Re:Be careful how you pay the bills
by spoonjim on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @12:08PM
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Just because something’s not attainable for everyone doesn’t mean you shouldn’t aspire to it yourself. Sure, lots of people will have to do stuff they don’t want to, so what? It’s like aspiring to be the best basketball player of all time. Not only is it unattainable for more than one person, but to achieve it you have to destroy everyone else’s ambitions to do the same.
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To extend the analogy, OP is saying I want some team to pay me to play basketball, but I will only play on the days I feel like it, independent of the team's schedule. That generally doesn't hold up well. If you want someone to give you money you need to conform to their desires enough to get the money, and that won't be what you want all the time.
I don't think it is bad to try to make money doing what you want, but I do think it is unhealthy and antisocial to define success in life as only doing what you want at all times.
To compare it to your basketball analogy, it is fine to pursue becoming the best basketball player of all time, but if you think you have failed if you don't achieve it is not good.