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lookout123 · 09-08-2004, 04:26 PM

they probably couldn't do it over night, but if the goal is important enough to them they can put away a couple of dollars from their current job so that soon they can do it. does this person have a tv? stereo? anything of relative value they may not need in order to start over?

by the way - i did start over a few years ago after a relationship went south. i was in a $25K/annual job with no hope for upward mobility. i quit there and sacked out at in an aquaintance's storage area. (pretty uncomfortable with 110 degree AZ heat) i stayed in there for six weeks until i could get into an apartment. i had no furniture, just my clothes and some dishes. i sold my stereo, tv, bass, and amp to pay the 1st month rent. i started a 100% commission job with good potential (i had no experience in the area, i bluffed my way through the interview) and went from there.

i now live quite comfortably.

edit: my point is that if i can do it, anyone can. i'm sure there are some here that would point out that i'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, i still support bush afterall. its not easy. it is scary. it is embarrassing. but it is possible.

09-08-2004, 04:26 PM	#90
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	they probably couldn't do it over night, but if the goal is important enough to them they can put away a couple of dollars from their current job so that soon they can do it. does this person have a tv? stereo? anything of relative value they may not need in order to start over? by the way - i did start over a few years ago after a relationship went south. i was in a $25K/annual job with no hope for upward mobility. i quit there and sacked out at in an aquaintance's storage area. (pretty uncomfortable with 110 degree AZ heat) i stayed in there for six weeks until i could get into an apartment. i had no furniture, just my clothes and some dishes. i sold my stereo, tv, bass, and amp to pay the 1st month rent. i started a 100% commission job with good potential (i had no experience in the area, i bluffed my way through the interview) and went from there. i now live quite comfortably. edit: my point is that if i can do it, anyone can. i'm sure there are some here that would point out that i'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, i still support bush afterall. its not easy. it is scary. it is embarrassing. but it is possible. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin Last edited by lookout123; 09-08-2004 at 04:29 PM.