tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post2372553867581319503..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: damn—where'd Monday go?Kevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-5310591437176324072016-07-05T23:05:33.305+09:002016-07-05T23:05:33.305+09:00All good things come to those who wait. Glad it i...All good things come to those who wait. Glad it is all coming together. Better late than never...John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614775172062071697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-57578021485422454332016-07-05T14:10:25.897+09:002016-07-05T14:10:25.897+09:00I hear you, Henry. Good advice.I hear you, Henry. Good advice.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-63856923159392332892016-07-05T14:08:53.179+09:002016-07-05T14:08:53.179+09:00Kevin,
If I may, I offer some advice (as a friend...Kevin,<br /><br />If I may, I offer some advice (as a friend) that I learned in the school of hard knocks: Do not relax once you become debt free. If that happens by age 50, you will barely have enough time to provide for your retirement as a senior citizen (past the age of 65). Just do it.TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-34240131525647100612016-07-05T12:18:11.233+09:002016-07-05T12:18:11.233+09:00Henry,
"How did you acquire such huge debts?...Henry,<br /><br /><b>"How did you acquire such huge debts?"</b><br /><br />Stupidity, mostly.<br /><br />I received a full scholarship when I went to grad school at Catholic University. It paid for everything. However, like all grad students, I also received a financial-aid loan package. Had I been smart, I'd have turned that package down, gotten a job, and worked while studying. Instead, I reasoned ("reasoned" really ought to be in scare quotes) that it'd be better for me to commit fully to studying, so I ended up making the biggest financial mistake of my life: I accepted the loan package and used it to pay my rent and living expenses over my grad-school career. This put me tens of thousands of dollars in debt.<br /><br />I have <i>literally</i> been paying for that mistake ever since. Lately, I've been climbing out of that hole, and I'll be completely debt-free before I turn 50 in 2019. Better late than never, I guess, right? And being debt-free will put me ahead of most of the US populace, most of whom have never learned how to manage their money. For me, this has been a costly lesson, in more ways than one.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-65149894208142942432016-07-05T12:02:57.799+09:002016-07-05T12:02:57.799+09:00How did you acquire such huge debts, Kev? I assume...How did you acquire such huge debts, Kev? I assume I'm not out of line in asking since you are willing to discuss them on your blog?TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.com