Their magic number is 1. Any victory or Fire loss and they're in. But if Indy loses out, and Portland wins out, they'll end up with a tied record.
But... the first tiebreaker is head to head, and the Fever are 2-1 on the series with 0 games to play against the Fire.
So why isn't this a wrap? What am I missing?
I was a daily beer drinker(2-3/night, rarely more, rarely less). One day I cracked my 2nd beer on a random Tuesday night at 9pm, knowing full well I was feeling pretty tired and probably going to sleep soon. Nodding off on the couch, got up around 930, walked to the sink with a mostly still full can, chugged most of it and poured out the last 20% before shutting off lights and heading up.
It felt incredibly wasteful, completely habit formed, and at that moment I said let's try to go tomorrow without any. While I'm not an alcoholic by our image of what we all think, I was a daily drinker 100% of days except for bad colds. So definitely over 99% of my adult life. Time for a change.
I recall seeing people say I can expect sleep improvements, mood improvements and an overall happiness level increase. Also, possibly a little chubby weight loss. To report, my sleep still feels the same, but I am down about 8 lbs in 7+ weeks with 0 other diet or gym changes. I do feel less angry and overall happier but that could also be the summer and it's 85 and sunny everyday now, so not sure?
If you're doing the same, good luck to you on continued success. I've had 0 cravings or urges so far. This has felt quite easy but I know that's not always the case for everyone. Thanks for reading.
Since my last drink.
I was never a huge drinker but I was a daily drinker. Always a beer a night. Most nights 2. Some nights 3. Rarely ever 4. Never more. Haven't been drunk in over a decade since my bachelor party. Drink for taste, enjoyment?, and definitely because it's a formed habit.
We get our kids to bed, shower, crack a cold beer, then I sit on the couch to watch a movie with my wife or play PS5 or chill in the garage. Now doing all that just without the beer, lol.
Not my first post about this, but it does feel encouraging to hear others are way ahead of where I'm at. Also, other than my wife nobody in my life knows and I kind of like it that way. Not sure why.
In 1965, the CEO of a company was paid approximately 21x the average company employee's salary. An average salary back then was around $3,500, which meant the CEO would have earned about $74,000.
Nowadays, in many cases, it's as high as 280-350x the average company employee's salary. An average salary nowadays is around $40,000, which means the CEO would earn about $11-14M annually.
There are also outliers wver higher than this range. For example, the CEO of Starbucks was paid over 6,600x the average salary! This was partly due to both the part time nature of a Barista($14k annually) and also his incredible $95.8M annual compensation.
How many times the average annual salary should a CEO be paid to run a company?
8 days, 2 hrs, 33 mins since my last drink. Nobody in my world knows yet.
I keep hearing about all the positive effects of quitting but my appetite, sleeping, energy levels, etc. all feel the exact same.
Anyway, that's pretty much it. Lol. Good luck to anyone else doing it or about to begin!
I (43m) haven't had a beer since Tuesday evening. Tonight was the 4th night in a row I just chose water when relaxing after kids were asleep.
Never been a raging drinker, but I am a consistent drinker. Every night, with few exceptions, I'll have a beer or two. Never angry, never buzzed, no slurring, no being mean or obnoxious or quiet, just my normal self. I would guess 80% of my drinking evenings are 2 beer nights and the remaining 20% are either 1 or 3. Never a 4th beer or more. I don't ever get sh*tfaced. I feel totally in control at all times. Rarely drink wine or hard alcohol.
Mentioned to my doctor is the daily drinking a problem. His answer was while it's not ideal or overly healthy, the guy who dreams about drinking all weekend on a random Tuesday but doesn't touch a drop until Friday at 5pm has far bigger control/addiction issues. Not sure I believe that. We both drink arpund 15-20 weekly drinks, his condensed into 2 weekend nights, mine all week long. Not sure what I think is the less healthy option. Probably my way.
Anyway, Tuesday night. No fan fare or announcements, no speeches to the wife about "lifestyle changes" lol, just choosing water. I guess we'll see what tomorrow brings!
Wife and I are both 43. We have about $360k between liquid accts and investments. Another $335k in retirement accts. We own outright all 3 of our vehicles with current equity of about $80k combined. We also owe about $360k on a house that would sell for mid 800's today. So loosely call that $500 in home equity.
No other debts. All credit cards at $0 every month.
What of those 4 numbers would equal our considered net worth. I don't believe we're close to retiring yet but curious how we're progressing.
ETA: Thank you all for the concise explanation. Its pretty clear our current NW would be $695k. Appreciate all the help!
My BIL passed in the Summer of 2024. It was a not at fault car accident and obviously sudden. He was 39 when he passed, leaving two teen daughters.
Recently we were all together for a family dinner and my older niece(17f) asked me to pull up one of the many group chats with myself and her Dad to find a specific photo we were just talking and laughing about. I searched for it for a min with her sitting next to me on the couch and she says just type in his name. I do it without remembering I removed him last year when I purged and re-named hundreds of contacts, including removing about a dozen people who had passed on (friends, acquaintances and yes, her Dad). She sees he's not in there and basically flips out on me. Says its insane I'm just erasing her father from my life and memory. I attempted to explain and calm her down, talk to her but she was NOT having it and stormed out of the house. My sister followed and they ended up chatting in their car for a few mins and then all leaving.
It absolutely ruined the day. I kind of feel like my phone is my business and this felt like an accidental ambush on me, by her. AITAH for getting rid of old deceased contacts, specifically her Dad? And if I am the AH, one caveat, please also offer how long is sufficient before people may delete contacts who have passed on. Or do they stay forever?
My wife and I got married at 22. We bought a house a year later. To protect eachother from an unforseen death and the surviving spouse ever losing the house, we each bought a WL ins policy of $500k.
At the time, both being young and in shape, we locked in premiums of $130 and $122. You pay the policy monthly premiums for 30 years and then never again but the insurance continues until your death date regardless of age. But one day eachother or our kids will end up with 2 checks for $500k each(plus an extra $100k each in cash value on top if we die at the perfect time, lol), despite our last premium coming at age 53(9 years from today).
If we had taken that same $130/mo and invested it in the S&P at a lifetime return of 10%, it would reach rhe grand total of $293k, against 360 payments of $130, totalling $46,800 out of pocket.
And that's assuming the market continues to average 10%. I guess the way Dave talks about WL insurance, I equate it to an MLM scam but one day im going to croak and my wife will get $500k and there's no chance she won't get anything, like there is in term.
Maybe I'm missing something obvious.
The guy in question, Jamie, is late 30s. The company I work for bought a house to reno and then resell once it's finished. I had a few good guys in there that are typically capable of being left alone. They can think on their feet, problem solve, prioritize, etc.
This is why it was so surprising when one of the teenage laborers started talking about seeing "war stuff" this morning and Jamie said "welp, that chapter is closed as all that sh\*t is at the dump now." I asked this laborerand also the other carpenter what's up and was told Jamie found some stuff from WWII and Korea, maybe earlier too. Uniforms, war decoration medals in cases, plaques, and framed photos. Quite a bit of stuff over multiple boxes and dumpstered the entire lot.
I may be wrong here but I really would have liked to have found a next of kin and asked if they wanted these items. Maybe they say no and they could have been donated locally, anything but throw away. I would have personally still tried.
Now I'm questioning whether someone who sees no value in something like this is an employee I even want to keep on our team. What do you think? Am I overthinking this? Should I leave this alone?
WIBTAH if I do let him go over this?