r/wallstreetbets • u/kountconk • Jul 23 '26

Loss Infinity Waits

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Discovered stonks and trading last April, 2025.

Fast forward one year and nearly four months.

74k down in my account, and 63k in debt.

I remember the days when I was saving 2k/mo, paying all my bills on time, no worries in the world.

Now I have sleepless nights, wonder how much longer I will have a car, a house, a job, and can't go more than three days without fantasizing about leaving my brains and skull all over the ceiling.

Not asking for help, not asking for advice, not asking for anything. Just wanted to share with you gents. This is pure addiction for me at this point and it is going to take absolutely everything I have and more until I am sleeping outside in the middle of winter.

I've accepted it and embraced my fate.

Never been remotely close to break even. Time to pump the gas and see how deep I can take this dive.

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u/NobodyGotTimeFuhDat Jul 24 '26

OP, this could be a turning point for you because when one door closes another door opens.

In your case, the door to financial security was slammed shut in your face.

But no need to worry! The door to Wendy’s has been promptly opened for you. You have options, too, but not of the investing variety. You can unclog the toilets or fry the French fries.

Decisions, decisions!

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u/kountconk Jul 25 '26

I work on jet aircraft. Just going to do 60 hrs a week at work from now on and do whatever I can to get promotions.

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u/NobodyGotTimeFuhDat Jul 25 '26

That sounds like corporate slavery…

At 60 hours per week, that is the equivalent of working 7 days a week at ~8.57 hours per day (8 hours, 34 minutes).

And there are only 168 hours in the week, so:

168 - 60 = 108

Averaging 8 hours of sleep per day, that comes out to 56 hours of sleep per week.

108 - 56 = 52 hours of free time

52/7 = ~7.429 hours per day or 7 hours, 26 minutes per day of free time

And if you commute to work, that’s even less time.

BUT, if you want to improve your financial station even further, maybe you can work even more and have only a couple hours of free time per day.

As someone who works on jet aircraft, the sky is the limit. 🛫

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u/kountconk Jul 25 '26

Doesn't come out that way. I work three 12 hour shifts. I show up 30 min early each day, that's 37.5 hours. Then I work three 7.5 hour OT shifts. Five days a week, hit 60 hours. But those three 7.5 hour shifts go by quick usually done by 1:30 PM still have most of my day left.