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It’s insane how only a couple thousand dollars can change your life (srs)
06-09-2026, 09:09 AM
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It’s insane how only a couple thousand dollars can change your life (srs)
Speaking from personal experience. 2025 was a rough year financially. No raise, expenses went up. I was living paycheck to paycheck.
Then in December I got a Christmas bonus of roughly $2500. Obviously not a crazy amount of money, yet it was enough to build a small emergency fund, restart my brokerage account, pay off the little bit of credit card debt I was carrying and travel to visit my mother out of state.
Less than the amount of a single biweekly paycheck was enough to bring very beneficial blessings and push me ahead pretty significantly. Literally from being dead broke right before the deposit hit my account.
Now it’s June and most of that cushion has evaporated. I’ve had to pay for small car repairs and things, but my investments continue, so that measly bonus is still paying off in a sense.
And last Christmas wasn’t the first time this happened. Years ago I had about $3k saved and was able to start an Amazon FBA business with it.
It just made me reflect on how much I could accomplish if I simply had a respectable income. I’ve never been bad with money, I just never made enough of it. My father taught me how to hold down a steady job and be a respectable member of society, but not how to get ahead in this cutthroat world, so once again I say, being born poor was the worst thing to ever happen to me in my entire life.
Imagine what I could achieve if I made $10k tomorrow.
Guess I gotta keep hustlin cuz.
Then in December I got a Christmas bonus of roughly $2500. Obviously not a crazy amount of money, yet it was enough to build a small emergency fund, restart my brokerage account, pay off the little bit of credit card debt I was carrying and travel to visit my mother out of state.
Less than the amount of a single biweekly paycheck was enough to bring very beneficial blessings and push me ahead pretty significantly. Literally from being dead broke right before the deposit hit my account.
Now it’s June and most of that cushion has evaporated. I’ve had to pay for small car repairs and things, but my investments continue, so that measly bonus is still paying off in a sense.
And last Christmas wasn’t the first time this happened. Years ago I had about $3k saved and was able to start an Amazon FBA business with it.
It just made me reflect on how much I could accomplish if I simply had a respectable income. I’ve never been bad with money, I just never made enough of it. My father taught me how to hold down a steady job and be a respectable member of society, but not how to get ahead in this cutthroat world, so once again I say, being born poor was the worst thing to ever happen to me in my entire life.
Imagine what I could achieve if I made $10k tomorrow.
Guess I gotta keep hustlin cuz.
06-09-2026, 09:14 AM
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When you're struggling, it seems almost like a life changer, especially to stress levels and confidence
When you're doing OK, it's a nice bit of extra spending money
When you're doing well, it's barely noticeable
It's crazy how much the value changes based on your current situation
When you're doing OK, it's a nice bit of extra spending money
When you're doing well, it's barely noticeable
It's crazy how much the value changes based on your current situation
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06-09-2026, 09:15 AM
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Keep hustling cuz
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06-09-2026, 09:23 AM
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Did you mean a couple hundred thousand?
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Originally Posted By SuperHercules⏩
A wise man once said having moneys not everything not having it is
When you're struggling, it seems almost like a life changer, especially to stress levels and confidence
When you're doing OK, it's a nice bit of extra spending money
When you're doing well, it's barely noticeable
It's crazy how much the value changes based on your current situation
When you're doing OK, it's a nice bit of extra spending money
When you're doing well, it's barely noticeable
It's crazy how much the value changes based on your current situation
06-09-2026, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
How'd you go about making an extra $1k/month?
I used to pull an extra G or so per month, just between Amazon and eBay as well OP. After a while, it was no longer worth my time, but I'm sure it's still possible. That extra cushion does feel nice
That would help me out a ton in regards to paying debt.
Why's you stop?
06-09-2026, 09:51 AM
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$10k cash would be nice. $25k even better. Just to pay off debt.
Debt can ruin your life easily.
Debt can ruin your life easily.
06-09-2026, 09:55 AM
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Please keep a 3-6 month emergency fund and invest after that is established. Then you won't enter this rollercoaster every time you blow a fuse or roll your ankle. For the legitimate safety of your office space co workers you need to be financially stable as to avoid the whole postal outcome.
