Comments on: Living an Intentional Life

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:46 +0000

I have to wonder why Minimum Wage even bothers reading these blogs. Regardless of the blog, regardless of the topic; his comments are nothing but negative arguments. We get it already, either you are broke like so many of the rest of us, or you have some strange obsession with painting all broke people with the victim brush. Its a constant, why bother, or what if you don’t have enough money, etc. Thats his answer for everything. Sometimes life sucks, but the whole point of these blogs is to learn and build. Even if you don’t move the boulder, it is better to atleast try and push it out of the way rather than sit in the dirt and gripe about it. I don’t mean to sound hateful, but so many of us are in holes that seem inpossible to climb out of, and in fact may be, but it is worthless to fight for the negative attitude, its a losing battle. Even small steps count. If you can only save $2 dollars a week in a coffee can until you can open an interest bearing savings account, its progress. It might seem worthless, but its heading in the right direction. When I became serious about taking control of my finances, I decided that hell or high water, I would make it. Even if I don’t make it, its assured I won’t if I tell myself I can’t.

By: kitty

kitty — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:44:42 +0000

MW, you could be intentional about finding some other ways to make money. E.g. getting a better job – if you tried, maybe analyzing why you failed; getting some other income. E.g. have your own blog, sell stuff on ebay, etc. Some data entry jobs pay $15 an hour. I know it is hard when you aren’t young but immigrants who come to the US at that age often find jobs that pay more than minimum wage.

Tried posting your resume here for example: http://www.retirementjobs.com/
What about law clerk or a secretary or a technical writer? Your writing ability should count for something. A daughter of a friend of mine who has an English degree worked as a paralegal for a while.

By: Dividend growth investor

Dividend growth investor — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:47:00 +0000

I agree that you need to be open to new ideas. The problem is that there are so many financial crooks out there, that people are used to using anyones advice with a grain of salt. Sometimes they might not do a smart financial decision ( use credit cards that pay you back for your recurrent spending) but they would avoid doing something stupid (like buying a 5% load mutual fund).

By: Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:29:07 +0000

Doesn’t the idea of being intentional require dispisable income? If every dollar is constrained into subsistence, there is no intention to it.

By: Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck

Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:04:10 +0000

Amen. As Yogi Berra once said “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going because you might not get there.”

I’d also add to your list of people to listen to besides your peers: your elders. They’ve been through a lot of what we’re going through, albeit with different words to describe it and with less zeros in the calculations.