I’ve told this to smokers all my life. By quitting cigars they could have 2 extra ice creams plus some cheetos every day. Yeah those were my metrics when I started, I refuse to change them.
Funny thing is I actually lived that life. I was a heroin addict, I got to the point of needing $200-$300 daily to get me by. Part of my motivation for quitting was the thought that I would have so much money for whatever once I kicked the habit… and once I got off the shit, I no longer had that kind of money. I guess I wasn’t desperate enough to figure out schemes to make that much every day. So this meme is bullshit! I thank the gods I didn’t end up a prostitute at least… but I would probably have more money if I did. Damn it.
Out of curiosity - what schemes were you cooking up for that kind of money? Given that you said you didnt end up a prostitute the obvious answer is out lol
I was a functioning addict, and had a job where I was able to tweak the records here and there to make more every day than I should have… by a couple hundred. It was amazing how incompetent the boss man was.
It’s definitely not, at least by my math. 300/8 (for an 8 hour day) is 37.5 an hour. 40 hours a week makes this 1,500. 52 weeks in a year is 78,000. A much lower number.
I think the real benefit is discovering what it is like to be in a pure and absolute state of desperation trying to find enough money to get the next fix.
You could become a heroin addict, or a CEO that is about to report during earnings season. There is little to distinguish the two when you look at it.
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