How is life going for you right now?

How is life going for you right now?

For me:

I hate my Job.
My wife is nagging me a lot.
My kids are driving me crazy.
Money is tight, I am broke.

But Hey,

I am hitting the golf ball great right now. So life is Great!!

could always be better, but could be so much worse. very grateful for the things we have going on.


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Job is a GRIND.
Golf game erratic and season winding down up here in New England. As Chris said could be better, could be worse.

I'm above ground and play golf with my son and brother and my family is healthy right now, pretty great I'd say

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My knees ache, my back creaks, my slice is AWESOME! But I consider my self blessed, I woke up this morning to enjoy my family and another beautiful day.

Job is okay
Have no kids
Wife's contract at work is coming to an end
Money is comfortable
Winter is coming
Golf is almost over
Hockey is starting.

I have some good things and concerns.

How is life going for you right now?

I've been off since July. Chronic fatigue. Just hanging with family.

Contemplating taking a Chinese contract to fly a 737 over there. Insane money but gone for 30 days at a time.

Everyone is healthy and that's all that really matters so I guess all my complaints would be of the "first world problems" type.


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c.a.eleric said:

could always be better, but could be so much worse. very grateful for the things we have going on.


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^^^^ this - my Saturday is spectacular right now though

The_Dude said:

Job is a GRIND.
Golf game erratic and season winding down up here in New England. As Chris said could be better, could be worse.

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Next Sunday will be amazing for you (us) lol

Bit of a down year but I'm always positive so life is good overall =). My wife and son make things mo better every day. Handicap's going back down 78,77,76,77 last 4 rounds all without hitting more than 35% fairways =)

Loving life, in a great place right now. I was there with you a little down the past 3 years. Keep your head up and grind. The good times are approaching


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Me and my family are all healthy so life is great! We have the normal first world problems but the fact that retirement is happening in 2018 makes everything a little easier to handle.

I have a lot to be thankful for. After years of massive health battles my wife is doing well, our son is happy and healthy, and our home is full of love and happiness.

On the other side my mortgage is ridiculous and money is tighter than I'd like. My job is good but I'm looking for an advancement that just seemingly isn't there. Our vehicles need constant $$ and our house needs some work that we can't afford. Oh and despite a lot of practice my putting just plain sucks.

After being in the infantry for 30 years any day/month/year no one is trying to blow me up is a good day!

Have more work to do right now than I can handle. Barely get out to golf.

Pretty good right now. Insurance business going ok, we both started new other jobs with great benefits, and with the golf season winding down, we should be able to get out and play when it's nice and not work much at the course, if any, over the winter.

Retired this summer and moved to WI from TX, my wife's idea not mine! But we do have our two sons here so that is always fun. Really, really not looking forward to winter, haven't lived up here in 7 years and not used to those -20 wind chills. The good news I have a mini driving range set up in the basement!

Pretty good really, only 16 treatments left (Oct 30th is last day). Weather has been very pleasant here at the end of summer beginning of fall. Still playing golf once or twice a week. Generally pretty happy right now.

After a cancer scare a couple of weeks ago my life is awesome. Made me realize how lucky I really am with my job, wife, and overall life. Could some things be better, sure. But overall I am very lucky and happy to have what I do and I appreciate it everyday.

Life is going fine. Golf game can be improved.

The single parent, underpaid and overworked thing is not as bothersome as the 15 lbs I want to lose.

I need to tell work to take a hike more, play golf with THP buds, get organized/clean, and workout early in the morning before hell breaks loose.

Other than being in the middle of a hurricane, life is great. Beyond blessed with my wife and kids, my job is very fulfilling and I'm more excited about my golf game than I've ever been.

Dang. You hit me at my highest high. Way down the list of importance (but of most relevance here), my HC is lower than it's ever been. It's actually working its way back up but with a + in the column. I actually used to think that I'd be playing on tour if it ever had a + in front of it, that is so far from the truth it isn't even a concern. I'm happy with it but my game is so far from that level, there is no comparison.

