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Student
- Sep 30, 2024
- 117
Hello, I just wanted to share some advice my father has given me over the years, as he doesn't have bad intentions and I thought that it may be helpful to some of you.
1. For younger adults, your main priority should be your education. It's very difficult to get a career that can support you w/o having a bachelor's. Once you get your degree, you have it for life. It is a security and something you can always fall back on. My father said that he regrets not going to university. He was a self-employed landscaper but he lost his business after he had a nervous breakdown/schizophrenia 10 years ago. He was homeless for a couple of years and felt like he had lost everything. No pension, etc. So, with that said, he emphasizes that financial security is very important in life.
2. No babies (if you want any) until you have a career, a place to live, and have finished your education. Having children is already stressful enough, so imagine having children when you can't even support yourself.
3. Never feel pressured by your spouse to have children. Don't believe that it will bring you closer together or that it can fix a broken relationship.
4. Don't sign loans under your name for your spouse. You don't want to be stuck with someone else's debt. People are unreliable, they can leave you at any time. Also in general avoid accumulating debt. Credit is important.
5. (Not from my father but I heard it from a 92 year old) You become old once you lose your health.
6. NO NICOTINE!
Feel free to add to the list if you want. Sorry if this seems overbearing or annoying
1. For younger adults, your main priority should be your education. It's very difficult to get a career that can support you w/o having a bachelor's. Once you get your degree, you have it for life. It is a security and something you can always fall back on. My father said that he regrets not going to university. He was a self-employed landscaper but he lost his business after he had a nervous breakdown/schizophrenia 10 years ago. He was homeless for a couple of years and felt like he had lost everything. No pension, etc. So, with that said, he emphasizes that financial security is very important in life.
2. No babies (if you want any) until you have a career, a place to live, and have finished your education. Having children is already stressful enough, so imagine having children when you can't even support yourself.
3. Never feel pressured by your spouse to have children. Don't believe that it will bring you closer together or that it can fix a broken relationship.
4. Don't sign loans under your name for your spouse. You don't want to be stuck with someone else's debt. People are unreliable, they can leave you at any time. Also in general avoid accumulating debt. Credit is important.
5. (Not from my father but I heard it from a 92 year old) You become old once you lose your health.
6. NO NICOTINE!
Feel free to add to the list if you want. Sorry if this seems overbearing or annoying
