I was part of a startup that went public in 2004. ASAP after the IPO, I sold the stock as fast as legally possible. This move cost me more than I can imagine over the past 16 years. However, I have complete peace of mind and retired at 45. Since I'm lead a fairly conservative lifestyle I'm able to spend my time and money changing the lives of others. Essentially, I traded for lifestyle.
Comment on this if you like. I'm always curious about such things. All opinions presented respectfully are always appreciated.
Listen, you're not going to get second guessing from me. If selling after the 180 day lock up would have put me in retirement, I'd have done the same thing.
Glad to know you're doing something worthwhile with your time as well.
The rational side of me agrees wholeheartedly with the idea of paying your house off, not buying in this market, conservative mortgage, etc.
The sad part of me thinks that rational logic gets screwed...you print money year over year and asset prices go up. Those people get screwed, and the folks that ride that monetary wave up are the ones that own/lever-up to own assets.
We've all been saying in this money printer overtime era we're in, assets will be king.
I was part of a startup that went public in 2004. ASAP after the IPO, I sold the stock as fast as legally possible. This move cost me more than I can imagine over the past 16 years. However, I have complete peace of mind and retired at 45. Since I'm lead a fairly conservative lifestyle I'm able to spend my time and money changing the lives of others. Essentially, I traded for lifestyle.
Comment on this if you like. I'm always curious about such things. All opinions presented respectfully are always appreciated.
Listen, you're not going to get second guessing from me. If selling after the 180 day lock up would have put me in retirement, I'd have done the same thing.
Glad to know you're doing something worthwhile with your time as well.
After a certain point money is nothing other than a way to keep score. Just wasn't a game I'm interested in playing.
I was part of a startup that went public in 2004. ASAP after the IPO, I sold the stock as fast as legally possible. This move cost me more than I can imagine over the past 16 years. However, I have complete peace of mind and retired at 45. Since I'm lead a fairly conservative lifestyle I'm able to spend my time and money changing the lives of others. Essentially, I traded for lifestyle.
Comment on this if you like. I'm always curious about such things. All opinions presented respectfully are always appreciated.
Listen, you're not going to get second guessing from me. If selling after the 180 day lock up would have put me in retirement, I'd have done the same thing.
Glad to know you're doing something worthwhile with your time as well.
After a certain point money is nothing other than a way to keep score. Just wasn't a game I'm interested in playing.
Me either. As a slow strategy guy who has indulged his children, I still work. I could stop now in my early 50s, but I'm not quite where I want to be for that yet, and not really ready to do it in other respects as well.
I was part of a startup that went public in 2004. ASAP after the IPO, I sold the stock as fast as legally possible. This move cost me more than I can imagine over the past 16 years. However, I have complete peace of mind and retired at 45. Since I'm lead a fairly conservative lifestyle I'm able to spend my time and money changing the lives of others. Essentially, I traded for lifestyle.
Comment on this if you like. I'm always curious about such things. All opinions presented respectfully are always appreciated.
Listen, you're not going to get second guessing from me. If selling after the 180 day lock up would have put me in retirement, I'd have done the same thing.
Glad to know you're doing something worthwhile with your time as well.
After a certain point money is nothing other than a way to keep score. Just wasn't a game I'm interested in playing.
Me either. As a slow strategy guy who has indulged his children, I still work. I could stop now in my early 50s, but I'm not quite where I want to be for that yet, and not really ready to do it in other respects as well.
Nothing wrong with that. The biggest problem in making decisions is that everyone has a god and a religion. Most just don't know it.
Got scammed by a friend of a best friend for $5K on some leases in the Balkans. Brilliant move by the guy if shitting over everyone you know in your life for $10 million of leases that are going away now counts. I keep waiting to here about his impending suicide.
So, that’s not bad a loss but it was completely shady but legal and I trusted a best friend on it.
I was part of a startup that went public in 2004. ASAP after the IPO, I sold the stock as fast as legally possible. This move cost me more than I can imagine over the past 16 years. However, I have complete peace of mind and retired at 45. Since I'm lead a fairly conservative lifestyle I'm able to spend my time and money changing the lives of others. Essentially, I traded for lifestyle.
Comment on this if you like. I'm always curious about such things. All opinions presented respectfully are always appreciated.
I think that everyone misses once in a while but you figured it out.
I was part of a startup that went public in 2004. ASAP after the IPO, I sold the stock as fast as legally possible. This move cost me more than I can imagine over the past 16 years. However, I have complete peace of mind and retired at 45. Since I'm lead a fairly conservative lifestyle I'm able to spend my time and money changing the lives of others. Essentially, I traded for lifestyle.
Comment on this if you like. I'm always curious about such things. All opinions presented respectfully are always appreciated.
YOLO, so if it makes you happy do it and don’t look back.
I'll just say that I traded 1 super iconic card for another super iconic card.
The only thing that makes it reasonably close is that the condition of the card I traded wasn't as good as the one that I got back (as part of a sealed complete set) ...
But there's virtually no chance that the Griffey Upper Deck rookie I got back will ever be as valuable as the card I traded/sold to get that set.
I'll just say that I traded 1 super iconic card for another super iconic card.
The only thing that makes it reasonably close is that the condition of the card I traded wasn't as good as the one that I got back (as part of a sealed complete set) ...
But there's virtually no chance that the Griffey Upper Deck rookie I got back will ever be as valuable as the card I traded/sold to get that set.
Along those lines, the worst trade I ever made was putting my initials on every fucking baseball card I had from the late 60's/early 70's.
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Glad to know you're doing something worthwhile with your time as well.
Just wasn't a game I'm interested in playing.
The biggest problem in making decisions is that everyone has a god and a religion.
Most just don't know it.
White men can't jump and Tiger can't see.
In reality its not that great
Although after my 2020 gap year I'm pretty fucking lazy right now
So, that’s not bad a loss but it was completely shady but legal and I trusted a best friend on it.
You also can’t get time back.
I told her to look back for me. Haven't heard back.
I'll just say that I traded 1 super iconic card for another super iconic card.
The only thing that makes it reasonably close is that the condition of the card I traded wasn't as good as the one that I got back (as part of a sealed complete set) ...
But there's virtually no chance that the Griffey Upper Deck rookie I got back will ever be as valuable as the card I traded/sold to get that set.
That was dumb. Really dumb.