Time and money
I cannot believe how much time I have wasted in my life, all of a sudden i'm middle aged (numerically speaking, I still think im 22) when the fuck did that happen?

Staggering around for 7 years after dropping out of Uni after two terms, bumbling from temporary job to tempoary job, racking up the debts to the point that after taking out a 5 year loan at the age of 22 I have the last repayment in a weeks time, almost 12 years later!

I reckon over the years i have earned roughly £200,000 and what have i got to show for it?

1) an 8 year old Fiat Punto
2) £116.24 in my savings account
3) parents loft full of books

The amount of money I have gambled, pissed up the wall and frittered away is staggering, all those weekends spent lying in bed hungover when I could have been doing stuff? gone in the breeze.

Fuck me, it only seemed like the other week I was looking forward to all the stuff coming up this summer, suddenly its mid august! aarrghh!

Kids, make sure you take the time to enjoy life, instead of siting around in front of the telly go wander around a field, take up a sport, put away a little bit of cash when you can, but trust me, once its gone you aint ever getting it back so savour every second and penny!
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:04, 4 replies)

Yes yes yes yes
I couldn't agree more. Oh, hang on.... grrrrrngggghhhhh!!!! Ah, there, I did!

Especially about the 5 year loan. I remember my first credit - a 5 year loan at 21 for about 7 grand with the lovely HSBC at a splendid interest rate.

Only 20k more to pay off, it'll be finished when I'm 33. No one tells you that when you do eventually start earning more money, you'll be spending more too.
(NoveltyCondomHead Clanks Wams., Fri 15 Aug 2008, 15:36, closed)

This
makes me sad.
does this also mean that today im 23 but maybe tomorrow i'll wake up to find that i'm middle aged? ahhh!!!
(it's not hash mixed drops, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 18:52, closed)

you're the same age as me
therefore, you can't possibly be middle aged, because i'm sure as shit not!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Sat 16 Aug 2008, 11:56, closed)

one step ahead of you bob
I realised this at the age of 23.
I have spent the last few weeks typing up a list of things i want to do over the upcoming 10 years.

So far i have changed my spending habits.
Selling car for something more fuel effiecient and sensible, both to give me more spare money
And have changed my name aswell to remind me to keep going with the list.

hzaaaa
(Lord Potato, Tue 19 Aug 2008, 23:20, closed)