I imagine they've got to be at least a little happier but probably not by a whole lot
Weird to think that's why the rest of us have to be held hostage
I am very high right now, I feel like this makes sense but if it doesn't then that's why
I imagine they've got to be at least a little happier but probably not by a whole lot
Weird to think that's why the rest of us have to be held hostage
I am very high right now, I feel like this makes sense but if it doesn't then that's why
The most powerful? Hell no. You don't get there without hollowing out a bunch of parts of you that make you human to make room for a drive to pathologically aggregate capital and power. You like things that are prestigious, not for any intrinsic value. Chapo described Donald Trump in this light and I think about how predictable his tantrums about the election were. How we could know, the moment news broke about his coronavirus case, what he would say if he survived (i.e. virus isn't that bad). And there are billionaires worth a lot more than him!
There are, I imagine, people with a lot of money and freedom. Billionaire is an absurd concept, but there are people with a net worth ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to several millions of dollars who are probably living it up. Rags to riches stories, inherited wealth, and older professionals would be there. I keep it close to my heart, and you'd have to work hard to jostle it from my grip, that escaping a 9 to 5 would be a profoundly satisfying venture and spiritually liberating.
As a guy that spent the summer working maybe 7 hours because of COVID19 scheduling and nobody was checking on me, I can tell you just not working 8 hours a day is a huge deal. Like, amazing. Throw in random Fridays I took off with PTO. Some sort of job security and knowing that every dollar I made just went to myself? Amazing!! If I had a budget to go on trips, buy the toys I wanted, and could do highend take-out for most meals? Easily two or three times happier. But all that is like $100k/yr lawyer money or something. It levels off after that.
You have something that people who make a lot of money rarely do: enough.
Time freedom and focusing on the now is key. But yeah, I'm very lucky. Also student debt relief when?