Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Always Behind the Eight Ball

Why am I always behind the Eight ball? I'm talking about the financial eight ball. I never quite succeed. Something always goes wrong or changes. I propose that there are two main reasons that many other reasons hinge upon: the religious/cultural tradition of getting married young and have children quickly and a traumatic upbringing.

I think that for many, getting married young and having children early created a situation where the couple could never quite get control of their financial life. The couple was forced to provide, purchase larger homes prematurely, down size career decisions and forfeit business opportunities. The couple stays in this predicament for 30 to 35 years trying their best to support their children so they might be in a better position than the couple was.

I talk about traumatic upbringing another day.

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