{"id":76,"date":"2025-10-01T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:01:38","slug":"day-8093-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Day 8,093 &#8211; Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Buy now, pay later!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This appeals to instant gratification desires, a dopamine reward programmed deep inside your mind &#8211; however, those who are wise are well aware that delayed gratification is the master of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve fallen victim to this scheme (in the form of quick finance injections) multiple times &#8211; and there is long term consequences of these set-ups (provided you are as useless as my younger self and unable to maintain the repayments of said loans you are taking out). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Hey bro can I burrow $50?&#8221;<\/em><br>It harrows me now for a grown man to ask me this question &#8211; granted, whilst I don&#8217;t know all the circumstances surrounding someone&#8217;s situation &#8211; I do know a useless finance manager when I see one &#8211; as I&#8217;ve been notorious in my family and friends group for this same act &#8211; quit the smokes, beers and spending all of your money on Redbulls and energy drinks if you&#8217;re living pay to pay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what is the alternative to seeking out these loans? It&#8217;s strange &#8211; for myself the more money I made &#8211; at first I would buy junk with my wages, new toys &#8211; new quick rewards that made me feel good in the moment. But now, years on &#8211; I find myself not necessarily needing anything &#8211; not because I have everything I&#8217;ve ever wanted (I don&#8217;t even have a car), but because whilst I might want these things, I&#8217;ve accepted deep down they won&#8217;t make me feel any better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flashy new clothes, cars and tools you want &#8211; they&#8217;re not going to grant you long term satisfaction. You will never feel complete for the things you own &#8211; although you may feel a sense of security and satisfaction from building up your bank account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I choose to buy stocks, it grants me the perfect amount of feeling like I&#8217;m spending my money &#8211; it tickles the dopamine receptors of our primitive minds that enjoys the feeling of gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t tried it &#8211; I recommend spending your money on stocks, crypto or any other kind of investment you can get into for a relatively low cost of entry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy now, pay later! This appeals to instant gratification desires, a dopamine reward programmed deep inside your mind &#8211; however, those who are wise are well aware that delayed gratification is the master of success. I&#8217;ve fallen victim to this scheme (in the form of quick finance injections) multiple times &#8211; and there is long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[17,18,13],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-finance","tag-loans","tag-self-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79,"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedailybroadcast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}