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Eric Vance Walton
@ericvancewalton
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Write. Save. Travel. Repeat.
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
Thanks! I'd highly recommend striking out on your own as early as possible. You're so right about time being the most valuable thing. I'm far from retired now but I enjoy my waking hours SO much more.
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
I feel the same way as your friend. It totally was the unknowns that kept me from doing it earlier. The big caveat for me was healthcare. Thankfully the Affordable Care Act was passed, otherwise having
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
I appreciate that, thanks! It's great that you still enjoy your job that much! I didn't. I had hit a glass ceiling many years before I left in 2017 and wasn't really going anywhere beyond the position
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
Thank you! Yes I did. They made my wife and I do identity verification interviews and submit all kinds of paperwork. The thing that was the most confusing was how to fill out the paperwork—we were receiving
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
Yes! There's nothing like it. I'm not sure how brave I was, it was a very frightening thing to do. Everything lined up perfectly in 2017. I was working on a streaming series that got funded by investors,
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
Yes, there's so much to wake up from! We work so hard to impress those above us when we work corporate jobs. So often they give us just enough so we don't quit.
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RE: The Simulation Had Other Plans
Thank you! It's the same way here with our Social Security program. We have age-limits for collecting based on birth year. I can begin collecting that at a reduced rate when I turn 62 or wait until I'm
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RE: weak men, big guns
I really think that politician's children and grandchildren should be forced to serve in the military—not just cushy desk-jockey positions where they never have to put their lives on the line. I think
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RE: KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #206/ Abundance flows ♾️
Thank you!
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RE: First Day in the Office After Maui Vacation
I mainly meant infrastructure-wise. That sounds like a once in a lifetime opportunity to vacation there for less. My wife and I are seriously considering making it a stop on the way to Tokyo. It makes
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RE: Fishy fianances
Yes, we're seeing those credit card processing fees everywhere but big corporate stores as well. I've heard that's actually hurting credit card companies as people are waking up to realize having to pay
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RE: First Day in the Office After Maui Vacation
My brother said the same thing about the food! It's on my list, for sure. We have a friend in Tokyo who's been asking us to visit Hawaii would be a perfect stop on the way there. Great to know about the
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RE: KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #206/ Abundance flows ♾️
Thanks Nancy! It sounds like your feelings were correct about that couple! It's very sad to see a relationship sustained by material things. Both of them will have regrets. Yes! People like that will always
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RE: Fishy fianances
I believe it. After the minimum wage was raised to $16 for servers here in the Twin Cities local businesses started adding a "convenience fee" of up to 21% to the restaurant bills in lieu of
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RE: WOW 9 years on Hive - Blockchain
I hope so!
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RE: Fishy fianances
Oh yes, healthcare is a huge burden here in the US. It's beginning to feel like universal healthcare might never happen. The amount my wife and I pay monthly is astronomical and the coverage isn't great.
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RE: KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #206/ Abundance flows ♾️
You are so right about true wealth/peace/happiness being rooted in the gratitude and the lack of want. Consumerism is no different than being an alcoholic. People fool themselves into thinking that next
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RE: Don’t Believe Everything You Read Online
For sure. It will still make simple mistakes from time-to-time but, generally, FSD is about 5-7x safer than a human driver. It's jumping to about 10x with v14.3.
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RE: First Day in the Office After Maui Vacation
Wow, it looks gorgeous there! I've never been to Hawaii but would like to experience it someday. My brother and his family were just in Kona and flew back yesterday. The food sounds incredible.
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RE: Fishy fianances
It's heartbreaking how many senior citizens are having to work into their 80's now. We just took a day trip to Redwing MN and had lunch in one of the local restaurants. There was a waitress working who
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