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  Jehovers Witnesses are not the only ones....

  by The Rebel in

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  "more than half of the people in the u.k either aren't saving at all or they aren't saving enough to give themselves the standard of living they hope for" ( the money advice service).

  how do you have your retirement planned?.

  as for myself, i never botherd with putting money in a pension, i opted instead to invest in buy to let properties.

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  Oh yeah, most people in general are ill prepared for retirement, especially since people live longer now. Even people that had pensions and thought they were set find the pension running out of money because they weren't designed for people to live on another 30 years.

  Myself, I'm currently screwed but honestly primarily because I never made enough money and had poor money handling skills. I'm now much better. My wife and I clean houses but we live a month ahead on our budget now, have a six month emergency fund including deductible in case of medical emergency, and we're saving money every month. The plan is to start putting money in index funds this year. At 39 and 36, we have enough working years to be okay. We should retire with our modest house paid off, and we don't buy anything else on debt now.
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  Happy Birthday smiddy

  by smiddy in

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  and a happy birthday to anybody else who born on the 5/7 month.

  smiddy.

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  Happy birthday! It's always nice to celebrate things now.
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  Guess who is getting announced as no longer being a JW

  by atacrossroads in

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  not me surprisingly.

  i thought i would be the one to go first.

  this coming week my hubby is being announced as no longer being a jw.

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  Boom! That's kind of bad-ass. Congrats to him!!!!
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  Introducing The Ranting XJW Redneck -- Episode 5 of JW Escape

  by OneGenTwoGroups in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  on this episode we introduce the ranting xjw redneck.

  we discuss mlms and sexual repression.. greetings from neo and ava!.

  jwescape.libsyn.com.

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  I'm also a fan of the podcast. I like that you discuss articles that are more than just surface level fluff pieces. I subscribe to yours, among others, and although your show isn't the OG JW podcast it is my second favorite ex-JW show right now. JW Podcast was great but very inconsistent (learn a lesson from that) and their audio quality is in the toilet right now as they're going through yet another change. Apostate Awake is my favorite, though not really always ex-JW centered. The Critical Thought Podcast can be good as well.
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  Expanding number of DC/RC's

  by DwainBowman in

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  according to my elder in law, by next year the number of dc/rc's will increase by 143. the size of conventions will get smaller.

  the elder in law says the goal is to make them all have around 2,000 or so at each.

  they are going to make more manuals detailing each job and it's responsibilities.

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  Makes me remember when I was younger and helped remove rows of chairs from the KH to make it look fuller. I had forgotten about that. Attendance was down and it didn't look so empty that way.
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  Very dark and confusing info...

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some internal sources in jw.org has brought me attention to the following data:.

  - in which european country, not member of the eu, and well known for their banking industry, jw.org and some affiliated structures do maintain some business incorporated structures and companies?.

  - which is the purpose of these business and company structures?.

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  Anders for the win, lol!
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  Very dark and confusing info...

  by sp74bb in

  1. jw
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  some internal sources in jw.org has brought me attention to the following data:.

  - in which european country, not member of the eu, and well known for their banking industry, jw.org and some affiliated structures do maintain some business incorporated structures and companies?.

  - which is the purpose of these business and company structures?.

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  dubstepped

  I agree. I'm very confused and feel left in the dark.

  On a local sports forum that I'm on we like to post dogs in hats to ignore a nonsense post and have fun, but I can't from my phone, so (insert pug wearing top hat here).
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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  BlackWolf, you have a pm.
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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  I just want to point out that there's nothing wrong with pills, if you need them, and that they aren't magic. I'm sorry you had a bad reaction, but instead of running away you probably needed either a different med or dosage. You have to be allowed to work with them for a time to get things straight.

  With that said, pills are just a tool, you have to have other tools like counseling, the ability to control your own life, and support. Your parents are extremely a abusive and negligent. Get away from them, live life free, and things may clear up. You should definitely still see a therapist as you come out of this, and if someday you need a pill, that's cool too, just know that getting it right is a process, not a one time thing. Brain chemistry is tricky and always changing.
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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

  1. jw
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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  dubstepped

  If it's too hot to exercise outside, there are lots of exercises you can do indoors. There are so many free videos on youtube of exercises that you can do from home. Pick something you like and do it. It is a great mood enhancer.