does anyone know how likely it is that i'll get off the waitlist for these two classes? how chill are professors here if i just show up to the first day and ask for a add code?
yesterday was my statement closing date. i like to keep my venture x below 10% and my typical general spending comes out to just about $700-900 a month. i took my car in for its typical every 7500 mile maintenance plus transmission service + sparkplugs which cost $239 as well as another $200 for fronting a group dinner and i put on this card because my Savor was already nearly maxed out and I'm keeping it at 90-99% anyway in hopes of getting a CLI on it.
all of these purchases were done at noon (car maintenance) and then night (the dinner), so i didn't think it would post to my statement.
i wake up today to check my statement and schedule the payment to pay it off and bam. $500 more than i expected.
does capitalone force pending transactions to post on your statement closing date??? and why?????? its not that big a deal given i PIF always but its just peculiar how transactions will take 3-5 days to process, but if they're done on the stmt close date, they will magically post just in time for the statement to cut off...
19F, every summer my mom would say we were going to get lessons done to learn how to swim. every summer came, it never happened.
now i moved out, have a stable job, going to school. im going to hawaii in 3 weeks and i figure now would be a good time to atleast get the basics in.
does anyone have any recommendations for group / private instructors for adult swimming lessons near 94115? honestly i was going to just toss myself into the water at the aquatic museum in north pt XD
Update: Bit the bullet, instantly approved for bump to 3k! Time to wait 181 days to get it bumped to 9k, and then again to 27k and that’s prob it for me
my first statement cut and my utilization was pretty high, In fact I went over my limit and paid down my balance mid cycle bc I didn’t want my utilization to go to 90-100% and hurt my credit.
I know that with Amex credit cards you can request a CLI 91 days after acct opening and 181 days thereafter, but the option for a CLI popped up on my app and it’s letting me do it.
Has anyone had success with a $1k->$3k cli just after their first billing cycle? I wanna bite the bullet so hard but idk if it’ll be worth the risk.
Just turned 19 yesterday (May 19), or well actually it was 2 days ago now.
To bring some context on the title and what I mean by materially successful (I don’t mean to brag about my success, just hope to give context):
- I just got hired to be an Executive Director at a college prep center. At 19. I am the youngest of the role at my company (we’re a small franchise chain) BY FAR. My starting salary is 82k which for the Bay Area isn’t that good but it’s certainly not bad for my age. I have some additional income from my Roblox games and the occasional freelance project too.
- I just passed 5 figures in my brokerage account, and now with my new job, I’ll probably hit 6 figures in it in a year and half or two.
- I’m a UC Berkeley EECS student, or well was. I’m currently on medical leave because my depression is so bad it is able to be classified as psychologically necessary to be on medical leave to treat it.
I had dinner at a fancy place by myself after work. Drove around some cool spots on Highway 1, took some photos for the gram (duh) and for myself, and I couldn’t help but be so conscious of how isolated I am. I was by myself when I drove down to the restaurant, when I checked in and got seated, and when I ordered my food. Everyone else around me was with at-least one other person.
Last night, I had the opportunity to hang out with a middle school friend, one who I haven’t seen for years but kept in contact with, and I drove us around the old spots from the old days.
I cried a bit while I was driving us. Passing through my old house, middle school, elementary school, the parks me and my friends went to fuck around after school. I felt very nostalgic and an extreme desire to just go back to the good old days.
But upon further reflection, I realized I had these feelings not because I want to be a kid again, god no, I quite enjoy being an adult, you can’t just randomly book plane tickets and a hotel somewhere a few hours away on a whim because you felt like traveling, but back to the point…. I realized I had these feelings because back then, I had so many friends. I was the most social butterfly ever, and pair it with my ADHD, quite the talkative and outgoing one.
Over the years post-COVID, I realize I had been getting more and more introverted, bot because I wanted to, but because I was growing up wanting to be very successful in life. I definitely felt like there was a lot of implicit pressure from my parents to perform, so that I did. In high school, I barely socialized or partied, I studied and studied and studied. I started freelancing when I was 15, and working when I was 16. I graduated high school a year early and did community college for about a year until I transferred to UC Berkeley. During community college, I constantly job hopped from being a Tutor, to a Lecturer, then Tutor again, and now an Executive Director.
In all this, I became increasingly isolated. I realize that I have like maybe 2 close friends. But I don’t even think you could consider them close. They’re the friends I’ve managed to keep around for a long time (10 and 7 years), somewhat talk to often about deep topics, and know on a very personal level.
When I turned 18, I had a mental episode and decided something needed to change. I started trying to try less and spend less time on being successful on paper, so I could try and be more social again. I went on medical leave from uni, dwindled down my freelancing and Roblox hours, and overall tried to isolate my working hours to making money to pay the bills as much as possible.
One year later…. And I still catch myself doing a lot of things by my own, wishing I had more friends, and a girlfriend, and honestly just an overall sense of hopelessness for my social wellbeing. The most progress I’ve gotten to was in springing up conversations with strangers on the train or metro, but those interactions always led to what felt like a transactional relationship instead of a meaningful friendship.
I’m so sick of it. I don’t want to be isolated anymore. I don’t want to keep doing things by myself. I want to start making friends again and eventually find myself a girlfriend who doesn’t just want me for intimacy (although I find that to be an important part of a relationship as well) or my money, and I want to try and tackle the issue of my self worth being tied to my productivity. But I have no clue how to do any of this. How the fuck do I even try to start breaking down this issue of essentially being unable to socialize???
I currently have a seat in both math53 and phys7b for the Summer Sessions. I unfortunately had medical issues this Spring term that led me to medically withdraw, but its all over now and I was able to re-enroll without much of a hassle.
I dropped math53, phys7b, cs70, and data c104, in the Spring term and would like to try and get back on track to graduate on time by taking a class or two for these.
How hard is 53 and 7b? does anyone here have experience taking it over the summer? how hard are they and would you recommend I take either one? or both?
Got my license just 2 weeks ago and picked up a Honda Insight 2011 off FBM for $4k, and I’m loving it.
She has 209,6xx miles now, bought her at 208,7xx? I’m usually getting 38 mpg but I started driving economically, essentially trying to keep the Econ led lit up as green. I started getting 40-45mpg doing so, but then I decided why not hypermile her.
I would accelerate to 60-65mph on the freeway then keep my accelerator steady, unless I slowed down too much and then I would apply more throttle obviously. In the city, I would try to time the traffic lights and took my foot off the throttle often and I found myself to never have to come to a complete stop, and I managed to get 60mpg on my 30 mile drive back home!
I’m in San Francisco, and I drove from Half Moon Bay. I think 60mpg is absolutely spectacular for that kind of drive. I hope I can keep her for a long time 🥺🥺
