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Cake day: 10 July 2023

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  • I paid off my house last year at 35yo and have absolutely no regrets. It took just under 8 years. And my interest rate was 2.875%. I didn’t care if I could maybe do better in the market. The peace of mind having a paid off house is priceless. You can’t put a % return on that IMO.

    Now my expenses are so low I’m able to invest $3000/month and I’ll be able to catch up pretty quick to what I may have missed out on since I’m only 36 now an my wife’s 34. No amount of potential gains could make me regret my decision. I sleep well at night



  • I used to absolutely love this feeling until I had kids. Now if I’m waking up in the middle of the night it’s mostly because one of my kids is yelling for something. So when I wake up now during the night I pray it’s as late as possible, so I got more uninterrupted sleep. If I get woken up now and it’s only 1am, I think this could be a long night of several interruptions


  • I love AOC and would love to see her president someday, but the only thing that concerns me is hardly any president ever goes back to Congress after their presidency ends. We haven’t had that happen since the 1800s.

    I feel like there’s still more she can accomplish in Congress now then finish with being the president. I want her around for many years to come and I’d hate it if we only got 8 years of her as president then she steps out of politics. She’s too young with too much to offer for her to peak too early and be out