I'm NOT Ballin!!! Who Else Is With Me?
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This reminds me of when I went to Dallas a few months ago for a business trip. I was having a quick bite at Whataburger and I swear it felt like it was a "I'm NOT Ballin" convention in there.
Guy after guy would pull in clean ass bimmers and audi's but when they come out the car they would be wearing the most casual clothes. Dressing down is a great way to humble yourself ballin or not.
Guy after guy would pull in clean ass bimmers and audi's but when they come out the car they would be wearing the most casual clothes. Dressing down is a great way to humble yourself ballin or not.
- Bills paid, no monthly debt other than utilities.
- My current 1600 sq. ft. craftsman style house remodeled with top quality materials.
- A Lexus 250 IS AWD for my 40th bday next year, heck it can even slightly used.
- A little bit of traveling every year.
- Money to help out my nieces and nephews as they go off to college.
That's happiness right there for me. I don't need fancy watches and jewelry, $80,000 cars and mansions. Hubby and I have spent so much of our married life struggling and never taking vacations that just being able to sleep at night not worrying about how bills will be paid and a trip to a nice beach each summer will feel like heaven to me.
My grandparents were also very frugal people (lived through the Great Depression) and a lot of their ways rubbed off on me.
- My current 1600 sq. ft. craftsman style house remodeled with top quality materials.
- A Lexus 250 IS AWD for my 40th bday next year, heck it can even slightly used.
- A little bit of traveling every year.
- Money to help out my nieces and nephews as they go off to college.
That's happiness right there for me. I don't need fancy watches and jewelry, $80,000 cars and mansions. Hubby and I have spent so much of our married life struggling and never taking vacations that just being able to sleep at night not worrying about how bills will be paid and a trip to a nice beach each summer will feel like heaven to me.
My grandparents were also very frugal people (lived through the Great Depression) and a lot of their ways rubbed off on me.
I'm not religious bra. Just saying that saving up assets in good times is always a good option, which you seem to agree with.
Theres a saying in portugal that says: The guy with 1 eye is king in a country full of blind people.
Means that if you have a good amount of $$ and assets saved up during a bad period, you will obviously be able to get shit for cheap when everybody else is broke.
You not ballin because you are wasting time reading reading and not acting...
I use to be just like that up until last month where i finally brainstormed and initiated a method that is making me 5k month @ minimum.....
Brainstorm, test, test, test.....Thats the key to ballin
I use to be just like that up until last month where i finally brainstormed and initiated a method that is making me 5k month @ minimum.....
Brainstorm, test, test, test.....Thats the key to ballin
So if you're only making 5k a month how are you going to explain to somebody how to make 7k?
I'm about ready to spend 6g's on a new roof for my house..tell me that shit ain't ballin enough. Oh I forgot to tell you all it's 14 karat Platniminium and shines like an icicle.
If you got the money and want to get all the bling, more power to you. But don't come cryin when you're broke ass has nothing but a Maybach and a Cartier after you get your house foreclosed on with nothing in the checking account.
You learn these lessons when you go from making $20-$30k a month to $2500 a month in the span of 45 days. It's easy to think the gravy train is going to last forever, and not plan for the bad times. But when you've got a family to feed and a house payment +, you make damn sure that you've got some backup money buried in the backyard like Erect said.
Nothing wrong with having nice things, especially when you've worked hard for them. But just because you make bank, doesn't automatically mean you know how to responsibly manage it. Most don't and end up wondering where it all went.
If you got the money and want to get all the bling, more power to you. But don't come cryin when you're broke ass has nothing but a Maybach and a Cartier after you get your house foreclosed on with nothing in the checking account.
You learn these lessons when you go from making $20-$30k a month to $2500 a month in the span of 45 days. It's easy to think the gravy train is going to last forever, and not plan for the bad times. But when you've got a family to feed and a house payment +, you make damn sure that you've got some backup money buried in the backyard like Erect said.
Nothing wrong with having nice things, especially when you've worked hard for them. But just because you make bank, doesn't automatically mean you know how to responsibly manage it. Most don't and end up wondering where it all went.
One lesson I've learned about life is this: shit goes well for a little while, then someone else's shit comes along and fucks up your shit. Shit hits the fan at that point, and if you haven't saved your shit when you were making a shit load, you end up in some deep ass shit.
No offense, but I have days where I net more than that.
Reading comprehension is a skill.
Agreed. I went from 21K in October of 2008 to $1,100 in June of 2009.
It was in June of 2009 I learned the true value of money.
Only in its absence does money teach a lesson.
So just to confirm, because I think it's awesome, you're a female (on the internet...) with a sig link to BlowjobTechniques.net ?
I want to meet your hubby so I can tell him:
He owns Marquis Jets, and in his most recent documentary (I think i saw it on cnbc) hes still got the one home.
Spanish shingle, roofin' like a baller!
Composite shingles, roofin' like a wage slave:
Cardboard, roofin' like the homeless:
Great article. Ive been reading a lot of psychology articles lately and found some useful info, already implementing it.