Minimum Wage Ninja

When I was drinking a beer, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was chasing skirts, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was playing games, the rich were out there getting richer.  When I was educating myself, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was at church, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was learning how to defend myself, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was trying to impress my boss, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was fighting the punk who elbowed me in a basketball game, the rich were out there getting richer. When I was just surviving, the rich were out there getting richer. That's what they do.  Its time to seriously consider what I'm doing and why it ain't getting richer.

There is a disturbing trend I see among the self help books. They are all full of BS phrases like "you've got to make a choice to get rich," or "if you're in poverty it is because you didn't want riches enough." Just shut up. I didn't sit down and make a choice to live in poverty.  I choose to do the right things to get rich. I didn't sit down and make a choice to be fat.  I chose to do the right things to be fit. I didn't sit down and make a choice to be single.  I chose to do what I was supposed to do to be popular. And I sure as heck didn't sit down and say "Gee, today I'm going to be as irresponsible as possible and hurt myself and my family as much as possible."  Heck no. So if you got nothing better to say then "You control your own actions" or "You chose to have a heart attack" then just shut up.  Quit writing books.  Quit giving speeches.  Go away, you're not helping me. Yeah I kn...

I've heard it my whole life, that you go to work for a good company, and then that company is supposed to take care of you and your career.  The good paying job is there because as you look after your companies wants, they look after your wants. But I just haven't encountered it yet. When I worked at Walmart I saved them over $140,000 in shrink and made them over $150,000 selling additional items to customers that wouldn't have otherwise thought to buy the items.  What did that get me?  A forty cent raise. While working at my current job I've saved them over a quarter million dollar in inventory that would otherwise have been scrapped.  I've put in no less then 60 hours a week for over a year and a half and never missed a second.  This has also got me a forty cent raise. So no, doing a good job will not get you rewarded.  It will not move you to early retirement.  It just doesn't matter how much money you make someone else, they will not give y...

My mother always said that I needed to go to college to get a good paying job.  My father said that he wouldn't give me a dime to go to college. It was the next mandatory task that I was supposed to do.  I had a meeting with my guidance counselor and the dean of admissions of an in state private school.  They promised me that if I went to their college and graduated that I would be able to get out of poverty.  That just by graduating the college would give me a good paying job in my chosen career field.  And due to my many scholarships, including a full ride, the college costs would be covered. But it was a lie.  The college took my scholarship money and never applied it to me.  The college didn't teach me what I wanted to learn.  The college never gave me a job.  All the college does for me is to call me up and ask for donations.  That is reality. They are there to make a profit off of you, because they think young people without ...

There is one thing that we all need.  Everyone is doing it.  If you go without for a few days, then the desire to get some will overwhelm you. That thing is drinking water. Now most people wrap their water up in a plastic cup.  But have you considered using your hands?  If not, then it is time to unleash the beast.  There is something mindblowingly primal about drinking with your hands. The correct technique is to clasp your hands together like you've just clapped.  Open them 45 degrees and dip them in the water.  Quickly bring that water to your mouth as fast as possible!  Be refreshed.  Build that arm strength.  Enjoy life. The math is supportive of this.  A good plastic cup will run you like a dollar at the discount store.  Yet that same dollar if invested for 100 years at 10% will end up being $13,780.61.  That's enough money for a solid gold cup! $73 dollars invested at 10% for 100 years will end up bei...

For days I've been watching the Dave Ramsey Show video clips on Youtube.   I really hate this stuff.  There is nothing worse then hearing the story of someone who does not get what they had coming.  I played by the rules, I did things the right way, yet I didn't succeed and don't have any hope left of doing so.  But these people who screwed off all their life and got into over half a million dollars in debt are given the opportunity to turn it around within a few years?  What about us people who did everything correctly, why's that not my opportunity huh? Perhaps its a character default of mine.  But who cares? What I've come to realize while watching this show is that life is fair to these people after all.  Sure they screwed up.  But they also did what they had to do to get out of their messes.  I suppose that's fair.   It is amazing how many people appear to not actually be aware of the decisions that they are making. ...

I'm going to share the masterful two account plan.   All you need for life is two accounts.  One account is a savings, and the other account is a checkings. The purpose of the savings account is to hold your emergency money.  Find a penny on the ground?  Put it in the savings.  Pawn some stuff?  Put it in the savings. You want to pretend this money doesn't exist.  Don't let anyone know about it.  Its only purpose is to handle the emergencies that pop up, such as going to the hospital. The other account is the checking's account.  Everything else in your financial life should go through this account.   Got paid an insurance claim?  Put it in the checking's account. Sued someone and won?  Put it in the checking's account. Need to pay rent?  Pay them from the checking's account.   Got a paycheck?  Put what you can in the checking's account.   Need to buy groceries?  Only if there...