Why do people insist on taking politicians at their word? 

In what other industry or professions could you get caught blatantly lying and disregarding written laws without consequence? I can’t think of one other than politics. Where lying and deception seem to be the status quo. I am tired of the status quo and I think its time for the country to say enough is enough. 

When will people stand up and say enough is enough? 

• I have always been a conservative and I love America. Not what America has become, but the America that used to stand for something. Don’t get me wrong, I believe it still exist in the hearts of many Americans. Despite the spineless behavior of our elected officials I believe that America can be great again. 

• I am not even talking about Republicans or Democrats. The sad reality is that it is to the point that I cant even tell the difference between the two parties most of the time. The political class has no respect or fear of the people that put them in office. We have ceased to be a government of and for the people. Unless you are connected to the agenda of the current administration or the ruling class than you don’t matter. The sad reality is that despite the Republicans being in control of both the house and the senate there is no conservative change. 

Why bank robbers and illegal immigrants are the same!

• When we will we stop the madness that is political correctness and start calling a spade a spade? We can’t call illegal immigrants illegal because it is racist. What would you call people that sneak into our country illegally without any right to be here? If you said undocumented immigrants than the next paragraph is for you.

• How illegal immigration any different from a person who walks into a bank and take a bag full of money that doesn’t belong to him? The bank robber is just making an undocumented withdraw because he wants a better life. This is illegal and prosecuted with prison time (as it should be) but who is really hurt by this? The bank is insured and the depositors are protected so it is a victimless crime. Unlike illegal immigrants who come to America, get on welfare and/or take jobs from American citizens. Both are crimes however one is costing the American people jobs and money and one is not. If you look at it from a strictly logical perspective then illegal immigrants are by far worse than bank robbers. I am all for people coming to America for a better life, but there is a system and laws in place for a reason. By all means come but do it legally.

We the people…

When half the country is being supported by the government with no incentive to find work where does that leave the rest of us? It leaves the middle class being crushed between the rich who get richer and the welfare class that keeps growing. 

We the people who elected the spineless beings that are politicians need to stand up and fight. The constitution was designed to give the power to the people and keep it there. Washington has forgotten its place and it is past time that things changed. Do more than vote, get involved and make a difference. It is the start of an election cycle and the country is at a tipping point. There has never been a more urgent time than now to act. 

The biggest problem with money is...

How much do you value money over happiness? 

According to a pew research poll men are more likely than not to put earning over enjoyment when it comes to work. Why is it that men put money over enjoyment of their job? I want to examine a few questions below that I and I am sure some of you have struggled with.

How much is enough money to make me happy? 

• While the answer to this may vary from person to person it is probably along the lines of "enough so I don't have to worry about it". This is an understandable and reasonable response to the question but is it true? If you didn't have to worry about money would you really consider it enough. Maybe, maybe not, people tend to adapt to their circumstances whether they be good or bad. 

• If you had enough money that you didn't have to worry about it and could maintain your current lifestyle would you really be happy? I tend to think not, the fact that you didn't have to worry about money would satisfy until you tired of not working or got tired of your current lifestyle. 

Why we work...

• I believe that people work for a purpose, even if that purpose is not something that satisfies them. You are working because you love or enjoy what you do or you are working for the money. You really cant have it both way though. If you are working because you enjoy what you do then money is a bonus. If you are working for the money then you are not working because you enjoy what you do. Most people that take a job for money over enjoyment (which is most men) are doing it because they value money or something that money can bring more than they value job satisfaction. There is nothing wrong with this, I have had more jobs that I hated and did for the money than I did jobs that I enjoyed. 

Do you want something different

• I am a fan of changing things that I don’t like. I have had numerous different career paths since I was 18 and it took me a while to get it right. I knew I didn’t like a job so i went back to school to get a different specialty. I did this numerous times making progressively more with each job change. What I didn’t get with any of them was more job satisfaction. I had convinced myself that if I could make enough money than my job would be worth it.

•  I can say after 12 years of searching that this is not true. It is not an easy thing to take a job strictly because you love doing it. It may seem like a luxury that you can’t afford but I would challenge that you can’t afford not to. Money can’t buy happiness and when you spend 40 hours a week doing something you deserve to enjoy it.  

The How to 

• For me I had to reach a tipping point where I was going to make a change or likely be stuck where I was forever. There will never be a perfect point at which to do this and it will likely be very uncomfortable. But picture yourself at your job till you are in your 60's, does that really sound like a full life to you? If not then ask yourself one question, if I could do anything and money was not a factor what would I be doing? If you can honestly answer that question then you are likely well on your way to finding a job that you will enjoy going to every day till your in you 60’s and beyond . 

Out with the general and in with the specific

As some of you may have noticed the name of my blog has changed from "words to a younger me" to "Life lessons from a know-it-all in 500 words or less". I am always looking to improve and this blog is no exception. I wanted something that more adequately described what the blog was all about. I want to do three things with this blog: Impart lessons that I have learned, help you save time as well as money and lastly to give you home buying, selling or renting advise from my experience as a REALTOR®. 

• I want to impart lessons learned from the mistakes that I have made throughout my life. I will share many of the lessons that I wish I had learned when I was younger. I will cover a range of topics and you may not agree with all of them. If you disagree then please comment and let us start a dialogue about it. I will be the first to admit that I don’t know it all and I would welcome the opportunity to hear a readers opinion. 

• If there is one thing that I have learned it is that time is truly a finite resource and that it is truly the most valuable thing there is. The dilemma here is that you need money to live and that often is in exchange for you time. So I want to do my best to help you gain more of both, hopefully without having to sacrifice too much of either. 

• As you have probably figured out I am a REALTOR® by trade and as buying a home is one of the biggest purchases that anyone will ever make it can cost you lots of time and money. The sad reality is that not all REALTORS® are created equally and many don’t care about their clients interest as much as they should. We live in an age of information where anything you could want to know is a click away. This is to say that while you should trust your REALTOR®, if your uneasy about something then do some fact checking on your own. 

To wrap it all up, all three of these things are tied together. It is my sincere hope that you will take something away from each post. I don’t expect for everyone to agree with or find everything I say applicable, but if it helps just a few people then it is worth it. 

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