I also just bought my families dream house, closed a week ago, and we're working on settling in (higher up the list of importance). Momma' is happy, my boys are happy, and I'm OK with all of that. Last night I finally gave my wife the girl she's always wanted, this after her giving me three great boys! Her name is Rosie and she is cute as all get out. She's 4.6 pounds and is a Chiweenie. Not human. But she'll be treated like she is. She likes to bite toes, pee and poop wherever the 'ell she wants, and also likes to sleep the day away while running like a mad lady during the night. Welcome Rosie.

I've spent the majority of my adult life without giving one care to having any sort of credit. Until I signed on this house, I'd never borrowed a cent in my life. I tried to do this a little over a year ago, walked into the mortgage office, and was laughed out of town. Since I didn't use credit (something that I would have considered a very good thing, and still think it's mostly wise), my credit score stunk. The first number was either a high 5 or a low 6. This with me being almost 40 and having NOTHING in my life that was ever a negative. I just didn't use it. If I wanted a car, I saved until I could buy that car. If I wanted a golf club, I saved until I could buy it (you get the picture). I paid every bill that ever came in, I just didn't borrow. So I asked for some advice from someone that was an expert in this area. I was told that basically 2/3's of my score had no data to draw from (mortgages and even more important to a credit score, managing a revolving account-I.E. the dreaded "Credit Card"). Since I'd bought the property I'd lived in for cash about 15 years ago (good thing, right?), there wasn't anything I could do about the mortgage issue, but the bigger issue was showing I could manage credit accounts. Easy peasy. When I got home I signed up for credit cards, plural. I now have a piece of tape on the front of each of them that tells me "use for groceries" or "use for gas" or... etc. I have 8 of those stupid things, of which I gained about 1k in bonuses just for using in the past year. I literally now go to the grocery store "Smiter boys eat a lot, $230.09" then I get home and immediately transfer $230.09 into that account. It's just another step for me. Other than my mortgage (of which I'm sure they are just waiting for me to stop paying so they can cash out), I've never once in my owed another money in my life. If some stupid credit card company wants to pay me 6% just to use it for shopping for my groceries, more power to them.

I'm ranting and I don't mean to. My point above, that entire thing is a scam. I'm the same person that I've always been. If I owe someone money, I won't sleep until that is resolved. My score now begins with a low 8 or a high 7 depending on who you ask, but I'm the same person I was a year ago. No more or less of a risk. I decided to play the game, which I can only describe as me winning. I hate having credit cards but it was a means to an end. I am the least risky credit card user ever. Between these 8 cards (why 8? This was what was recommended-good luck applying for 8 all at once BTW-the last 5 you'll have to prove that someone didn't hack your identity, one bank even required me to show up in person with photo ID and SS card), I have a credit line of almost 4x my annual income. In other words, WAY more than I could ever even attempt to repay. I'm now very tempted to close them all, I have the house so screw the consequences. If I want a car, I'll just do what I've always done. Either buy it or save until I can. I probably won't cancel but that's mainly due to the Jr Smiters that I found out I can feed for 6% less. Thanks AMEX! Lol!!

We're golfing in the morning. 10:22 tee time. I'm sure I'll play with my normal reckless abandon that will have me wishing I'd played at least one shot safe. No guts, no glory. This approach led to a -7 29 two years ago for nine. It's also led to many rounds making me question whether I want to continue with this or spend my time meaningfully knitting or something.

Scrolled back up. The kids will always drive you nuts. You'll always hate your job (that's why they PAY you to do it, lol!), your wife will probably always nag you to death, and money will either always be tight or you'll be overextended. So just focus on hitting the ball well now. That won't always be the case. Make hay while sun is shining, etc.

Big time concerns about the future, but things continue to move forward. Baby steps every day, thinking one more month and things start to stabilize.

While my job could be better the rest of my life is in balance (home, wife, children and even golf).

Life's good.

I'm retired, happily married for 22.5 yrs, two "kids," 22 and 20 yrs old. Health always first and all's ok there, thankfully.

We have substantial student loan debt due to 3 years out-of-state rate but money's fine. Mortgage but no credit card debt nor car payments.

Only complaint at all is that I haven't been able to play golf since 6/30 when I herniated a disc in my lower back (again). Hit 3/4 shots without incident 3 weeks ago but completely unrelated this week, it's been hurting really bad. Sciatica, spasming, sharp bursts of pain.

Thought I might've been on the road back, now I can't even see the pavement.