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06-09-2026, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted By Basedbabyy⏩
I've been on both ends at various times in my life. I had no different feeling between kind of poor and rich, but moments of struggling were a different feeling. A person can still enjoy life in moments of poverty though, especially if you aren't alone. I can't imagine being down and out with nobody, that would truly suck
A wise man once said having moneys not everything not having it is
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06-09-2026, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Dropshipping and thrift stores. I'd go to 5-6 different thrift stores per week. Had a list of things I would buy routinely and ship them off either to amazon or list on eBay. The other part was just finding things that were selling well on Amazon and then finding those products selling for cheaper somewhere else. List it on Amazon and pocket the difference. One of my best selling products was dick pills srs. Called 'Extenze' or some chit. They were selling for much cheaper on their website than they were on Amazon.
How'd you go about making an extra $1k/month?
That would help me out a ton in regards to paying debt.
Why's you stop?
That would help me out a ton in regards to paying debt.
Why's you stop?
Stopped because while this all sounds easy, it's very time consuming and I make way more just focusing on my regular job.
06-09-2026, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
Mirin hard. I chose the private label route because retail arbitrage was a real hustle. You had to get out there and hunt for products. With private label it was more work upfront, but once my Chinese manufacturer finished the first shipment, I just sat back and collected. A little bit of marketing too, but overall it was very passive income.
Dropshipping and thrift stores. I'd go to 5-6 different thrift stores per week. Had a list of things I would buy routinely and ship them off either to amazon or list on eBay. The other part was just finding things that were selling well on Amazon and then finding those products selling for cheaper somewhere else. List it on Amazon and pocket the difference. One of my best selling products was dick pills srs. Called 'Extenze' or some chit. They were selling for much cheaper on their website than they were on Amazon.
Stopped because while this all sounds easy, it's very time consuming and I make way more just focusing on my regular job.
Stopped because while this all sounds easy, it's very time consuming and I make way more just focusing on my regular job.
What sucks is these methods aren’t really attainable anymore for the average person. There was an Amazon FBA thread on old misc from 2014ish where brahs would literally order junk from Alibaba like generic fidget spinners for literal pennies and resell them on Amazon for huge markups. It was like printing money. Then the Chinese figured out the game and undercut all of the American sellers. The opportunity became overly saturated and now it takes tens of thousands of dollars and branding to actually break through.
Also, I remember those Extenze commercials when I was growing up. Or what is Enzyte. Either way they hsed to display them at the gas station counters and one time when we were 15 or so, my friend bought a pack and took a bunch of pills. He wasn’t about to get laid. He just wanted to see what would happen. Apparently nothing.
06-09-2026, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted By GuineaDago585⏩
No, you are bad with money. Buying a car and apartment you can’t afford. Buying $40 pizzas you can’t afford. Going out on weekends when u can’t afford it. You are in the stupid group of ppl that would get ravaged by lifestyle creep if u ever did make 10k more. You are bad with money. Dont blame anyone else
I’ve never been bad with money, I just never made enough of it. My father taught me how to hold down a steady job and be a respectable member of society, but not how to get ahead in this cutthroat world, so once again I say, being born poor was the worst thing to ever happen to me in my entire life.
Imagine what I could achieve if I made $10k tomorrow.
Guess I gotta keep hustlin cuz.
Imagine what I could achieve if I made $10k tomorrow.
Guess I gotta keep hustlin cuz.
06-09-2026, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs⏩
My car has been paid off for nearly 4 years lmao and I don’t go out at all. The $40 pizza thread was a classic on new misc but honestly I’ll only indulge 1-2 times per year because it’s delicious.
No, you are bad with money. Buying a car and apartment you can’t afford. Buying $40 pizzas you can’t afford. Going out on weekends when u can’t afford it. You are in the stupid group of ppl that would get ravaged by lifestyle creep if u ever did make 10k more. You are bad with money. Dont blame anyone else
The only point I’ll concede is that I stretch my budget razor thin to live in a nice luxury apartment, but the reason I do so is that I refuse to live in the conditions I was raised in. I grew up in the hood. I got jumped in my teens and robbed at gunpoint in my early 20s. I’m sick of petty crime and ghetto bullshit, so I made sure I could live in one of the safest suburbs at whatever cost it takes. And I’ll never go back srs.
