Thread: Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do what you love.

Good one - i liked the quote at the end which sums up so many people of the world.

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Good one - i liked the quote at the end which sums up so many people of the world.

Only those whom have been infected...

Good watch during breakfast. "Stuff" is a trap.

Selling off the "stuff" and moving on from the suck-the-life-out-of-you job and lifestyle I once had was the best thing ever. So many old friends could not fathom why someone would do such a thing.


There is a very funny Albert Brooks movie about a couple who did this, Lost in America. Doesn't end well for them, though.

Oh yeah, I think this is obligatory in threads like this:

Originally Posted by thailazer

"Stuff" is a trap.

I feel the same way. "Stuff" and "things" are a burden to me.

I sold my things in storage a few years ago: furniture, lawn mower, dining room table, etc.

Everything I own can be fitted into two suitcases/large bags. It's mostly clothes.

I save and spend on experiences. The rest is in the bank. The world is mine.

^That's why you're back in the States? Not enough money in the bank? Yet?

Several times in my life i have sold up and moved on.

Then shit accumulates again, each time by accident, but each time less meaningful than the time before.

I don't do debt anymore - not even credit cards.

Happy to know i don't need much, and can get by.

"I bend the system over a table, and nail it up the arse."
Withnall, age 87.

Originally Posted by barbaro

The world is mine.

And you're..err..back in the states.

Typically snaff.

I feel the most happy and free whilst travelling on me moto. Just carrying the bare essentials.

Had lots of toys, but my backpack was always in the corner, couldn't carry it, you couldn't own it.
57 now, a backpack is still in the corner.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Originally Posted by barbaro

The world is mine.

And you're..err..back in the states.

Typically snaff.

I am taking a stint in the US.

Is that bad? No.

Why? Because it depends on the circumstances.

I have a FICO (credit score) of 811. Job. 0 debt.

I will save, not much, but I will save (and I brought My Asian savings with me).

And yes, I will return to Asia (or somewhere else) in 2 years - IF - I choose to.

It's about choice.

The....world....is....mine.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Had lots of toys, but my backpack was always in the corner, couldn't carry it, you couldn't own it.
57 now, a backpack is still in the corner.

F*cking post of the year for me!

Originally Posted by barbaro

The....world....is....mine.

That, the car you live in and the milk moustache

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by barbaro

The....world....is....mine.

That, the car you live in and the milk moustache

Yup.

The world, and the car I live, but I don't have a milk moustache.

Don't really have much "stuff" of value, nothing that couldn't be left behind and for all the other stuff of sentimental value, kept with friends/family.

Don't have any debt aside from incoming household bills - never had a loan, never had a credit card, everything I own is bought and paid for. I'm a "live within my means" type of person, not an "aspirational wanker buying things I can't afford on the never never" type of person.

So yeah, I could jack my job tomorrow, sell my few saleable possessions and do what I love - namely travelling the world, spending my hard-earned wisely on wine, women and song. But, and it's a big but, once I'd burned through my savings I'd be back at square one.

I'm at the stage of life, early thirties, where I need to be building my nest egg in order to pursue my future dreams. I've already had a good go on the swings in Asia during the prime of my youth, I've already chucked everything out to up sticks to the other side of the world.

Don't regret it, best experience of my life, but with hindsight it set me back in my "real" life plans a bit. Nose to the grindstone time for me, has been for the last few years, but my eye is always on the future. 5,10,20 year plans...

At some stage, once I'm financially set and comfortable, I shall say "Fuck this" and go off on my merry way, riding into the sunset to pastures new.

Until then, I intend to graft my fucking nuts off to save for my own future. Fuck working until I'm 70 for a pittance of a state pension!

Originally Posted by barbaro

I am taking a stint in the US.

Is that bad? No.

No.

Just weird to be talking as if you're a wayfaring adventurer at this point.

But, like I said...

Originally Posted by cyrille

Originally Posted by barbaro

I am taking a stint in the US.

Is that bad? No.

No.

Just weird to be talking as if you're a wayfaring adventurer at this point.

But, like I said...

I am debt free. Option exist.

On another note, although I like TD, I probably will take a break from all Asian forums because I am starting up here in the US and want to get my head mentally "here," if that makes sense.

Emulating this dude? Reality is different. Life is not a movie. When you're old and pissing dust and have nothing you will no doubt look back and think 'What the funk was I thinking?'

https://vimeo.com/13841434

Originally Posted by Optimus Prime

Emulating this dude? Reality is different. Life is not a movie. When you're old and pissing dust and have nothing you will no doubt look back and think 'What the funk was I thinking?'

https://vimeo.com/13841434

We don't need "things" or "stuff" when we are old.

We will however need.....money.

Stuff is not money nor are things investments.