a massive L to me is living your life by not taking risks because you are more comfortable counting your money beans and watching the compounding interest
There are endless ways to do it. A way I did it was I moved to a cheaper country, started a business, learned a new language, met new friends, and eventually started a family.
Spending $80k in Montreal is the opposite of risk taking.
Perhaps if there was much to show for it, you would have a point. This guy did a lot right, has friends, is physically active, but none of that required spending down $80k.
spending 80k in montreal sounds so much fun, are you kidding me? that place is in touch with its death drive.
jokes aside, sounds like both you and him have valid ways to spend your money. i honestly don't care which is right because either way you're gonna spend that 80k and will ultimately end up dead.
job, family and more. i hire a helper for the housework so that i can get more time for myself. but i live in a country where such helpers are cheap. couldn't do that in europe.
I mean, he did have a safety net and he squandered it.
$80,000 is a great down payment in most places of the USA. You could buy a large country home with a pool and a view in most places of the world with that money.
I like risk takers, but quitting your job and spending all that money isn't actually a risk, it's just kinda lazy.
I'm not trying to be mean. This guy's obviously doing a lot right. He has friends, he's physically active, he has hobbies. But none of these things requires spending down $80k with effectively $0 in income.
Maybe he reads this comment and it lights a fire under his ass. 2 years is too long to get going, bro. You gotta dial in, move faster, and make money in a few weeks tops, or just get a job and slow burn on the side.
