Oddbean new post about login | logout Work 40 hours a week Buy a new car you can’t really afford Spend $30,000 on a wedding Take 1 vacation per year Pay a mortgage for 30 years Retire in your 60s Somehow an entire society believed this was the dream
Quite the programming eh ! I’m still gradually allowing myself as a Gen X freelancer to break away from this patterning.
Great to hear!! Wish you all the luck and strength in breaking the cycle Great to see people have a plan to escape the matrix
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Wake up, Neo…
Always worked 40+ hours/week. Never a new car bought. Married at City Hall for under a few hundred. Vacations were road trips around U.S. with wife. Rented till 40ish( invested S&P) to tread water. Will retire in 3 months (60’sBoomer) here. #BTC maxi since 21. I woke from the dream and looking forward to the rest of my time!
Wish you all the best my friend 🧡
sounds awesome Robert!
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Work a lot less than 40 🫂 Share a car with my wife Im glad that my wedding was a bit cheaper 😝 but also wonderful Take some vacations if I feel so No mortage 😊 No plan to retire at the moment 😜
I was never a normie in that regard. My dream was to work hard, earn enough money to buy a small piece of land to grow my own food, and produce my own energy. To live simply in a van, caravan, even a small cabin. I love fixing up old things, including cars and buildings, for money since the age of 14. I almost made the dream by age 36. Then I met my soulmate, and things started to get much more complicated.
Pretty based that you realized what matters in life so early I realized it a bit late but still adapted, made a clear decision, plan and goal and now working towards those goals to become a sovereign individual
Having my own outdoor space was always a priority. As a child I loved hiking, camping, bushcraft, being close to nature. The only thing I didn't realize is how important having kids is. That didn't click until my 30s, which I why my life took a sudden new direction with a new partner. Talk about mid-life crisis. 😅
Can understand that! I’m not yet there with kids but I can imagine that it’s the most fulfilling thing in life
I think many of us get distracted and dissuaded from having kids. Like many difficult decisions in life, it never seems like the right time. I was lucky that I didn't decide to have a child, it happened when I least expected it, when I didn't feel ready for it. But it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened in my life. Obviously I can't speak for your situation. Just my 2 sats. Enjoy being a newly wed first. 🫂
Thank you so much! Appreciate it
The new car and mortgage on a house that you can’t afford have always just felt insane to me. The cope normies use to justify these just strike me as crazy
The last sentence hits hard once you try to think outside the box
I've always felt like it was modern slavery rather than freedom. I want time to learn and do what I want. I want to travel the world and read lots of books. It never felt good to consider working for 45 years for someone else constantly judging everything I do, as what I could expect for my life.
Exactly the same here!!
Quite your 9 to 5, Buy as much bitcoin as possible, Grow potatoes and raise chickens, Read Lord of the Rings multiple times, Love others an inexplicable amount, Set aside time for pure contemplation, Actually be in the moment with family, Chase goodness with ferocity, Do not fear death because you gave every ounce of your energy to goodness.
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