Your perception of me is stuck in like 2021 boyo.
06-09-2026, 10:44 AM
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I need a $150K to be debt free and relax . Was thinking of doing a Go Fund Me . Just tell a really good life story about how much of a fk up I am and a financial idiot lol . To think if a few hundred thousand people gave me just one dollar , how it would change my life .
Would be interesting to see how it goes , probably just a bunch of roast comments lol
Would be interesting to see how it goes , probably just a bunch of roast comments lol
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Originally Posted By GuineaDago585⏩
i could easily save $1k/mo in ur shoes. $2k/mo if i really wanted to get cheeky
My car has been paid off for nearly 4 years lmao and I don’t go out at all. The $40 pizza thread was a classic on new misc but honestly I’ll only indulge 1-2 times per year because it’s delicious.
The only point I’ll concede is that I stretch my budget razor thin to live in a nice luxury apartment, but the reason I do so is that I refuse to live in the conditions I was raised in. I grew up in the hood. I got jumped in my teens and robbed at gunpoint in my early 20s. I’m sick of petty crime and ghetto bullshit, so I made sure I could live in one of the safest suburbs at whatever cost it takes. And I’ll never go back srs.
Your perception of me is stuck in like 2021 boyo.
The only point I’ll concede is that I stretch my budget razor thin to live in a nice luxury apartment, but the reason I do so is that I refuse to live in the conditions I was raised in. I grew up in the hood. I got jumped in my teens and robbed at gunpoint in my early 20s. I’m sick of petty crime and ghetto bullshit, so I made sure I could live in one of the safest suburbs at whatever cost it takes. And I’ll never go back srs.
Your perception of me is stuck in like 2021 boyo.
06-09-2026, 12:46 PM
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You should be paying off all of your credit card debt before investing. That debt likely carries interest around 20-30%.
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Originally Posted By MajorTendonitis⏩
Brb, stealin dis idea. Will report bakkk.
I need a $150K to be debt free and relax . Was thinking of doing a Go Fund Me . Just tell a really good life story about how much of a fk up I am and a financial idiot lol . To think if a few hundred thousand people gave me just one dollar , how it would change my life .
Would be interesting to see how it goes , probably just a bunch of roast comments lol
Would be interesting to see how it goes , probably just a bunch of roast comments lol
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs⏩
You're a gambler though. From what we've seen from CSB, that's far more damaging than $40 pizzas.
i could easily save $1k/mo in ur shoes. $2k/mo if i really wanted to get cheeky
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Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
Why u call me csb
You're a gambler though. From what we've seen from CSB, that's far more damaging than $40 pizzas.
I’m not that geek
edit: u referring to my crypto?
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs⏩
That's not what he said boyo now i'm suspicious that u ARE him
Why u call me csb
I’m not that geek
I’m not that geek
or maybe that was 4d chess on ur part
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Originally Posted By explosiveMidget⏩
o dam i got reading comprehension mogged by midget
That's not what he said boyo now i'm suspicious that u ARE him
or maybe that was 4d chess on ur part
or maybe that was 4d chess on ur part
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Originally Posted By dropped40lbs⏩
this should make u reevaluate ur entire life m8
o dam i got reading comprehension mogged by midget
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i know the feeling! the last 6 years at the company i'm at, we had no commission at all, living paycheck to paycheck. Now we just got new owners in Feburary and they got us on a commission plan like we should be on, I've already made an extra 18k so far compared to last year!
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Originally Posted By MajorTendonitis⏩
$150k is life changing for a lot of people. Basically a new slate.
I need a $150K to be debt free and relax . Was thinking of doing a Go Fund Me . Just tell a really good life story about how much of a fk up I am and a financial idiot lol . To think if a few hundred thousand people gave me just one dollar , how it would change my life .
Would be interesting to see how it goes , probably just a bunch of roast comments lol
Would be interesting to see how it goes , probably just a bunch of roast comments lol
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