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I'm normally rather careless with money too... I earn far more than I need to live quite comfortably on a normal basis, there's rarely a month where I spend any
by balabaster 8y ago
I'm normally rather careless with money too... I earn far more than I need to live quite comfortably on a normal basis, there's rarely a month where I spend anywhere close to what comes in. But when I do want something, I don't think twice about buying it.
Recently I've been shoveling it into a long term project that will hopefully pay dividends in the longer term, but the jury's presently out on whether that will actually come to fruition. Time will tell.
I agree, not everyone can afford to live as frivolous a lifestyle. I've been very fortunate to have had the choices and opportunities I have to be able to make headway. I try never to take that for granted, because it doesn't take too many wrong moves and you're the one trying to scrape your way to get above the poverty line again.
- akulbe 8y agoOut of curiosity, what kind of work do you do?
- balabaster 8y agoI'm pretty much a jack of all trades. My professional expertise and where I've spent the majority of my career is in software engineering, systems architecture, devops and test automation. In what little spare time I have I'm co-founder and instructor for an educational organic farm which means I'm often playing carpenter, mechanic and vet as well as being a full time Dad.
- akulbe 8y agoWould love to talk with you more. Do you blog somewhere? I have an email in my profile.
- balabaster 8y agoI haven't blogged in 100 years. My email is on my profile too, feel free to hit me up.
- akulbe 8y agoIf it is, it's not visible. This is what I see: https://www.dropbox.com/s/go1ybpig05afqd6/no_email_listed.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/go1ybpig05afqd6/no_email_listed.pn...