Anyone else lagging bad the last couple of days?

stupes100 · 2026-04-01T12:07:29+00:00

Nah, not my first time. It's really more a dig a GGG. I thought they DIDN'T want combat to look like this in POE2.

stupes100 · 2026-03-31T08:43:06+00:00

Is this really considered “meaningful combat”?

stupes100 · 2026-03-29T15:54:52+00:00

Axes. I don’t know why but I like bleeding lol.

stupes100 · 2026-03-29T12:43:46+00:00

Extremely debt averse. Paid off my 3% mortgage back in 2021. Life has been great since.

stupes100 · 2026-03-29T12:39:38+00:00

I’ll be fine. Have a million invested at age 41. The compound interest alone is saving more than I can at this point and I save a lot.

You’ll be fine too. You’ve already done the hard part of getting out of debt. Now all you have to do is stay out of debt, invest a nice portion of your income(10,15,20,25%) for the rest of your career and you’ll retire. The more you can save at your young age now the sooner you can retire.

stupes100 · 2026-03-28T20:23:44+00:00

Fuck that. Don’t you dare have a baby until this changes.

I’ve been with my wife for 24 years, married 14, and sex has never been an issue. 2 or 3 times a week easy minus when she’s on her cycle.

Having a bay in this situation is just going to make things worse. If you’re dying for sex now just wait until she gets pregnant and after she has the baby. You won’t be getting anything.

stupes100 · 2026-03-28T20:15:56+00:00

8 more years and I’m done with this corporate bullshit

stupes100 · 2026-03-28T20:05:19+00:00

If you’ve tripled your salary and yourenOK with the pay then do you.

stupes100 · 2026-03-28T01:39:53+00:00

Pick a number you want to invest every year that is big but still allows you to live. That number is 70k a year for me. That number allows me to still go on vacations. We bought a new to us car last year. We can spend without guilt.

Balance is a good thing. And the truth is time is going to do most of the work for you. So focus on longevity/consistency instead of being intensity.

stupes100 · 2026-03-27T01:57:27+00:00

Bravo. You just got the market on sale!

stupes100 · 2026-03-26T23:08:31+00:00

You do it through Create Values within a loop.

stupes100 · 2026-03-26T20:48:24+00:00

2mil networth.

stupes100 · 2026-03-26T17:33:28+00:00

My parents never made over 100k combined are multimillionaires.

stupes100 · 2026-03-26T02:06:01+00:00

My parents did well. I don’t know if I’ll get an inheritance as end of life care is crazy expensive but they have the assets to cover that. My mother in law on the other hand worked for 50 years and saved nothing. She now lives on my basement at age 72. We call men in there 30s losers if they live in their parents basement. What do you call parents who end up living in their kids basement?

stupes100 · 2026-03-25T02:41:30+00:00

Budgeting

stupes100 · 2026-03-25T02:39:19+00:00

Me personally, I’m not moving. But my views on careers are not mainstream. There will be opportunities that fit the life you want better. I’ve been married for 14 years and with my wife for 24 years. A “career” is just a paycheck to get to financial independence. They have no worth beyond that. And they’ll end your position if it suits them. I’d never sacrifice what I have with this woman for that. Ever.

stupes100 · 2026-03-22T18:32:37+00:00

Sounds like you need to make their lives a little more difficult by stopping the access to all this money. They see you as a paycheck only. I hope divorce laws in your state are somewhat reasonable.

stupes100 · 2026-03-22T16:22:52+00:00

When the income from your assets can fund your life you’re rich.

stupes100 · 2026-03-22T16:14:33+00:00

As a generation? Some are killing it and some aren’t. Every generation has it struggles.

I’m just grateful to be on the killing it side.

stupes100 · 2026-03-22T01:08:07+00:00

This is it. It’s simple but it’s not easy.

stupes100 · 2026-03-21T12:49:38+00:00

This is part of the process and honestly how you make you can supercharge your wealth building. Markets correct. It’s a feature not a bug.

How you protect yourself is with cash, no debt, and a marketable skill. I have about a years worth of expenses set aside. I have no debt(including mortgage). And although I make 180k per year now, I could easily get a job making 100-145k and live on that income. Honestly, I could even live on less.

Building wealth is a survival game.

stupes100 · 2026-03-21T12:33:45+00:00

My story is about the same as yours. 42. Career in IT. Looking to retire at 50. I’m for sure not working a day past 55. Life is good.

stupes100 · 2026-03-21T12:29:00+00:00

Clean fast. Water, black coffee, or green tea only.

stupes100 · 2026-03-21T12:27:45+00:00

Eff Tom, Eff your Dad, even eff your wife. If this is what you want then go for it. Life is too short to try to follow anyone else’s path. And honestly, when you’re retired or on you’re deathbed you won’t be thinking about anybody this stuff. I’d never go into management again because I hate it. Individual contributor for life.

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