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Sneed_is_king t1_j0fp1o9 wrote

Even a 1K bonus would be life-changing for me at this point, but I will never make that much.
Born into poverty, die in poverty for most of us.

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aBoyandHisVacuum t1_j0grsku wrote

You have no idea whats ahead. So many incredible things could happen. You buy a small home on the side of a highway, boom truck flips over and lands on part of your property, company sends a check for 200k. Lifes weird, a Boeing engine jet part lands on your roof. Million dollar settlment. You open a tiny pizza spot and in 10 years your worth over a billion dollars. Or you make an honest living, have like 2 wonderful kids and you die happy, thats more then wealth could ever bring :) im getting off track but keep your head up.

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GettingBetterDaily94 t1_j0i7aqx wrote

This is beautiful, especially the end. Life is funny sometimes

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aBoyandHisVacuum t1_j0i7yg7 wrote

Exactly! Its amazing! The truck story is based on my relative who has a beautiful lil house in california because an oil tanker spilled on some uncles property in the 80s on the east coast. 20 years later they got some huge check. Luckily all really good hard working people so cant hate

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Renaissance_Slacker t1_j0iabxp wrote

I had a co-worker years ago who bought an ice cream stand where two roads met in the boonies. Shortly thereafter he learned that all the surrounding land had been secretly bought up by a developer to build hundreds of executive homes - with his convenience store smack in the middle.

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aBoyandHisVacuum t1_j0idbhd wrote

"That property is worth jack squat, you can have it for 10k" .....12 years later, million dollar commercial property. Heck yeah! I love ice cream. Im sure the builders did too

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Renaissance_Slacker t1_j0ies4e wrote

They were going to tear down the stand and put in a convenience store. The funniest part: when the store was done, he was going to put in a silly DVD rental box from a startup called Netflix.

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ironinside t1_j0ibrc5 wrote

Poverty sucks. The worst thing about it is the almighty limiting belief that there is no one way out.

Personally I failed at getting out of it for years, until I did, one sacrifice, and one step at a time.

In hindsight the most important thing was never giving up, and accepting early I was on a years long road.

But it can be done, if you have basic mental and physical ability. Just not quickly, and we all love “instant gratification.”

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JMSeaTown t1_j0ln8qu wrote

Ya, just give up now, not worth trying to change your path.

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