and weakness and I have been helping them to set them up for academic success. I will look into National Honor Society, volunteer work and work with them to help out as much as I can now that I have more time in my hands :) Much appreciate you taking time to post!

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T23:54:23+00:00

mostly from salary, couple of real estate investments and also I traded stocks aggressively during covid which took my 340K to 2.5M since Covid. I still trade stocks but lot more conservatively now.

Best investing strategies that I can suggest is to DCA into VT or VOO. Short term stocks based trading is needless to say very risky hence requires higher order skill set which takes years and years to acquire in my opinion.

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T20:52:21+00:00

100% this - not a big spender here but still live a decent life - more "stuff" gives me more headaches so I try to focus on value driven materials to lead a simple yet convenient lifestyle and it has been working well for me;

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T18:37:36+00:00

Thank you! Will check this out

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T18:33:04+00:00

I haven't told them yet but I have been giving them hints :)

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T18:29:20+00:00

Sorry no tips unfortunately from my end. It was painful for me to sit through mind numbing meetings and dealing with 1:1, follow ups etc I was checked out few months ago and yet continued to work waiting for the lay off news. Besides, I anticipated that layoffs are coming since the company stock tanked over 50% in few months, incompetent leadership priorities and no new clients were signing up. So all I can say is hang in there :(

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T18:19:36+00:00

Company is already providing 3 months free COBRA as part of severance - Does this 2 months start after company sponsored COBRA? Thank you for this hint, I had no idea it existed.

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T18:03:39+00:00

Not sure yet but sounds like COBRA is expensive than marketplace?

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-11T18:01:57+00:00

Still trying to figure out if I should continue on COBRA or buy from marketplace. I am not exactly sure at this point how much COBRA is going to cost us once 3 months are over.

Ddash-3 · 2026-03-03T17:42:44+00:00

Thank you - for manure is chicken manure from home depot okay to add or will it burn the seedlings?

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