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After having a little money for a few years and dabbling in some of the finer things I can tell you that nothing beats an ordinary life. - Getting a slice of pizza and seeing a movie with your wife. - Hitting the bar and having drinks and conversation with your friends. - Hanging out at the park throwing a frisbee around. - Taking the kids for ice cream on a hot summer day. - An economy plane ticket to go visit family or an old friend. - A reliable car that takes you where you need to go. - A great blanket to snuggle up in on a cold winter day. If you have these things already, trust me… you are wealthier than you know. Drinking $1,000 wine and eating caviar with famous people won’t make you any happier. In fact it may have the opposite effect. As the bitcoin price rises you should definitely dabble in fancy shit if you feel compelled, but once you get a peak behind the curtain you’ll find out pretty quick it’s hollow and meaningless compared to the things that really matter.

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IDK, working on trucks and cars gets fucking expensive bro. Guns, tools, equipment, machinery, land to do it all on. Hearing my voice echo in the hallway of my home would be pretty cool too. I might be fucked but it would be nice to have money once. I'd like to try it, learn being rich sucks, rather than listen to rich people tell me all that glitters isn't gold.
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When #BTC was at $25k in August and September of last year, you recall how it seemed like it could only go down, not up. right? Right now, it seems like #Bitcoin can only go up and not down. Yes, the market is just going through its normal motion. Joining the RCL Vip Newsletter group is highly recommended if you haven't already:
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 is doing an excellent job of demystifying biases in #Bitcoin and shedding light on contentious issues. don't miss out some interesting performances, Good luck
100%. Almost ALL of the "elegant life" is really about chasing status, and people constantly confuse status for happiness. It is not and will not make you happy. To the contrary it will make you feel empty and all you will want is to chase higher status. the real things in life are far simpler, and having a solid grounding, a family, doing what you love, and securing your life against the storms of the world will give you more happiness and fulfillment than anything else I know of. Chasing clout is not only shallow, but all the people who spend their lives chasing it are shallow too. Don't spend your life with them, and don't try to be them. View quoted note →
FACTS!!! I vividly recall being wooed by an old money wealthy young man as a young woman. He was nice enough & I quickly learned that I couldn’t ever be bought. His family made me quickly run away. Certainly, that was their plan. 😅 Obviously 🙄 , this isn’t the same for every family. I’ve met some very kind people who I later learned were well off. Money is an odd thing. I’ve been what society would call rich & I grew up in poverty. For some, it makes others behave differently. It certainly made me more thankful for whatever “success” I had as it’s primarily luck. Money is a tool like anything else. I’ve found myself being biased against someone I thought had too much money. Admittedly, that was an immature decision. I’ll admit that now. We all have our biases & constant learning is needed to make a life. 😊💜🙏
It’s true. Modern society is far too focused on things like luxury and materialism when the best measure of true wealth is simply freedom to spend your time however you choose. Once you can afford the trappings of wealth you quickly realize how overrated most of it is.
When you're not sacrificing your authentic self by going down the fiat mines every day, you become more satisfied with the simple things. I'm convinced that the obsession with consumerism is driven by the fiat slavery. I'm looking forward to seeing more Bitcoiners freeing themselves to allocate their time as their preferences dictate. I'm seeing this shift starting to happen right now. I'm not seeing caviar, coke & lambos yet.
I think this ethos is one of the many reasons why we have a shot at a better future if there is a wealth transfer due to bitcoin. The folks (certainly not all) who are in this for ideals, positive change in the world, more honest systems will be able to apply more pressure in society. These changes may have a chance to establish a new tone, reveal better priorities, and remove some power from the worst elements of the control society.