Comments on: Ways to Guarantee Your Life Will Suck

By: rosie

rosie — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:28:19 +0000

I think the key is that these are generalities- what works for some may not work for others. There are cases of people w/out college educations who do well, but it’s not the norm and is certainly not a recipes for success. As far as kids go, I think the emphasis is not age, but where you are at in life that matters.

By: shawn

shawn — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:14:58 +0000

@poozer - So…does that mean you LIKE The Secret or you DON’T like the Secret. Or are you just being mysterious?

By: poozer

poozer — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:35:08 +0000

you kind of had me until you threw The Secret out there like a rotting fish carcass.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:24:45 +0000

He did say “before you’re ready” in the kids paragraph. I think this is more important than the actual age you have your kids. If at 21, you’ve got a well-established career, enough income to handle the extra costs, and enough security to know that you’ll be able to do so for the next 18 years, then by all means have kids. But if you’re fresh out of college and handing out flyers on the street, having a kid will likely have bad results (both for you and your spouse as well as the kid), regardless of how much you want a little bundle of joy.

By: shawn

shawn — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:34:02 +0000

@Philo - good point about the kids. We had our two boys relatively early and we wonder how “old” people could even DO it because it seems like every day we are completely beat. But I guess it’ll be cool when the kids are teens and we’re still “young” instead of old geezers. I just hadn’t thought of it from that point of view…