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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote]Wrong! Also, if you want something in life, go out and make it happen.[/quote]

Maybe you've never had bad, unexpected things happen to you (illness, death, being impacted by a natural disaster, etc.) but your attitude of having complete control over all aspects of your life will only serve you until your first rude awakening.[/quote]

Widowed, devastated. I’m well aware I can’t control my entire life, and still, my advice is, if you want something, get off your ass and make it happen. If you want an adventure-seeking millionaire, you go get to Everest base camp and dive onto one. Definitely don’t whine that life is unfair and leave it at that.[/quote]

If you  live in an expensive city, have college debt, have less than an outstanding income, goin' where the rich guys are is a massive financial gamble. Now, some people might have a high risk appetite and that is fine, but taking your advice can land you in a pretty shitty situation. Have you not seen the mid 30's cougars who give up the dream and settle for some 50+ year old (see other thread)? I have sadly seem many, many women in that boat and it ain't pretty. I am not advocating crying and playing it completely safe, but you don't always win taking the bull by the horns! [/quote]

The flip side is this: who cares if you want something if you can't make it happen? There was an article on CNN in 2010 about people who were deeply, deeply unhappy that they couldn't live in trees with the blue people from Avatar. That's never going to happen. It's silly to be optimistic about that. Any friends of these people who told them to wait for that did them a disservice.

Want something realistic. Be optimistic about _that_. Make _that_ happen. If you need to lose weight, do that tough thing. If you need to move from Cumberland MD to DC just to find prospects, do that. [/quote]

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