I sent your article to my dad & so far, we’re blown away with how profound, yet relatable it is for us.

To be quite honest, it was a stimulating read for me on the road to a Christmas family get-together. Though I may have to go back and reread to gather some more self-reflection & introspection of my personal values and build onto my financial philosophy. These are the words that touched me on a deeper, philosophical level:

“More likely, you'll buy that car and keep working the same job you hate to pay for its upkeep. You'll keep eating junk food. You'll continue to argue with your partner, and the stress... It won't go away.”

“You'll still struggle to juggle your rent or mortgage payment with increasing food and energy prices. You'll still fight to get a raise each year at work, while inflation marches on unchallenged. You'll still have your savings devalued every time those in government decides the economy needs more money in it...”

“For the first time in my life, I had an incentive to stop consuming as much as possible in the present. I'd adopted a monetary standard that would preserve my purchasing power over time and realized that my excess capital was worth more to future me than it was to present me. So I cut back on needless consumption and saved.”

“You don't have to continue working within a broken system that, by its very design, robs and steals your saved value. As for me, I chose Bitcoin.”

“This realization that my bitcoin-denominated income would only trend down over time, as the value of my savings grew, was freeing. So I left my job that I hated, (a job that I began to realize I was only performing out of fear of falling behind inflation), and got a new job that was more aligned with who I wanted my future self to be.”

Powerful.