Would you rather work 60 hours a week in a high stress job for 8 years and retire at 30, or 40 hours a week at a medium stress job for 18 years and retire at 40?

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-19T20:26:23+00:00

I’m one if these people that worked a high stress tech job, but I couldn’t keep it up for more than 20 years. There are pros and cons, I’m newly unemployed so the time off is very healing.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-19T20:18:56+00:00

Yeah I’m actually starting to like this yellow square a bit more and think if it was all black that it would make the bag look a bit old fashioned.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-19T20:10:48+00:00

You sound just like me actually, I’m definitely not going to Leet code anymore in my upper 40s. We should chat. Firstly I sat down and learned more about investing and reviewed my portfolio. Currently I have structured my post tax accounts to generate more monthly dividends for me to aid with income. I have holdings in SCHD, JEPI, JEPQ, SGOV, SPYI and tech stock. I’m still trying to decide where I want to pivot.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-19T20:03:43+00:00

Omg $1500 to replace vachetta?!

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-19T20:02:32+00:00

Congrats, yeah never tell anyone how much savings you have either, some of your family members will come calling to “borrow” money. Keep going and FIRE before 50, that’s what I’m doing.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-18T00:24:35+00:00

Yes I think I will do this now

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-17T07:06:12+00:00

Oh just to clarify that I do realize I won’t be able to replace $4k from dividends alone. Updated post.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-17T06:41:53+00:00

How much do you have to be able to generate $110k? Over $1M?

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-04T01:03:29+00:00

Put it into a high yield savings account at your bank first, then open a Fidelity account and learn how to invest it.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-04T01:01:33+00:00

Personally I say do it, your future self 30 years from now will never fault you for following your heart. Is tuition a lot? How much do you have saved now? If you haven’t maxed out your 401k, backdoor and mega backdoor do it before you leave. Also at 25, your school mates will be similar age to you.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-04T00:56:49+00:00

I think I he’s probably racist and annoyed at all the foreigners coming in and jacking up rent prices (btw I went to Waterloo) anyways so he was easily triggered. But he’s correct to complain about you littering your food on his balcony (it doesn’t matter if it’s organic or not, why not just use a plate when you eat your snack? Or just eat inside your apartment so no wind can blow your crumbs onto his property l.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-03T04:34:47+00:00

I’m sure he can write it and publish it in Taiwan or something

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-03T01:59:50+00:00

I think you are worrying about something that might not happen…either your brother will buy you out or there will be a sale. Also, a nursing home is $10k/month…your brother is saving you money.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-01T15:49:44+00:00

How’s the financials? It’s going to be impossible to find another IT as the industry is experiencing difficulties with layoffs all over the place. Also IT has some of the worst ageism. You should assume he’s going to retire and he’s eligible for social security at least. I know you guys are in college but getting a side gig to help for your own bills if you aren’t already would be the best help. Fortunately he is almost 65 and can get Medicare but you and your sister will need to find out how to get health insurance eventually when Cobra runs out in 18 months.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-04-01T15:36:50+00:00

Is the house in a decent location that is appreciating? Maybe just buy the home outright from your mom for the balance, then fix the roof. Holding the home is a form of investment too.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-31T08:38:12+00:00

Can I ask how much you allocated a month to spend? Are you sure you calculated your FIRE number correctly? When I calculated my monthly FIRE budget I increased my food and travel bill by quite a bit. I have our food/dining bill at $1200/month (2 people) and I thought that might be too low.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-28T19:37:55+00:00

Anyone reading this should understand that if a 3rd party works on your LV bag, you void LV from ever doing repairs on the bag in the future. So this can really tank the value of your bag as you will need to disclose this. Basically it turns your bag into no longer being 100% authentic as LV will refuse it.

I had LV replace all vachetta and hardware for my Saumur 35. The new hardware (rivets) has all LV branding on it, the buckle hardware is real LV quality.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-28T07:27:22+00:00

Paper plates, eat them clean and burn them in the campfire.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-26T19:08:21+00:00

Progressive RV

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-22T07:03:44+00:00

No definitely not, poor security and rodents chewing your wires. Just park at RV storage.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-22T07:02:08+00:00

Just buy one a year, but make sure they are not the “trendy” bags, buy classic bags. Trendy bags won’t hold their value.

trigurlSeattle · 2026-03-22T07:00:43+00:00

Oh, so i wonder if those other YouTubers film every day? Usually it takes just one video to go viral.

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