>>20899980- I work in a thermoplastic factory for plumbing products.
- I do it because it's convenient. It's only a 5 minute drive from my house. The pay is decent for where I live. The benefits are good (I get 20 days of paid vacation, holidays off, 401k, good healthcare, etc.). The management is absolutely terrible though.
- No future aspirations for now. I was thinking about getting a 2nd job in retail, just to work on Saturdays and improve my social skills. I'll do that in the winter though, because I like going to the beach and stuff in the summer.
Life gets boring where I live (rural midwest). The closest major city is over an hour drive away. The only things in my town are factories, Walmart, a few gas stations, a couple restaurants and a couple bars. A lot of friends move away over time, or you lose contact because you don't have Snapchat/Facebook. At least it's cheap though, you can get a 1-bedroom apartment for $750/mo, whereas other nearby mini-cities charge like $1,200/mo for a 1-bedroom.
- I don't plan on ever retiring. My parents are going to work until they die and leave me with almost nothing. Both of them are in their 60s, and they still owe like $75k on their mortgage, $5k each on their cars and they both have less than $1k in their bank accounts. Neither of them even have life insurance and neither of them had health insurance until like the last 3 years. You don't get to pick who your parents are, that's just what I was born into.
Ironically, I'm EXTREMELY good with money and already have more saved-up compared to your average 50 year old. Some people rely on the big-hit. I just rely on the slow-grind and compounding, which has worked well for me. Hopefully I'll have a family one day and they can have everything I've saved up when I die, if not, my nieces can have everything. In the meantime, I'll continue enjoying my life by exploring new places and pursuing my hobbies.
