Same age and same lack of clarity about my "rich life." However, it's been great food for thought in my current break from work. I'm trying to pay attention to how I naturally spend my time and where my thoughts go now that they aren't tied to any strict work schedule.
Also! Ann Patchett is truly wonderful. I started out with Bel Canto many years ago and have only recently rediscovered her work (Commonwealth, Run, her book of essays). Bel Canto remains my fave so far, though.
In thinking about my rich life, I've noticed I have a lot of interests I'd like to indulge in—but usually my train of thought in going after them is something like, "The money spent on that could be better spent somewhere else." So for me, my rich life would probably involve pursuing those interests (a month of tennis lessons! art supplies! etc.) without that hesitation or any sense of financial guilt.
My partner and I thought a lot about what we wanted our lives to look like, and that helped us make a big move 5 years ago. One strategy that was helpful for me was to think about what I wanted to be able to do every day or every week, rather than waiting for a special occasion, and then what I was ok not having/doing very often. Thinking about it in those terms helped me get clearer on how I wanted to spend my time—and what choices would help me work towards that reality.
Once you get how our income-based labor force really works (that high profits depend on low wages), you will finally see and understand all the reasons why a global system that can match people to jobs, resources to communities, and everyday needs and demands to local production, consumption, and recycling operations is more sustainable and ethical than monetary methods practiced today, mainly because scientific-socialism, compared to scientific-capitalism, is actually more democratic; it values and views this very basic, very intuitive belief “universal protections for all” as both a human and environmental right.
Same age and same lack of clarity about my "rich life." However, it's been great food for thought in my current break from work. I'm trying to pay attention to how I naturally spend my time and where my thoughts go now that they aren't tied to any strict work schedule.
Also! Ann Patchett is truly wonderful. I started out with Bel Canto many years ago and have only recently rediscovered her work (Commonwealth, Run, her book of essays). Bel Canto remains my fave so far, though.
That's so interesting! What have you been learning during your break?
In thinking about my rich life, I've noticed I have a lot of interests I'd like to indulge in—but usually my train of thought in going after them is something like, "The money spent on that could be better spent somewhere else." So for me, my rich life would probably involve pursuing those interests (a month of tennis lessons! art supplies! etc.) without that hesitation or any sense of financial guilt.
My partner and I thought a lot about what we wanted our lives to look like, and that helped us make a big move 5 years ago. One strategy that was helpful for me was to think about what I wanted to be able to do every day or every week, rather than waiting for a special occasion, and then what I was ok not having/doing very often. Thinking about it in those terms helped me get clearer on how I wanted to spend my time—and what choices would help me work towards that reality.
That's a great strategy
Once you get how our income-based labor force really works (that high profits depend on low wages), you will finally see and understand all the reasons why a global system that can match people to jobs, resources to communities, and everyday needs and demands to local production, consumption, and recycling operations is more sustainable and ethical than monetary methods practiced today, mainly because scientific-socialism, compared to scientific-capitalism, is actually more democratic; it values and views this very basic, very intuitive belief “universal protections for all” as both a human and environmental right.