It’s amazing how a person can bring in this kind of income, be contributing to VARIOUS savings accounts so aggressively, is navigating the stock market with ease and everyone can still continue to annonymously rag on one alleged “fault”. Based on his APR’s and credit line, he clearly has higher than average credit, which is more than I’m sure most people can say for themselves. With the way APR’s are rising, it almost seems safer to carry a balance with a low rate, doesn’t it?

If someone with some disposable income wants a “pricey” hobby, why the hell shouldn’t he divulge?! I would! There’s no “flaunting” here.

You can hate all you want, but his lifestyle and spending habits are what I aspire to.

I don’t make anywhere near that much, but I didn’t feel the need to call him a redneck or accuse him of flaunting wealth. Get a grip, people, and try to get over your own insecurities.

@Adam Jones, I used to be sick of hearing about people being wealthy as well. And then I realized I’m working to be wealthy, and some day I’ll have that life. Yes, I made some dumb mistakes in the past, but until you accept you are human, you can’t move on. As any book on getting rich will tell you, if you hate the rich, and hate being rich, you’ll never be rich. Having money isn’t evil, how you make it may be.

I bike to work because it’s exercise, otherwise I wouldn’t get any. I don’t do it because of some love for fellow man and saving the world; that’s a secondary benefit.

Biodiesel is consistently $0.50 to $0.85/gal cheaper than petrodiesel, and my friend runs the company, so why not?

As for what I do for a living, I’m a CTO. Also, I need a hobby. Work is not a hobby. Racing cars was awesome fun, albeit expensive. I’m good at competition target shooting, so I enjoy it and it’s my hobby. Raising a kid into horse competitions is about to become my other hobby.

@KevinH, I’m working on paying off the credit card, but I’m in no rush. My credit card rate is 9%, my investments until this week were in the 30% return range. That 30% return is not guaranteed, no. But over 30 years, it’ll be much higher than 30%. The rate on my truck loan is 3.75%. I also have the benefit of tens of thousands of options i can exercise to pay off debts modulo selling restrictions. Exercising these options now is a dumb move, as the stock is low. It’ll go back up, it may take 1-2 years, but it’ll go back up. In fact, I’ve been buying lots of stocks from my watchlist, because they’ll go back up, and I can sell for a profit.

@MikeP Yes, I realized the more money I have, the more stupid I get. Automating payments and keeping my “operational” cash low is good. Keeping the credit card bill high, for now, is also good. It stops me from spending more. I plan to pay off the credit card, and freeze it. And then switch to a pre-paid debit with automated deposits to limit my spending. Hopefully, I’ll look back at my actions now and appreciate it when I’m in my late 60’s and looking to retire.

My advice to the author is to get that credit card down to zero as fast as possible. Think about it, your trying to prepay a mortgage and a car that have interest rates of like 8% probably. Put that money into your credit cards and your return will be double.