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I should've finished with how it hit me: that I found the statement pretty powerful because, indeed, most of everything that had gone wrong or been stressful in
by ajkjk 10y ago
I should've finished with how it hit me: that I found the statement pretty powerful because, indeed, most of everything that had gone wrong or been stressful in my life that year was in that file. It was a reminder of how fortunate I've been.
- mixmastamyk 10y agoYes, not looking for sympathy but as a note for others. Recently a loved one of mine passed away very quickly, which I missed, and it put everything in perspective. No amount of money in the world (times ten) can fix such a mistake.
- ianai 10y agoI'm sorry for your loss. There's much more to the world than money. There's also many more ways to make a mistake than financial misfortunes.
- int_19h 10y agoI have to say, this all sounds extremely familiar. I didn't reach the same conclusion by consciously tracking expenses; it was actually in the process of fixing of one of those mistakes by throwing money at it when it suddenly hit me: "What would I be doing right now if I were living paycheck to paycheck? That would have been much, much more painful. Oh..."