Signs you are doing well financially.

[lazybloke]

As a student with a delayed grant payment, i carefully calculated that my very first overdraft of £600 would easily get me through the 10 week term.

It didnt even last 10 days!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I am not sure what ’class’ the 29 year old, next to me is. She has never worked, ever.

The idle class, just call her a long term layabout unemployable to wind her up.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It would be nice to have a response from someone who has pissed all their money up the wall, it would provide some balance

Their Internet got cut off.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.” —Socrates

I’ve been content a long time, have invested and continue to invest in my long term health, and will always be richer than those who seek meaning through status and material goods.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

In another note I have a sister in law who hasn’t invested in her health, and whose status was invested in her career. Now she’s retired, she’s lost her perceived status, has failing health, and is miserable.

Always worth pondering what you value, and how you can keep it throughout your life. Some things are worth investing in, others not so much.

 

[Gunk]

“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.” —Socrates

I’ve been content a long time, have invested and continue to invest in my long term health, and will always be richer than those who seek meaning through status and material goods.

I’ve been hard up and happy and well off and happy, prefer well off, not having money worries makes a huge difference.

 

[Reynard]

I think happiness stems from not giving a flying flamingo about what others do or don't have. It's the little things in life that matter the most, anyways, and to quote Ambassador Mollari (Babylon 5, season 1 episode 3 "Born to the Purple") - to hell with appearances.

And @Ming the Merciless is right - you've got to invest in yourself first. Health, wellbeing, that sort of stuff. No point being loaded and miserable as ****

 

[Gunk]

I think happiness stems from not giving a flying flamingo about what others do or don't have. It's the little things in life that matter the most, anyways, and to quote Ambassador Mollari (Babylon 5, season 1 episode 3 "Born to the Purple") - to hell with appearances.

And @Ming the Merciless is right - you've got to invest in yourself first. Health, wellbeing, that sort of stuff. No point being loaded and miserable as ****

I actually think that the whole concept of happiness is a complete con, I have moments and experiences in my life when I’m happy, but to be in a constant state of happiness surely is impossible. personally I have been one of those people who has found life quite hard going, even though I have had a reasonably successful career, a happy marriage with two kids who seem to still seem to quite like me, I find life pretty hard going.

Now at the age of 58 I’m pretty much financially secure, still enjoy a well paid and fulfilling career and don’t really give a shite what people think of me, as more seem to like me than loathe me, but am I happy? no, not really, but I am reasonably contented, and that is enough.

 

[Slick]

I think happiness stems from not giving a flying flamingo about what others do or don't have. It's the little things in life that matter the most, anyways, and to quote Ambassador Mollari (Babylon 5, season 1 episode 3 "Born to the Purple") - to hell with appearances.

And @Ming the Merciless is right - you've got to invest in yourself first. Health, wellbeing, that sort of stuff. No point being loaded and miserable as ****

After Mrs Slick lost her dad, I spent loads of time with my old man and his pals and that was the biggest lesson they taught me in short order. There were a number of others, but that was the first of many.

 

[Slick]

I actually think that the whole concept of happiness is a complete con, I have moments and experiences in my life when I’m happy, but to be in a constant state of happiness surely is impossible. personally I have been one of those people who has found life quite hard going, even though I have had a reasonably successful career, a happy marriage with two kids who seem to still seem to quite like me, I find life pretty hard going.

Now at the age of 58 I’m pretty much financially secure, still enjoy a well paid and fulfilling career and don’t really give a shite what people think of me, as more seem to like me than loathe me, but am I happy? no, not really, but I am reasonably contented, and that is enough.

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that.

 

[Gillstay]

My sign that I am doing well financially is that I eat better quality cake.

 

[Gunk]

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that.

That’s very nice of you, but absolutely no need to feel sorry for me, as I said, I am a reasonably contented person, just not in a state of grinning ear to ear happiness!

 

[rogerzilla]

I have had work colleagues, past and present, who opt out of the pension scheme. This is madness, as they are forfeiting at least 13%, and usually 16%, employer contribution.

They say they'll just keep working. No they won't - they'll end up on disability benefit on their 60s while they wait for their state pension to start, and in both cases they'll be terribly poor.

 

[All uphill]

I actually think that the whole concept of happiness is a complete con, I have moments and experiences in my life when I’m happy, but to be in a constant state of happiness surely is impossible. personally I have been one of those people who has found life quite hard going, even though I have had a reasonably successful career, a happy marriage with two kids who seem to still seem to quite like me, I find life pretty hard going.

Now at the age of 58 I’m pretty much financially secure, still enjoy a well paid and fulfilling career and don’t really give a shite what people think of me, as more seem to like me than loathe me, but am I happy? no, not really, but I am reasonably contented, and that is enough.

"Look for contentment and you may find happiness. Look for happiness and you will never be content"

I just made that up and I'm content with it.

 

[Gunk]

I have had work colleagues, past and present, who opt out of the pension scheme. This is madness, as they are forfeiting at least 13%, and usually 16%, employer contribution.

They say they'll just keep working. No they won't - they'll end up on disability benefit on their 60s while they wait for their state pension to start, and in both cases they'll be terribly poor.

I had a chap work me for 12 years who was like that, he opted out, put in a personal contribution so he could have the same company car as me, great holidays, fancy house, but absolutely no pension provision. Madness!