We are similar.
I went to college for engineering. Paid my own way. Went part time and worked part time. Sometimes I ran low on money and took a semester off school to work a full time job on top of my part time job. It took me 10 years to finish with no debt. Then went to grad school. Then got a job as an engineer and got laid off after one year of work.
I was out of work for one year and never filed for unemployment. When my savings dried up, I started using credit cards and survived by transferring credit card balances from one card to the next. I literally lived on beans, ramen noodles, and wonder bread. Eventually I gave up looking for engineer work and took up a trade. It took me over 2 years to get debt free and a comfortable savings once I started working again.
Eventually I became my own boss. And now the economy sucks, I’m going broke(fast), and the government is pulling “eminent domain” on me and is playing hardball. They are doing eminent domain via back door method...threatening to condemn the property and bulldoze it, then pay me what the land is worth.
I thank you for your honesty.
I’m fairly confident there are people on this forum who scream to the mods, scream to JimRob that I’m a pest. That I’m a troll.
And yeah, maybe I live in a world that gives entire respect for ALL that the people who gave up their love, blood, and treasure to promote a dream. And some of my posts don’t reflect the current political climate. But I make no apology. And I won’t back down.