Work Bonus received, what to do with it?

"R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana) 08/25/2015 at 12:44 • Filed to: None

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Buy parts for Land Rover?

Buy mods for FoST?

Buy new TV and Xbone reservation for Forza version?

Buy desktop replacement grade laptop?

Build up-to-date upper range desktop?

Save it?

Post your suggestions here: up to 2k USD in value. Also, ABSOLUTELY NO PROJECT VEHICLES FROM CRAIGSLIST!!!!

McLaren - Money Swag for your time

Alex B > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 12:48

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Save it for a bit, really think about what would make you most satisfied, then purchase it!

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 12:48

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Buy parts for Fix Land Rover?

Buy mods for FoST?

Buy new TV and Xbone reservation for Forza version?

Buy desktop replacement grade laptop?

Build up-to-date upper range desktop?

Save it?

Post your suggestions here: up to 2k USD in value. Also, ABSOLUTELY NO PROJECT VEHICLES FROM CRAIGSLIST!!!!

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 08/25/2015 at 12:49

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FTFM?

Lol, no oddly enough the ole girl is running strong right now.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 12:50

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ABSOLUTELY NO PROJECT VEHICLES FROM CRAIGSLIST!!!!

Tv, maybe.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Alex B 08/25/2015 at 12:51

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I have good savings and generally good financial grounding. This was a completely unexpected bonus in addition to a raise in salary.

Saving it will likely be the end result but my wife wants me to at least come with some ideas to blow it on something for myself.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/25/2015 at 12:51

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Lol, I already have a Land Rover, what more fun/finance-pain-olympics do you want from me?

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/25/2015 at 12:52

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Or also would consider parts donor 2004 Disco’s with true CDL t-cases.

jariten1781 > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 13:01

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Buy bitcoins (is that still a thing?)

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > jariten1781 08/25/2015 at 13:05

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I would never buy bitcoins, but I can do a fair bit of mining for bitcoin hashes.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 13:14

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Buy this http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/5189633102…

Swap the gear box and transfer case into your Disco. The pickup on the transfer case is the same bolt pattern so you can re-use your t-case pickup.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 13:15

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May I recommend beer, energy drinks, pizza, and an N64 party?

GTI Sprinks > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 13:21

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What I did with my bonus: Pay 1 month of car loan, pay back a few months of credit card debt.
Is this how i adult?

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/25/2015 at 13:24

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Mother of God!!

R380 5-speed swap!!!!

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > GTI Sprinks 08/25/2015 at 13:27

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I am approaching 30 and have:

Zero student loan debt

Zero credit card debt

Learn how I did it by clicking this link and work from home with google. i just bought 3 craigslist miatas and 1 carmax range rover “DeMuro” edition.

But I do know the feeling of making adult decisions. I have been working my ass off lately and so I think I might end up getting something just for me.

GTI Sprinks > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 13:39

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No SL debt here, only mild credit card debt (i think most of my debt was accrued when i drop as much as i could from checking on the down payment for the car and ran off cc’s for a month or so to recoup). It’s nothing that’s unmanageable, that’s for sure.

spanfucker retire bitch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 13:46

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Spend half on something you want now. Wisely invest the other half.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 14:05

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PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 14:06

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invest it

...

...

buy porsche

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > spanfucker retire bitch 08/25/2015 at 14:50

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Really, invest right now?

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 08/25/2015 at 14:50

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Ruin all the things!!!

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power 08/25/2015 at 14:51

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Nice~~~~!

spanfucker retire bitch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 14:52

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I didn’t say right now. I said wisely.

RallyWrench > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 15:25

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“Also, ABSOLUTELY NO PROJECT VEHICLES FROM CRAIGSLIST!!!!”

Then there is no pleasing you.

FazeRacer > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 15:55

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Do you have high interest debt? If so pay that off. If not then invest the money. Don’t buy shit with it.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > spanfucker retire bitch 08/25/2015 at 16:12

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ololololol

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > FazeRacer 08/25/2015 at 16:12

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No debt. I don’t think it wise do any investing this year.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > RallyWrench 08/25/2015 at 16:18

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Mmmmm > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 16:21

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You can do what I do and spend 2 weeks looking at all the fun things you could buy with it, then ultimately just put it in a savings account.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Mmmmm 08/25/2015 at 16:22

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Life story over here bub.

FazeRacer > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/25/2015 at 17:51

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Then save the money for later investing. Or even better, watch out for when the market starts recovering and buy cheap.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > FazeRacer 08/25/2015 at 20:48

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Dude, I am literally the least likely person in the whole damned world to begin investing in the stock market. the only investments I want to make are in purchasing and renting out commercial real estate and owning and operating Chick-Fil-a franchises.

I do not believe that the stock market is truly built in a way that normal (re. not pre-existingly wealthy) people such as myself can actually become successful.

orcim > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/26/2015 at 05:56

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It’s kinda easy, really. The are no solutions, advice, etc. available unless it’s you with your situation fully in place, and I’m not you.... so whatever you do, don’t accept anything said here that isn’t *you*. That said, there’s me and what I’d do. Maybe you’d find that useful, maybe not.

I always used these types of things to do something outside of what I’d do normally. Ima weirdo for sure, because I always figured that I’d make what I was interested in work within the normal parameters, not within the bonus parameters. So I’d always take these types of things as a gift and spend them for my future (that I couldn’t see coming). Whether that was things, or experiences, depended. I’ve used both, but in any case, it wasn’t something that I was planning. I used the bonus to *expand* what I would have done normally, not accelerate it (since I always figured the accelerated thing would have happened anyway.)

In my case, that manifested in two ways. In house capabilities that I would never have done without the bonus (in my case, furniture building tech that included being able to cleanly slice a 4’x8’ piece of plywood with a glass smooth cut in any config/angle/whatever) and travel experiences (to places I would never have gone) without the bonus.

But that was me, not you. I’d encourage you to take what you have and spend it on something outside your normal patterns. Patterns are stable, give satisfaction, but are dangerous. They can become ruts. Use the bonus to jack yourself out of the rut of normal behavior whatever that means to you.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > orcim 08/26/2015 at 09:03

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Wow, this is actually the best and most useful tidbit of info I have received in a long while. Thank you.