Re:Verelox Wiped by Ex-Admin
by valuearb on Saturday June 10, 2017 @03:51PM
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I didn't say you didn't have to work.
I said you didn't have to participate in the rat race.
For most of human history, choosing not to work for 3 months meant starvation and death. Hunter-gatherers had to work.
My brother is 50 years old and has delivered pizzas for about the last 20 years. He only works enough to afford to rent a room, own a car, and pay for an annual ski pass, and skiing/volleyball gear. He spends his free time on the mountain and the lake.
He obviously doesn't own many material possessions and his retirement isn't going to be pretty. But that choice was his, he had opportunities to work corporate and make far more money, own more stuff, and maybe raise a family, but he chose to have more freedom and the lifestyle he preferred.
I said you didn't have to participate in the rat race.
For most of human history, choosing not to work for 3 months meant starvation and death. Hunter-gatherers had to work.
My brother is 50 years old and has delivered pizzas for about the last 20 years. He only works enough to afford to rent a room, own a car, and pay for an annual ski pass, and skiing/volleyball gear. He spends his free time on the mountain and the lake.
He obviously doesn't own many material possessions and his retirement isn't going to be pretty. But that choice was his, he had opportunities to work corporate and make far more money, own more stuff, and maybe raise a family, but he chose to have more freedom and the lifestyle he preferred.