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If I was going to save and be a cheap fuck I wouldn't make the money I made.

Save so you can be poor or spend so you can make more?

What's your mentality?
 


OP no offence but you sound like an idiot who'll be broke and wondering where it all went wrong when the good times leave town.
 
Invest how much you deem reasonable to start the business/keep it afloat/expand it.

After all the question about how much to invest (and IF to invest) boils down to what you want to achieve and how soon/badly you want it. Being a cheap fuck in the early days is not always necessary as it can lead to errors, delays and low quality outputs.

But prior even thinking about investing big you need a validation i.e. you need to know whether there is a market and customer wanting/needing your product. That means you need to be able to ship out your minimum viable product to early adopters or "testers", get a confirmation that they are willing to throw their dollars at you and then go back to the development/product stage. Now you can think about creating your own custom Wordpress theme for your e-commerce shop, adding more sophisticated features/design to the product etc. etc.

Read "The Lean Startup" and "Four Steps to the Epiphany"
 
OP, live below your means with intent to live like a rich fucker after you achieve wealth - mj demarco.

also, you babble like a retard. lern 2 wisdom
 
OP, you save so you have something left for the rainy day for yourself, and maybe for your family if you care a little. You can always borrow or beg on a rainy day, but doing that is really stressful. or maybe I'm just a minimalist and pessimist retard
 
I don't pay attention to psychological time bullshit. The "save some hope shit works out as it should" blah blah. Because that's for lazy fuckers who want to set themselves up good and not work ever again. If that's your goal then you're doing it all wrong. Long term happiness and overall satisfaction comes from complete presence in the moment, not fucking planning, not being stuck in your head; but putting your energy in reality that you're grounded into, going hard at it. No one can take that magic away from you.

No im not high.
 
eliquid said:
You good sir have it all wrong.

Nothing ever manifested itself without proper planning.

1. Taking a trip
2. Rome
3. etc
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I understand where you're coming from. My point of view on the points you made though:

1. Always end up having more fun when I let myself go with the flow on a trip, talking to new people, exploring places spontaneously, doing things outside of tourist schedule and anticipation.

2. Bricks take work to put together together and build a house/building, streets, statues, cities. Of course you have to take a little time to consider the possibilities and outcome of your actions (especially when making decisions that affect people in the long term), but outside of that it's mostly action on top of action. Little improvements that make up for a big picture.

Prove me wrong?
 
eliquid said:
You good sir have it all wrong.

Nothing ever manifested itself without proper planning.

1. Taking a trip
2. Rome
3. etc
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throw a dart at a map, pack a backpack, buy a ticket. planning is for bitches.
 
@eliquid @kumansk

you're both right. you have to plan. set a ship off to the seas without a plan and it'll end up shipwrecked. the problem with always planning is you never live life, and the problem with living life without a plan is that you live a purposeless life. the trick is to spend a little time into careful planning, and once you're done with the plan, don't ever go back into planning mode. live life completely in the present according to your plan.

for example, i've spent a good few months planning my life, and during those months i was not doing jack shit, but after my plan was complete, i live every single day in the moment according to my plan. safe sex, marijuana, spontaneous trips with random people, and eating out, and many other fun activities are all in my plan, and i wouldn't have it any other way B]

i've tried living life in both 100% plan/careful mode and 100% yolo/do whatever the fuck you want/talk to random girls on the street mode, and they both suck because with the former you might as well be dead and with the latter, that shit only lasts several months before you realize how deep in shit you are since you had no foresight to the consequences of your actions (example, i got mixed up with some girls who were batshit crazy, which i didnt realize until after i got out of that mess, and i went to so many pointless parties and dragged my friends along and then they failed their studies. oh and the drugs. alcohol and speed fucked me up really hard. got boring af after a while too)
 
eliquid said:
You good sir have it all wrong.

Nothing ever manifested itself without proper planning.

1. Taking a trip
2. Rome
3. etc
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For life, maybe you're right, but to address #1/

Most fun trip I ever took was completely unplanned. I was playing black ops zombies at 2am one January with a buddy and out of no where I said "man, I'd love to have a good water fight", to which my buddy replied "It's fucking -4 out there". I said, "Not in Cali", set down my controller, text'd my brother, and we left the next morning. Road tripped out, camped, surfed, and just chilled.

Best trip I've ever taken.
 
gbmack said:
the problem with always planning is you never live life, and the problem with living life without a plan is that you live a purposeless life.
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Just reading that I can tell you got life by the balls. Beside that I think its wack when idiots idolize that limitless movie pop a pill and turn into a monster bullshit.

I've been there though. Things that shaped my reality more than anything beside what you listed, meditation 2x daily (its like a presence exercise and youre not playing bullshit games with ur mind), quality sleep, proper nutrition, minimalism, exercise/park walks. It all falls together so perfectly when take full control of your reality and soon realize you can shape/influence others reality as well.

also:

wayn3 said:
throw a dart at a map, pack a backpack, buy a ticket. planning is for bitches.
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kumansk said:
I understand where you're coming from. My point of view on the points you made though:

1. Always end up having more fun when I let myself go with the flow on a trip, talking to new people, exploring places spontaneously, doing things outside of tourist schedule and anticipation.

2. Bricks take work to put together together and build a house/building, streets, statues, cities. Of course you have to take a little time to consider the possibilities and outcome of your actions (especially when making decisions that affect people in the long term), but outside of that it's mostly action on top of action. Little improvements that make up for a big picture.

Prove me wrong?
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You rank a site, waste 6 months and bitch brings 100$ per month, you are fucking screwed without planning.

Planning a trip: You to go Italy on January, most of the fun shit is closed, you waste money, time and see 30% and enjoy your trip only 30%, life if to short not to plan things ahead. Man without a plan is nobody, that's my opinion.

Why business people like to ask whats your plan for the next 5 years ? If you dont have a plan, you go no where, no where leads to ... and so on and on.

Without a plan I made so much dumb mistakes, its not even funny.
 
vaizbunas said:
You rank a site, waste 6 months and bitch brings 100$ per month, you are fucking screwed without planning.

Planning a trip: You to go Italy on January, most of the fun shit is closed, you waste money, time and see 30% and enjoy your trip only 30%, life if to short not to plan things ahead. Man without a plan is nobody, that's my opinion.

Why business people like to ask whats your plan for the next 5 years ? If you dont have a plan, you go no where, no where leads to ... and so on and on.

Without a plan I made so much dumb mistakes, its not even funny.
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Someone confused a plan for purpose.
 
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