I spent the better part of my 20s learning about stocks, bonds, the financial system, etc, and settled on the conclusion that I don’t really want to be an investor, I just want something to store my excess productivity that doesn’t lose value over time. 

https://m.primal.net/HXqI.jpg 

 You don’t want a part time job investing your wealth to protect the half you’re left with after taxes from your full time job from further debasement?

I dunno bro, that sounds pretty extreme to me..