Need to survive another 10 more months to get vested into the pension.
3 months of long days (2025 holidays) then 4 months of little to no hours (beginning of 2026) then 3 months of steady hours (middle of 2026).
I can't screw up at my job in any major way for the next year.
I think I'll be alright but you can never be certain of anything.
Most people have only seen inflation in their lives, and have only been taught to fear inflation.
But no one understands that deflation is just as if not more scary than inflation.
Inflation means economic growth, prices go up sure but more jobs, wealth, and prosperity are created.
Deflation, the economy shrinks, less jobs, less money, people fighting over the scraps, and yes prices go down but what's the point of low prices if the place you're buying it from is on the verge of shutting down.
What people actually want is economic innovation like we've seen in tech, where the ability to manufacture better goods, and services have increased, causing prices to come down while the economy continues to grow.
A gold standard, or Fixed Supply Currency might be good for some but overall Deregulation, and Improved Economic Efficiency is better than Deflation usually is.
And yes, I oppose excessive inflation but the correction to that is to not print excess money, not to overreact, and stop money printing all together.
All the people soyjaking about Trump being a "Socialist for Intel" were the same people begging him for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve 5 months ago.
I bought intel before the government controlled 10% becuase I knew they were struggling as a firm, and the government was either going to bail them out, or Microsoft, and or Dell was going to buy them out, that, or their new CEO was going to turn things around.
And I was right!
Not enthusiastic about The Gov having a 10% stake but at least they can't vote, which is good.
We'll find out what happens, I believe The U.S. can catch up to Taiwan, and South Korea in chip production but it might take up to 20 years to do so.
Right now I'm on the defensive, I'm trying to generate enough liquid savings to utilize in cases of emergencies.
Once I'm secure then I can go on the offensive, and be proactive on all my problems, and tackle them when they're cheap, & easily fixable instead of neglecting everything.
But I'm still building, and growing.
I feel good knowing that I can keep my phones running for longer now though I'm sinking money into them but I already have the tools paid off.
I hope I never have to microsolder in my life 🤞.
I want to have a repair garage that's dedicated to all things repair, car, phones, old tech, etc.
Keep the good things running for as long as possible.
It's the Free Sovereign Sound Money Techie Way 🤓!
I think Trump is neutral personally on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and only reason he's intervening is because of Jared Kushner/Ivanka, Epstein Blackmail, and IDF Death Threats.
If it wasn't for that, he probably would've stayed out of it.
We all know Kamala Harris would be warmongering like crazy right now.
So all you People soyjaking about Trump over Israel need to stop being so ghey.
I am capable of phone repair, and programming but they are not tasks that I find particularly enjoyable.
At least not without the proper setup.
I'm sure if I had my own designated space to focus on the tasks that I want to, I could easily do them but in my current situation it's suboptimal, which is why I do not pursue those as an occupation.
I feel more competent with finance than tech.
Just checked with my old screen.
The iPhone is working, it's just the screen acting weird.
I plan on ordering yet another screen, and replacement screws.
As far as I can tell it's just the screen that's acting up.
The rest of the phone should be working.
I don't what irritates me more screws, or shields for phone components.
I took my iPhone from functioning to broken while trying to repair it 🙃.
Amazon could bleed money on its package division, and still be profitable because of AWS.
Amazon is capable of undermining all its competitors until they all go out of business, a silent monopoly.
People are willing to accept different trade-offs.
Solana users right now are like The Ramiel Fight Scene in Neon Genesis Evangelion 😂.
The Amount of resources it will take to keep it up, and running.
View quoted note →The Words "Savings", & "Volatility" are Antithetical to each other.
A bit sad isn't it?
Figuring out how to accumulate fiat units, Goldbacks, Bitcoin, Z-Cash, and Monero in the most effective ratio.
Need the fine line of Liquidity, and Appreciation.
I'm over accumulated in stonks but I'm under the rate that I should be at to project for my retirement.
Being able to retire is important to me.
Automating your savings is the best way in my opinion to create laddering is good in my opinion.
Have the fiat savings grow while it's used to buy Crypto (Bitcoin included), CDs, Bonds, Metals, etc.
Old depreciated cash is moved out while new cash flows in, and grows to expand your liquidity.
