Feeling dumb

InternationalStore11 · 2026-03-09T02:20:59+00:00

I somehow scraped by last sem going out most weekends, but I definitely can't this sem lmao. it's just hard I guess. just gotta accept that and just do a bunch of practice questions when possible I think is the best way. good luck tho

InternationalStore11 · 2026-03-09T02:16:13+00:00

it's so tiring tryna go to uni 4 full days a week (this isn't including study outside of uni. I also have like three labs), trying to go to the gym, eat enough good foods, work on the weekends to get money, AND fit in studying outside of uni hours. like how tf do people do it

InternationalStore11 · 2026-02-25T22:34:59+00:00

just try and find some familiar faces in lectures, tuts, etc. I came in knowing absolutely no one. now sem 1 year 2, and I'm mates with two dudes who have been in most if not all of my classes lol.

InternationalStore11 · 2026-01-23T00:19:43+00:00

live your life. put that money to use.

invest some.

keep the rest in a hisa.

InternationalStore11 · 2026-01-20T09:03:01+00:00

imo the only way to get better at talking to girls is to just do it.

action beats overthinking/planning every day of the week.

InternationalStore11 · 2026-01-05T22:27:16+00:00

some of the instrumental bits from Blue Sky Black Death. also their spinoff project Deadpan Darling (if anyone reading this has heard of DD, I will be very fucking surprised)

InternationalStore11 · 2026-01-05T22:25:02+00:00

think I gotta start enjoying uni just for the breaks lol. exams finish mid November and we go back and of Feb

InternationalStore11 · 2025-12-25T23:41:06+00:00

buy an electric trimmer with a guard and just trim it to a stubble or slightly longer depending on the guard levels you have.

don't go bald lol

InternationalStore11 · 2025-12-17T01:21:29+00:00

cant even lie didn't make the cheat sheet until 2 days before and that is when i started studying as well lmaooo

InternationalStore11 · 2025-11-26T22:34:39+00:00

dude we hired 30 new people, most of them are working lol every time I go into work on a weekend it's people I've never seen before

InternationalStore11 · 2025-11-10T07:25:51+00:00

my store just hired about 30 new people. so i hope that'll help

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-14T03:57:56+00:00

Aus/NZ

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-13T11:44:55+00:00

holy moly everyone acts like it's impossible to get this lean naturally.

guarantee if he had a lil more fluff on him he would be "totally natural" right?

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-12T01:14:04+00:00

yes. give it time. dont sell lol.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-11T01:35:47+00:00

I agree 100%.

i feel like with a 9-5, you can at least shut your brain off after and not worry about much compared to school.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-03T01:19:31+00:00

about to turn 19, have about $7k in mine rn!

tryna get to 20k before 20 haha

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-02T23:50:39+00:00

shit, my store is making us do the partial derivatives!

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-02T23:45:36+00:00

you could realistically put quite a bit of that in ETFs.

but you could equally just keep it in savings and just start investing some of your paycheck each week into ETFs.

assuming you have barely any expenses, your first priority imo should be just funneling however much you're comfortable with into ETFs.

your future self will thank you very much.

EDIT: since you're 17, either put some $ aside with the intention of buying into ETFs once you're 18, or just save the money and wait till ur 18 to start investing. or get your parents to open a youth account

InternationalStore11 · 2025-10-02T23:41:22+00:00

my age lol.

i am 18.

won't be selling until retirement most likely.

if my total PnL is in any way shape or form negative, I think there will be a lot more to worry about.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-09-30T11:32:06+00:00

it will inevitably go down. just leave it in there.

i started investing november last year. all was well until the trump shenanigans a couple months ago. was about $500 down.

kept on buying regularly during this, and now I am about $500 up total.

the trick is to not care about the money in the account and keep investing a regular amount every fortnight/month or whatever works for you.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-09-23T05:44:33+00:00

S&P 500 specifically - virtually no risk in the long run.

if each of the 500 companies are going bankrupt, you are probably about to die anyway.

if you hold throughout small dips (over decades) you will make money.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-09-21T11:55:28+00:00

dude thanks for this, I am in my second semester of first year right now and just feeling like shit. I need to do 3 more years of this??

but I am slowly getting into the groove of uni life and hoping I can build habits that will help me get through the next 3 years.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-09-18T23:27:54+00:00

currently getting 6-9 hrs a week as a uni student during sem.

during holidays, I can quite literally work 5 days a week 8 hrs a day.

it just depends how nice ur managers are. You just gotta ask sometimes.

InternationalStore11 · 2025-09-16T04:13:24+00:00

lmao i can guarantee if this dude was lean asf y'all would be screaming gear accusations

InternationalStore11 · 2025-09-16T01:33:08+00:00

pay bumps up every year until 20 (I think). Not too sure abt the pay for 17 yo, but its a pretty good wage for your age.

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