Originally Posted by
Jarod
I would not call it foolishly. Just saying I am not rich, depending on what you mean by rich.
We pay our nanny well, thats our biggest expense. Then we rent a home for $2000 a month, thats our second largest expense.
I pay down on student loans, but as little as possable because the interest rate is 3.75.
We have some cash saved for this exact situation, about $75,000, so we will be okay.
I drive an 8 year old car, and my wife drives an older minivan with 75,000 miles on it. We are not extravagant, I dont have a Rolex or drive a Porscha. We dont have a pool, or a country club membership.
You no longer need a nanny. Your wife will be there.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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