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Benjamin Mark's avatar

I never miss the boat because I never get on the boat. There are sharks in them thar waters.

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Linda Ann Robinson's avatar

I do not write on other platforms. I write at Medium for the pleasure of it...and not for the $. If I depended on the little bit of money I earn there each month, I would have starved years ago!

Unlike many folks, I am in a good place, financially. No, do not hit me up for a loan - that's what banks are for. And relatives. LOL. If you hit up your friends for $, you are likely to have fewer friends...try that experiment, and you'll find out for yourself, probably. Hope what I wrote doesn't sound too snarky.

Following my Great Depression era parents' advice when I was a child and then adolescent served me well, i.e., put aside a little bit of money every pay check for a rainy day. Save for retirement. Pay extra on your mortgage every month to retire it before 30 years is up. I did all of those things. Now, I'm comfortable in retirement.

re: "Funny thing about us humans is we’re more loyal to our beliefs than most anything else. The more someone tries to convince us otherwise, the harder we defend our beliefs. What’s worse, we staunchly believe that’s not us!"

A truer statement was never written! Brava.

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