I'd contribute to a bounty for sure
We need nostr:nprofile1qqsglmzzvfrcgk7aymek4e8hxaggc9wmasrag08p37xpx64euddvyyspr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9urk4wfy to hit them with some FUD destroying data!
probably not the only thing he lies about...
Apart from my wife, I have no bitcoiners in meatspace to relate this to, so I’m just gonna leave this here. No one will probably read it, but I just want to get this off my chest. Who knows, maybe it will do some good and inspire someone.
I think one of the most underestimated aspects of bitcoin is how it secretly spills over into other parts of your life. Yes, bitcoin is money in the digital age, yes, it’s a finite black hole that will absorb other asset classes, yes, inflation is theft, yes, it can make a median income earner a massive millionaire when done right. But the most underrated aspect in my eyes, and this is propagated by fellas like nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs, is it made me realize how insanely valuable my time is.
When this realization occurred, I made it my number one priority to optimize for my time. So while working the fiat mines for the better part of the last decade, every time I earned a promotion or got a better job, my aim was not to earn more, but spend less time earning the same.
Yes, I could have spent more time in the mines and easily earned 2x of what I did, bought more of the coin with said earnings and be a rich fella with a much bigger car and a much bigger house by now, but you know what? Fuck that!
In stead, I got to be there for my parents, my wife and my kids, take care of them, watch them grow, do volunteer work in the local community, and pursue my hobbies, all while showing the kids that it’s OK to work for a living and contribute to society, and that it’s not normal to get retirement-rich off some crazy bet in your younger years.
Understanding the value of my time, thanks to studying bitcoin, was a life altering moment for me, and I am forever grateful for this realization. No amount of money, bitcoin or otherwise, is worth this lesson learned and the life and experiences it provided.
Who knows, with this in mind, you can look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself the extremely confrontational question: what am I doing with my time?!
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5y earlier for nostr ;)
and you seem to be missing a zero on the million dollars
yeah but it sucks when you've already stacked and need to wait till the end of the month (yeah in some countries one's payed monthly) for the next paycheck....
what nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx saves going economic he zaps on nostr 🫡
it's a xitter link but it's a good thread
https://x.com/paulisci/status/1549527748950892544
just a sample for those that don't Xitt
the thread goes all the way back to 1894
option 2
even inflation adjusted I think I would not spend that much, I'm pretty satisfied with the life I have materially speaking.
my personal goal is to buy all my time to spend on family, and only sell it to others (work) if I get more than just material stuff out of it.
hopefully my family will appreciate my being there always more than whatever I could have left after being gone.
#motivation #pumpitup
"Winners define themselves by what they made happen
-and-
Losers define themselves by what happened to them."
Ever since I heard that nugget, it keeps hitting me. In this age of everyone is a victim, it is such motivator. I don't know who to give credit for the quote... I might have heard it from nostr:npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs so he get the kudos. Have really appreciated his recent posts.
Anyway... don't be a loser!
reminds me of this
I was planning on getting a passport this black Friday, guess I'll wait a few more weeks to see what you got cooking
thank you, I kept thinking "I know this rhythm"
it was killing me not remembering 😅
not defending it's a solution for all of humanities social problems.
I'm just saying that, given it's a secular human habit, it might just contribute to the proliferation of the species.
I'd argue it's not either or, one needs not be under the influence at all times, in which case I'd agree that it would not be good, at all, the kind of disconnect that would come from it.
my point is that in certain social situations, such as going to speak with someone you like but being inhibited, alcohol might facilitate a first approach, if more times than not this leads to a relationship with offspring that would not otherwise have happened, it might be net good for the continuation of the species
Even as someone who doesn't drink that often I'll take the contrarian view on that one.
One must ask why some, seemingly "toxic", human habits are widespread and secular.
I'd argue that even given that it is bad for you, specially not in moderation, it might be good for the survival of the species, how many babies were born thanks to the social lubricant (pun intended) effect of alcohol?
