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post 1692589623 10-30-2023, 11:38 PM
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You're fired from your job - how long can you survive?

Without going into debt, selling your car/items, destroying your retirement accounts, moving in with friends/family... how long do you think you could survive? Assume no severance package, maybe one more paycheck though.

For me, probably 20 months if I'm frugal (no delivery, no restaurants, just groceries, cut the booze, cancel some subscriptions maybe). Feels good. The cure to work related anxiety is to know that you're not actually pharked due to being paycheck-to-paycheck.
post 1692589783 10-30-2023, 11:48 PM
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indefinitely.

Feels good to have house paid off.

Meanwhile so many idiots driving flash cars and showing off, wouldn't last a month.
post 1692589863 10-30-2023, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted By KBurn⏩
indefinitely.

Feels good to have house paid off.

Meanwhile so many idiots driving flash cars and showing off, wouldn't last a month.
Do you have sufficient passive income to cover the bills / taxes / insurance / groceries / emergencies you think? Just curious. My dream is to have a paid off house eventually, hopefully before 40. But I'd imagine you'd still need $1500/mo or more even with zero mortgage/rent.
post 1692589933 10-30-2023, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted By Visel⏩
Do you have sufficient passive income to cover the bills / taxes / insurance / groceries / emergencies you think? Just curious. My dream is to have a paid off house eventually, hopefully before 40. But I'd imagine you'd still need $1500/mo or more even with zero mortgage/rent.
Not enough yet.

I can live off the dole very comfortably tho.

Just working for my kid now, nothing else.
post 1692589973 10-31-2023, 12:00 AM
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~4 years
post 1692590323 10-31-2023, 12:25 AM
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Around 5 years living how I live now without touching stonks

If I'm really frugal maybe 6 years
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post 1692590543 10-31-2023, 12:43 AM
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For life with $75k withdrawal rate. But I don't think it's enough to retire.
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post 1692590623 10-31-2023, 12:50 AM
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if I get fired I'm getting severance and monthly unemployment lol

such is life for Europoor ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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post 1692590713 10-31-2023, 01:00 AM
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itt op doesnโ€™t realize weโ€™re all billionaires.
I loe e.
post 1692590803 10-31-2023, 01:07 AM
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I'd be fine lol
post 1692590833 10-31-2023, 01:09 AM
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you should be able to access those things though, because if **** got real youd do those things.
post 1692590893 10-31-2023, 01:19 AM
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Is sex work allowed?
post 1692591103 10-31-2023, 01:37 AM
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My โ€œside hustleโ€ makes 2-3 times pre-tax what I make from my day job

If I got fired theyโ€™d have to pay me a very fat redundancy cheque and Iโ€™d actually have more time to work on the business

Think Iโ€™ll be ok
post 1692591373 10-31-2023, 02:05 AM
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i can retire at anytime , so for the rest of my life

i work because: i only do 5-10 hours per week, i actually like what i do and the people i work with, i can stack cash.

Ironically now i have a large diposable income i cannot think of anything i want to spend it on!
post 1692591763 10-31-2023, 02:33 AM
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Long enough not to take a vaccine
post 1692592113 10-31-2023, 03:05 AM
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Long enough to find a new job easily.
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post 1692592443 10-31-2023, 03:44 AM
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I would have to downgrade some things but I can remain autonomous without a job.
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post 1692593483 10-31-2023, 04:59 AM
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Not that long. Due to several reasons my finances haven't been in a place where I can exactly save a lot. I'm trying to fix that and it will probably in the next two years, but if something happens between that time I'd have to make some adjustments to say the least. There are many things I could do to make money. A lot of tools and equipment that most don't have as well as the skill set most don't have and it's in demand. Not saying it wouldn't be a struggle or that things would be that good, but I'd survive.
post 1692594113 10-31-2023, 05:37 AM
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I dont have to work now. The only reason Im still working is to be able to fully retire in 8 years and live off investments.
post 1692594283 10-31-2023, 05:43 AM
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About 6 months; If I cut all needless spending and budgeted maybe a year.
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post 1692597213 10-31-2023, 07:35 AM
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I could go a year to year and half, wouldn't like to but I could I had to
post 1692598173 10-31-2023, 07:57 AM
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Indefinitely

My wife and I set ourselvels up to only need 1 of our incomes to pay all bills/living expenses. Would we have to tighten up a bit...sure, but the way we are set up both of us don't need to work. No more double & triple mortgage and car payments, cut back on travel and such.

Low cost of living area, bought a house for $220k @ 2.8% when we were approved for up to $810k, 1 car payment of $600/month @ 0%....no other debt.
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Could survive long after death srs
post 1692598323 10-31-2023, 08:01 AM
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Probably around 12-15 years
post 1692598533 10-31-2023, 08:07 AM
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Indefinitely.
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Without tapping into anything? 0 weeks

Selling one of the houses, clearing out the retirement account, tapping into credit lines? Probably like 6 years

I don't sit on cash
post 1692599153 10-31-2023, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted By Destor⏩
Selling one of the houses, clearing out the retirement account, tapping into credit lines? Probably like 6 years
how the fuk would that only get you 6 years?

srs
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post 1692599693 10-31-2023, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted By TokenV⏩
how the fuk would that only get you 6 years?

srs
Might be more than that realistically but my main house is $70k/year just in mortgage and property tax, the two houses together are almost $100k/year

Could extend it a lot by selling the new house and downgrading
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14 years of I stayed on budget
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Probably 2 or 3 years but definitely wouldn't want to do that
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