Originally Posted by
spencerhenry
so let me get this straight, you used to work 7 days a week, 18 hrs a day, 52 weeks a year at $28.87 per hour PLUS hazard/ combat pay?
IF that were true, you were making over $500 per day, or over $3600 per week, or $189,000 per year. IF that were true, and you are out of money less than a year later you obviously do not know how to manage your finances. at almost $200k i would think you would have saved at least $20k or more per year, and or paid off you home and car, and any other debts. but you were probably like alot of other people, thinking that it would last forever, and if it didnt that you would rely on the government to take care of you.
i use to make similiar money to that. i paid off my house, my vehicles, bought lots of machinery and tools that still make me money. i also funded my IRA's to the max, and had alot invested in the market. i lost everything in the market in one day, $135k. i could have thrown in the towel and let someone else take care of me, but i didnt. i continued to bust my ass making as much money as i could. these days i am doing anything i can to get back where i was, including working for $12/hr when i can spraying weeds. i hadnt worked for that little since the 80's, but i made a pledge to myself last winter. "dont turn anything down", and i havent, i am not going to pull $100k or anywhere near it, but i taking care of myself. $12/hr is better than nothing, combined with cutting expenses to the bone, i will survive just fine.
