I Am Broke, and Will Most Likely Stay That Way
Will I ever have the money mindset and learn the financial lessons I need to become wealthy and successful?
I’m just a poor boy
Nobody loves me
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity! — Queen
For exactly one year of my life, I earned what most would consider good money. According to my tax returns, after bonuses, I made $113,561.21 — almost 9.5k per month!
But here is the thing; I still remember never having any money!
First, I made some idiotic decisions. I borrowed $40k at high interest in a second mortgage to fix up the house I just bought, but I still remember much of it spent at the mall. We did get all new paint and carpet, and our furniture was fancy, but day after day, our bank balance shrunk down by impulse purchases and Christmas shopping.
We also leased a fancy meat freezer and paid $1K a month to keep it stocked with fine cuts of beef.
Then there were the credit card bills and a few other items my ex-wife bought on high-interest credit that ate into our earnings.
