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Am I selfish or lazy for feeling like I just don't want to work a traditional job? I'm not lazy, I'm a hard worker when it's something that I'm enjoying or benefits me directly, but when it comes to doing work in exchange for fiat for other people while I make them rich, I just don't want to.

Call me selfish but I just don't want to live my life that way, I'm still young and I feel like I want so much more from life but just don't know what I should do.

I hate waking up every day to go do something I hate, I don't like The Man telling me what to do.

I don't want to live like that, I just don't.

I on the other hand don't know what work I would really enjoy or else I'd be doing it .

I didn't go to college nor will I because it seems like mostly useless waste of time that will land you in debt unless you have a very neche interest that you are very good at and passionate about.

Any advice would be great.
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S!ayer 4mo ago

It's how I live my life. The only most valuable commodity, in finite, reducing supply is Time.

Everything goes to zero against it, even time itself.

Also, when you see how poor people really are, I'm talking abject poverty levels, you realise how far you can drop and still be 'alive'.

I literally quit good paying 9- 5 in corporate finance, because unlike my friends, I didn't want to loose all my hair by the age of 30 either.

You do you man, but just keep death at the forefront of your mind, it helps put everything you do in perspective. (Maybe that's just stoicism though)

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Noisy signal 4mo ago

I love your counsel . Never thought about the level of poverty you could drop to and still survive.

Worth thinking about to take back your time.

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S!ayer 4mo ago

Well it's good to reminds yourself that someone is looking for a meal right now while you're trying to get Netflix to work.

Empathy and perspective adds a lot, and you don't need much but money let's you have status in society. No one considers the Poor's opinion.

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Noisy signal 4mo ago

The way money is debasing and at the same time prices are up on goods and services. We will soon be joining the poverty line. Theft under the guise of inflation and tax. At the same time they cut off exits to hard money like gold, silver and bitcoin and they think they've got you.

That's why we're here on Nostr. Witnessing developers creating all kinds of apps and software to skirt all the chokepoints government bureaucrats throw our way.

So now they want to come after the developers. One is forced down the road to RIDICULOUS plugging up the holes, while the other simply surveys the attack vectors and bangs the holes bigger.

Ridicule creates violence. Developers will be called TERRORISTS who create hate speech. Where have we heard that before? One prefers to hide behind laws that cater to the rich. The other strangles them with their very same laws.

No. I do not empathize, sympathize or celebrate the state of poverty. A choice has been made. I AM VICTIM. I AM NOT VICTIM.