I think our worst problem is that the majority seems to be ok giving the appearance that they're ok in life. I can't blame them, like some said: we have good weather and good food... low cost flights allows us to travel and post on social media showing we're going places... so in reality it seems like everything is ok.

Yet it's not.

Agostinho da Silva might say we're fulfilling our destiny of being "vadios" and artists, since he claims that's a way of living very rooted in our culture, waiting for machines to come do the work for ourselves. If that time will ever come, will be pros.

I tried my own venture, and failed. In fact I've tried many things and failed at them. And I do wonder sometimes, what's the point?

I always fold to play guitar, sketch, and have laughs with friends while we eat a home made meal.

Maybe the solution is just to go abroad if you find you can’t not be getting your excitement from taking business risks

Portugal actually has one of the longer working hours in the EU. Despite the reputation that Greeks are lazy, they actual work the longest. If the upper classes of these nations worked harder, they would create more higher-skill jobs for the average resident, so they wouldn't have to resort to working menial jobs for longer hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_a...

https://taxfoundation.org/comparing-corporate-tax-systems-eu...

and actually there's very little initiative there too,

seen it too many times, comfortable at parents place / not desperate, why bother going abroad