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Old 01-13-2022, 01:40 AM   #1 (permalink)
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What brief message would you send yourself 5 years ago?

Maybe there is a better way of phrasing that.

My ex was still alive, but my dad wasn't. Unless I tried to help her buy a car again I don't have any idea what would keep her alive.

How much is a life worth?

I was seeing clients in the Phoenix area. My Accord blew a tire driving to Show Low and I needed to replace a bunch of stuff, but I did so for $200.

I started having problems with my Civic overheating.

I don't think my grill block helped.

I replaced the radiator fan, but I do think the radiator was bad, so maybe "Remove the grill block and replace the radiator when Chorizo starts overheating?"

I shouldn't have blown the head gasket in 2018 and I might still be driving that car, although she had 222,000 miles in 2018.

With car problems with 2 cars I accepted the full-time job in Page, which lasted 7.5 months.

Maybe if I opened my own agency 5 years ago that would have worked out better than Page.

I turn 43 in a couple of months and I still expect to be single, underemployed, and living with Mom.

I cannot think of anything that would make a significant difference.

If I reenlisted for a year at a time until I finally got accepted into grad school I would still be in--and undoubtedly dozens of pounds lighter.

Would I still be a Specialist?

That would have yielded another couple of thousand a year.

As frustrating as all of this has been, none of this is worth selling out a friend, but what about buying Gamestop for $4 in late July of 2020 and selling for $300+ 1/27/2021?

If I could only put together $1,000 it would become $75,000 in 6 months.

Wayfair went from $39.67 5 years ago to $169.83 on 3/1/2019, but then dropped to $46.30 on 3/13/2020, although it was well over $200 in late July of 2020.

Something must have spiked between 3/1/2019 and 3/13/2020, as well as between 3/13/2020 and late July of 2020, but let's stop here.

If I invested $250 in Wayfair 5 years ago it would become $1,070.27. If I sold and then bought again it would become $5,311.82.

If I put that into Gamestop it would become $475,155.58, but could I fit that in a brief message, and would younger me understand it?

Which leaves only one option: "Always support your car on concrete pier blocks and wood when working on gravel."

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