"Your goal in life should be to reduce the amount of time it takes you to get out of a bad state."
The ability to bounce back quickly is a key skill in life.
My wife once told me, "When you're five, you can be mad for a day. When you're ten, you can be mad for an hour. By the time you're thirty, you get ten minutesβand then you have to move on."
Life is full of moments of frustration and disappointment. Growth and maturity is learning to pull yourself out of a bad state faster."
- from James Clear's 3-2-1.
wherever you choose to live, you are morally obliged to contribute positively to that city/state/country.
speak the local language
be a productive member
connect with people
respect their culture
does saving really hinder the economy that much?
when you buy a good or service, you consume (subtract) it from the economy.
when you provide goods or services, you produce for (add to) the economy.
a saving society is one that produces and abstains from consuming unnecessarily. in other words, humans are adding more than they subtract from their environment.