Free at Last!

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Registered: 07-13-2007
Free at Last!
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Fri, 12-28-2007 - 2:22pm

Well, for those who remember my early days you know I had the distinction of filing for bankruptcy. Well as of today I am $150,000 lighter than I was yesterday! ((-:


It is an odd feeling, I have lost my good name . . .THAT is a very big deal to me, but my change in income was in the 60K range, not a recoverable situation. It also is exciting to know I have a clean slate! (Well almost, still owe the IRS 20K or so, but that is EASY!) ((-:


It did leave me during the process in a place that I literally due to process and all not save money, improve what I was making, etc. drifting over a set income level by $500 would have changed the outcome. I had to hold back, not my style! So now it is like the ropes and chains have been removed just in time for the new year. I have already opened a trading account for stocks, and am trying to pick a mutual fund. (Anyone good at this, index fund?) I want to try to pick some small cap value

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Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 3:34pm

Congrats oldjarhead! May your new year bring prosperity and peace! My older brother had to file for personal bankruptcy several years ago.

Mark
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May your soul be at rest.


May your heart remain open.


May you realize your own true nature.


May you be healed.


May you be a source of healing for the world. - a zen prayer






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Registered: 07-13-2007
In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 3:57pm

Well the good news is it CANT be worse than 07! ((-: Well . . .it COULD be .. . LoL But I think 08 will be a great year.


Hows the new GF? (-:


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In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 5:31pm

Thanks on asking about my new girlfriend. Everytime we talk or see each other, our relationship gets richer. What makes me optimistic is how we are able to talk and understand each other. She tells me that she is able to share things with me that she does not even share with her girlfriends and that she feels safe with me. She has her kids every other weekend so I only get to see her every other weekend. Ah well, I guess that makes it better so we don't "overdo" it and allow that time in between so we both can ease into this.

Take care.
Mark
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May your soul be at rest.


May your heart remain open.


May you realize your own true nature.


May you be healed.


May you be a source of healing for the world. - a zen prayer






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In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 5:39pm
That is awesome & a blessing, congratulations!!
5yrssm 
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In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 6:45pm

Ah well, I guess that makes it better so we don't "overdo" it and allow that time in between so we both can ease into this.


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Honeymoon stage. LoL Definitely good times. I'll keep my fingers crossed. (-;

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In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 7:00pm

Looks like the new year is already starting to look up for you :-)


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Thanks. It is in a tangible way. But you know what, every new year is looking up for all of us. (-: Last year was hard, but it took me to a good place, a few good places in fact,

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In reply to: oldjarhead
Fri, 12-28-2007 - 8:20pm

Hey oldjarhead,


Congrats on your new freedom.

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In reply to: oldjarhead
Sat, 12-29-2007 - 12:07pm

Ya know, when I posted to you about the drinking and then you deleted all of your posts the next day, I freaked out a little bit.

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In reply to: oldjarhead
Sat, 12-29-2007 - 1:34pm

It was a culmination of things. I had WAY to much information on the board and over $150,000 at stake. You said something to me that night along with someone else showing me what kind of risk I was placing myself at.


That being said I was about as stressed out as I have been in 20 years, and a bit depressed. (-; I had just lost a great girl and a great job. I was in that "never replace" mind set. Never a healthy place. I have always gone back and forth with drinking. I will go for years doing very little, but too, when I cut lose I drink like a Marine. (-: That translates to putting the average human being under the table while I am warming up. (-: My old boss and I shared something in common, a bottle of Johnny Walker Black was "doable". ((-:


You know the difference between a non drinker and a hard drinker? A twelve pack makes the non drinker pray to the porcelain god, a case makes the hard drinker sit down to drink more.


I made a complete fool of myself a few times this year, and decided that was

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