Hi LAWANDA, as you were just saying about Life....
LT> RB> Contrary to what you might hear on this echo (that I'm a lazy  
LT> RB> whiner), I work 40 hours a week, and make almost $10/hr, which is  
LT> RB> one of the better jobs I've ever had. After taxes, I make about  
LT> RB> $544 every two weeks. That's basically how much my rent and  
LT> RB> utilities are. So out of my next paycheck must come insurance,  
LT> RB> food, whatever. After all that, I have basically no money left  
LT> RB> and am scrounging until pay day comes. 
LT>  
LT> I make $8.25/hour and work 35 hours a week (you can do the math
LT> your-  self).  Although my rent ($450 for an efficiency apartment)
LT> does not  cover utilities, it does include four cable channels (am I
LT> lucky or  what).  Like you I have insurance (car/health) to pay for,
LT> food to   buy, and need quarters to do my laundry.  Unlike you, I
LT> have a 3 1/2   year old son to care for.  Luckily, I don't have
LT> child care expenses   and my sons father contributes to our
LT> well-being.  How do I make it? I have my priorities in order!  I do
LT> not live my life as though every- one owes me something and I do not
LT> blame others when things go wrong. I am in control of my life... I
LT> am responsible for my life... my life  is what I (not you or anyone
LT> else) make it!    
LT> 
LT> Your problem is your attitude.  IOW, how you look at things.  Stop
LT>   complaining, Ryan.  If you don't like the direction your life is
LT> going   then do something about it.  Your "I can't do this or I
LT> can't do   that..." way of thinking doesn't wash with me.  Ryan,
LT> life is a horse,     and either you ride it, or it rides you!       
LT>  
LT> RB> Basically, I make twice the minumum wage (luckily) 
LT>  
LT> It's really very simple, Ryan!  Marijuana just isn't a luxury you
LT> can  afford.  Perhaps you should REexamine your priorities.  IOW, is
LT> it  marijuana, or a roof over your head, or food on the table, or
LT> gas to  get back and forth to work, or something as simple as
LT> quarters to do  your laundry?  
LT>  
LT> RB> and have little to no opportunity to save any money (which is what 
LT> RB> gives a person stability). 
LT>  
LT> Wrong!  Stability is NOT based on the size of ones savings
LT> account.    Although I have very little savings, my life is stable. 
Very well said.
RD 
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