How do I avoid becoming a slave to money until I die? I don't want to live a life of wake, work, sleep and drive myself into the ground.
I may be taking a new job that pays well but i'm worried about being a slave to it
avoiding the rat race
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Either make millions or choose to make none at all, both will require years of pain (verification not required)
Exactly this. The poorest and the richest are able to dodge the race. The middle man gets fucked forever. Everyone pays a price in a different way
If it's a boring job that you hate and/or everyone there fuckin sucks then it may not be worth the money.
Sometimes it's just the workplace and you find another similar job and it's fine but sometimes it's just the career itself that's not for you even if you wing it and the money's nice.
I haven't even interviewed yet. I'm just worried that once I get there it'll take more and more time from me in the hope of "climbing the ladder"
I just want to be left alone. I don't need much. My biggest fear is turning into a fat version of the guy from Fight Club
Dont go into debt
Mortgages
Car loans
Bills
Women
These are your chains
This is a misnomer.
Debt is a motivator. You pay off the debt, with money leftover, simple, you also bump up your credit score that way. Money is just a tool that can help you along and get through life far easier than without.
>mortgages
Owning your own house or at least a patch of land for a trailer is better than always paying for things you never own. That's renting, only useful in the short term. Own your own stuff, but always have a way to pay for it, consider having multiple streams of income.
>Car Loans
In many places you need a car, and it's far more expensive to rideshare than to own your own car, and take care of it, so you're better off with a car that you own, that you can drive anywhere you want.
>Bills
This is practically unavoidable. With the internet, heat/air conditioning, electricity, and most other things, they cost money, of which can be heavily minimalized, but some bills are unavoidable. Best to just deal with the bills as they come, as all properties have some form of maintenance. If you're looking for a home that's pretty self-sufficient, check out earthships.
>Women
This I can agree with. There's no bigger debt accumulator than a woman.
>Debt is a motivator.
i feel like this is an easy way to fall into the exact thing i want to avoid. "Debt is a motivator" so let me work myself to death until i'm too old to do all the stuff with my life i wanted to
That would ultimately depend on what you want. You may want to live off the grid, or you may want your amenities.
Think about what you really want, and then make a plan. You don't have to wait until you're 50 to do what you want. Just save some money for retirement, as well as your fun.
A great way you could budget, is with the bucket principle. It's a very useful way of putting away money that is referenced in a book called, "The Richest Man In Babylon" and is easily one of the best books on finances and investments.
I'll give you the quick rundown of it:
>You've got 5 buckets, with percentages of your money put in each.
>60% goes to your first bucket, the necessity bucket, everyday needs and expenses go here, such as bills, car payments, insurance, healthcare, mortgages/rent, and other required expenses you would pay for to live the life you live now.
>The other 4 buckets you place 10% of your funds in each, including
>The Urgency Bucket(Emergencies)
>The Investment Bucket(Retirement, maybe Stocks or Gold, don't bother with bitcoin, it's a bubble)
>The Learning Bucket(You invest this in things that help you become a better person, this important to invest in)
>The Recreation Bucket(Vacations, Personal Expenditures, Hobbies, Entertainment, etc., anything you find fun).
If you don't get married, as well as avoid wasting your money, and put it in the right places, you'll have plenty to retire on, and comfortably enjoy your life quietly in the latter years of your life. And while you're still working, you'll have time to enjoy vacations, staycations, and time off to do what you love most.
The one thing to remember is, "All Work is Play." If you enjoy your job, it won't feel like work, and vacations will be far more fun to enjoy when you have them. Being on vacation all the time would be a lot of idle time, you're better off having something to do, and invest your time in, of which should be ethical, legal, and aligned with your moral principles.
La la land
That's a wonderful little movie.
>Owning your own house or at least a patch of land for a trailer is better than always paying for things you never own
You probably pay property tax though, in which case, you will never own your house.
When you pay off the mortgage, and have the deed to your property, you own it. Simple as that. You have a place to go, where you can park, relax, live, and do most things within reason and the law.
They'll abolish the IRS one day, I agree taxation is theft, but until then, tax evasion just lands you in prison. If you go to prison for such things, perhaps you're a hero, but I'm not interested in getting buttraped in prison, and I'm sure you're not either.
Everyone thinks like you anon, and yet there they are... The system is the system, you either play inside the rules of the game or you don't play at all.
>you either play inside the rules of the game or you don't play at all.
how do i not play at all?
You either become filthy rich by a mix of pure chance and skill/hard work (being skilled and hardworking increases your odds, but at the end of the day you still need dumb luck. Plenty of skilled an hardworking people who never got their chance) which results in you being able to essentially buy your way out or you genuinely rebel against the system which results in your imprisonment or death. Welcome to civilized society. We don’t like to use the word “slave” to describe it because that’s a mean word
>We don’t like to use the word “slave” to describe it because that’s a mean word
Reminds me of Ted K's writings. I just want to be free and live a life I want to regardless of what society pressures or demands we do. Then again I don't do much as it is so maybe it's not that big an issue
Rope
Just find good work like balance.
Find a job that doesn't require more than 8 hours a day, and you don't actively hate. You won't find work you enjoy and money does in fact help with happiness.
Weekends and evenings and a couple weeks holiday are plenty of time to do whatever you want, if you just don't waste it scrolling. Or on LULZ like we are doi g now.
Race well. Race well that's raised well.
Go full zoomer and do van life. Probably the cheapest housing you can find, portable enough you can travel wherever the fuck, and learn to cook for yourself on the cheap. Avoid debt.
Basically, if you can make everything you do uber cheap, and keep monthly bills and debt out of your life, I see no reason you can't avoid wageslavery.
That or get good at investing.