I agree 100%. Life is risk and its up to each of us how we manage it.
Security and safety are largely an illusion. Even when we feel safe, we aren't. We are not promised tomorrow.
I might save up and buy a truck. Worst case scenario, I fail and go back to driving for a company. The upside is potential access to outcomes that are simply not possible when driving for a company.
This is all basic logic and reason. The thing about us humans is that we are mostly acting and reacting based on our emotions and feelings, and our emotions and feelings are irrational by their very nature. And the irrational feeling we respond to most powerfully and frequently is fear.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?", said everyone. 6 month update.
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Work out of the house with bills covered till I hit 66.5 and grab my entitlement is my endgame. The opportunity to grow is present now too. I'm thinking refrigerated box truck for local stuff. I have a driver in mind but if not no go on that. Driver first with me. More time to manage Wall Street stuff.
The only way to get here is to be in position to naturally like you can't win if you don't play.
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If you inherited it or won the lottery and that's all you had then no.
I started with 0 and a loan of $2500 and cosigned loan of $8k 25 years ago. And the ability to turn a wrench and a good basic knowledge of the biz.
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@rakusa Looks like you edited your posts like 5 mins before I saw them. What did you say? Anyone else see and can paraphrase?
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