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| LeopoldStotch |
yes working 40+ hours a week is really nothing. But working 50+ hours/week (thankfully that included weekends) for 2 years straight for crappy almost above the national average pay per hour. that does suck. :(
but that's the past now, and today is the present. don't have to do that anymore. long hours yes. but good pay even better. :) |
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| lenazi |
no but it works:p
seriously though jamie, i will want to spend as much time with my kids as i can, but i will also bust my ass so they can go to the best schools and have every opportunity to be successful in life. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Ahhhhh I love my job. Working part time ftw. You know how I know life's hard? It's 11:30 and my toughest decision for the day is what to make for breakfast. :( |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by lenazi
no but it works:p
seriously though jamie, i will want to spend as much time with my kids as i can, but i will also bust my ass so they can go to the best schools and have every opportunity to be successful in life. |
ok well i'm sorry i'm not a harvard grad who plans on working 70 hours a week lol i'm taking the real estate exam next month and i actually have a lot of opportunity/room to grow at this hotel, whether it turns out that i will be the official "property manager" here or the listing agent if they decide to sell the place.
i know i'm not a baller right now, but i do have plans and goals and ambition and so does patrick. we'll be more than ok by the time we have kids:) the last thing on earth i want to do is have kids before i'm financially stable. not a moron like my sister. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Ahhhhh I love my job. Working part time ftw. You know how I know life's hard? It's 11:30 and my toughest decision for the day is what to make for breakfast. :( |
lol |
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| Silky Johnson |
| It's not funny, I'm hungry. :( |
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| lenazi |
i'm not a harvard grad by any means either jamie. I just think it is all about balance. I know people who had all of the love in the world and are great people, but they lacked the funds to be able to start life on a good foot. They got there later on through hard work, which is great, but if i can assure that i will provide an education does not leave my children in debt and they can hit their potential in their early 20's i will have considered the job i have done a good one.
I know what it is like to scratch and claw and be worried where the next rent is coming from, just because i am trying to get ahead. While my kids will understand the value of a dollar and the principles of hard work, i just don't want them to go the same route. |
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| Slylee |
i know what you are saying jay but like i said, i'm going to be working smart, not hard.
you can't sit there and expect what your kids are going to be like. what if you have an emo son who plays the guitar and wants to be a rockstar lol gonna have to roll w/ the punches.
my mother put entirely too much pressure on me growing up. she thought i was some kind of ing genius child just because i was speaking full adult-like sentences and swimming by age 2 lol
all i want for my kids is for them to be happy and if that means them not going to college and joining the military or being the manager of blockbuster, i dont give a . i will not force my own agenda/expectations on them the way my mother did to me. doesn't mean i'm going to let them sit on the couch and smoke weed and mooch off me until they are 40 lol you know what i mean (i hope). |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
you can't sit there and expect what your kids are going to be like. what if you have an emo son who plays the guitar and wants to be a rockstar lol gonna have to roll w/ the punches.
all i want for my kids is for them to be happy and if that means them not going to college and joining the military or being the manager of blockbuster, i dont give a . i will not force my own agenda/expectations on them the way my mother did to me. doesn't mean i'm going to let them sit on the couch and smoke weed and mooch off me until they are 40 lol you know what i mean (i hope). |
Agreed, very well said.
I think as long as you instill the values of passion, drive, work ethic, and accountability in your kids...it doesn't matter what they do or how they get there. The point is that they will have learned what makes them happy and how to go after it/achieve it of their own accord, and NOT to be complacent. |
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| lenazi |
| i can't expect my kids to be a certain way in some sense. (arguable because how you raise your children can shape them), but i sure as hell will be ready for them wanting to kick their life up a notch instead of university rolling around and me being all like, "oh jeeze, i guess i should have saved some money for them so they could go. oh well at least i drove nice cars and didn't put in overtime allowing me to drink more beer and watch football". |
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| Slylee |
well not everyone is cut out for college so i wouldn't try to force my kids to go to college. i think a lot of parents put pressure on their kids to go to college and grad school because it's a reflection of themselves and their parenting. like, "oh yea my son is getting his MBA at bla bla bla" lol
my best friend was a little punk/up for all of his teen years and into his early 20s. came from a dysfunctional family with money and didn't go to college and even had grand theft auto on his record by 19 but he got his act together and now runs a successful ebay business selling high end wheels. he has over 300k in inventory and lives in a fancy high rise in aventura and drives a nice infinity G35. i'd say overall he is a story of "success" and he has never stepped foot on a college campus lol |
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| Scottaculous |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
all i want for my kids is for them to be happy and if that means them not going to college and joining the military or being the manager of blockbuster, i dont give a . i will not force my own agenda/expectations on them the way my mother did to me. doesn't mean i'm going to let them sit on the couch and smoke weed and mooch off me until they are 40 lol you know what i mean (i hope). |
if you don't instill some discipline and work ethic upon your kids in their impressionable years, they will mooch off of you when they are 30. just sayin' |
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