Yes, upon that we can all agree. Profit is beyond your ken.
I make money.
No, you don't. By your own admission you're "making" around $5.77 an hour between sustitute teaching and whatever it is you're calling a "business" on the side. Who pays for the roof over your head? Unless you're living under a bridge and posting from the public library, you're already in the hole right there.
- isn’t that the whole point of running a business?
Bless your heart.
“No, you don’t.”
Yes, I do. I make more every month than I spend. That is profit.
“Who pays for the roof over your head?”
I pay 500 a month for a room in an apartment, utilities included. Costs are gas + food. On 1k a month - that leaves me around 2, 300 a month to save. Been doing this for 3 years now. It adds up.
If my expenses are roughly 700 a month and I make 1k a month - I’m doing better than someone who makes 100k a month but spends 105k.
This is simple math. You can make more by working more, or make more by spending less.
What is saving me is the fact that I am debtless - thanks to keeping my spending low and hammering away at my student loans. I bought a used car with my savings, so now I don’t have any car payments, and I don’t have to pay for a bus ticket and pass.
“By your own admission you’re “making” around $5.77 an hour.”
It adds up. Who’s going to fire me? Nobody. Would you rather make 20 dollars an hour working for someone else or 5.77 working for yourself?
I could be making 20/hour but then my livelihood is dependent on my employer. If he makes bad decisions, and the business goes belly up - then so do I - and I’m out of work.
5.77 adds up, everyday, when I get out of bed. I’m never out of work - there’s always something to do for somebody needing something. I can choose whom I want to work for. I can choose when. If I want to work at 4am in the morning - I can work at 4am in the morning. I can work around the clock and go and take time off.
Is it worth it to me to go Galt and work as much as I need? Absolutely. I have more time to do the things I enjoy and the things that are worthwhile. And best of all - I’m covering my own bills. I don’t own anything to anybody anywhere.
And this is a bad thing?