Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire

Re:Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire by harryf on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:26AM (#26779141)

That's exactly the right perspective but if you've spent the last 20 years doing some job purely for the money, it's not an easy mental state to transition to and whether you're able will likely have a large part to do with your education and upbringing.

For example your social network may be largely people you work with - if you stop working, you lose those connections. And lockdown has shown what impact social isolation can have.

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Re:Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire by throwaway0a5e on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:40AM (#26779269)

You'll never find them on HN and Reddit but there are tons of people in their 40s-60s who despite working 40hr/wk for the last 20yr have all manner of projects and hobbies they would simply spend their time on if they suddenly didn't have to work, no change of mind required.

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Re:Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire by throw0101a on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:54PM (#26785046)

> have all manner of projects and hobbies they would simply spend their time on if they suddenly didn't have to work, no change of mind required.

The risk is that previously those things were "special" because you could only spend a little bit of time on them. If you spend all your time then the enjoyment can become 'commoditized' and routine. They may become as fun as brushing your teeth.

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Re:Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire by inter_netuser on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:05PM (#26787074)

Has this happened to you?

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