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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2024
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I got a used motorcycle semi-recently because I was a bit bored and unsatisfied with my life, and I had a bit of money from internships. I'm a college student. Guess I've hit an early midlife crisis, huh.
No no no you must buy a brand new gold wing or harley or you are not "rebel" enough.
Sheesh, the younger generation doesn't understand anything.
The next step of the crisis (if it continues) is probably a Harley... I'm already thrifting leather jackets to look cooler and be more confident...
We're not in Fuck Cars, right?... Okay.
I bought my first new car in 1999. A friend of mine commented that she had no idea what I was going to do for a midlife crisis car. I figured I'd keep it 10 years, then move on.
But here I am, approaching half a century old, and I'm still happy with my car and have zero plans to get rid of it, ever (it's not a daily driver, so it doesn't accumulate that many miles - we usually drive my wife's car for most errands and driving to work).
I am drooling over a new bicycle though...
Guess I've hit an early midlife crisis, huh.
Either that or it's right on time...
Quarter life crises tend to be even worse 😭. Those I know
Moto looks afraid of what's coming
That's...sad in a different way.
That's the capitalist Earth we live on
Hey, that's me. More or less.
I have been living paycheck to paycheck for about two decades but things changed during the pandemic. I got a substantial raise, stopped smoking, and kept the same micro apartment in a high rise for years. I also live alone, refuse to pay for a car, and don't have any children.
So I was able to put some money aside in the last years and now, I take extended vacations (I took 8 weeks this year), I travel, and treat myself with what I want.
My sister wonders how I can afford to take that much time off work to go to different countries and think that I just recently found interest in traveling but really, it's just because I can afford it now.
I had a classmate who stopped smoking. He said he took the first chunk of savings and spent it on a fancy stereo, so it would constantly remind him how much smoking cost.
Not smoking will save you a lot of money!
I switched brands at the beginning of the week. It's going to save me $1300 a year. Now imagine if I quit... Nah.
I think vaping is a good path to get around nicotine cravings.
It's not the nicotine. I swear. I can vape 0% nicotine and it's the same as nicotine vapes. It gives me about a quarter of the comfort and anxiety reduction of a cigarette. Addiction to cigarettes is about the ritual and the motions of smoking. Nicotine is overplayed.
People say vaping doesn't hit as much as cigs (even with nicotine), so they do half and half and wean down until vaping is enough. So with respect to nicotine it's the long term biological addiction.
I can imagine.
You should too. You can do it, I believe in you.
Thanks buddy. I have quit twice, once for over a year. Both times by using vapes. Then shit goes to hell in my life and I pick it back up.
I hear that. It's insidious how it whispers back at you when shit hits the fan, even if you haven't thought about it in months.
I thought so too, then I discovered lego
With enough of them, you can build your own house, though. You'd be stupid not to buy as many as possible. That's just good, common-sense investing.
That is great to hear! Good job on quitting smoking and building up some money!
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