What seems like a great idea until you try it?
1. "Owning a luxury car as a poor person. Got a high mileage BMW because I'd always wanted one. It was cool at first, until it needed routine maintenance. And then it got even worse when it needed repair ... Sadly I sold it to some teenager who also wanted a BMW. I even told him I was getting rid of it because it was too expensive to care for and it had a rear main seal leak. Didn't sway him. He really wanted a BMW."
2. "Being the boss. You walk into the job thinking you are going to make a difference by hiring the right people, standing up for the right thing, inspiring your staff, make money and have prestige. Then you wake up and realise that no matter what you do, half the people hate/envy you and the other half are indifferent and just want a pay cheque."
3. "A GoPro. Bought one thinking about how cool it would be to record my activities from a first-person point of view and upload them to YouTube. Quickly realised I live a boring life and probably wasted my money."
4. "This was the piece of advice my father decided he had to pass on to me before I went to university. He sat me down in a chair, looked me in the eye and said, 'There is something I learned when I was about your age, and I just think you need to know ... Never, ever, no matter how tempting it is, have sex on a beach.' In the shocked silence I heard my mother mumble from the kitchen, 'Na uh, never'."
