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0 pointslionhearted15y ago0 comments

Okay, I understand better now.

Why not do a kind of work you find really enjoyable, and sell/trade that work with people whose company you enjoy? This is generally my philosophy to entrepreneurship anyways - there's a bit of involuntary time involved (taxes, accounting, errands), but I think you could get it down to less than one hour per day. If you didn't care about having extremely nice material comforts/status symbols, I bet you could make a decent life doing a skill/craft you like and enjoy being immersed in with minimum admin/involuntary time. Some kind of focused writing, craft, skill, or technology work maybe?

0 pointslionhearted15y ago0 comments

Okay, I understand better now.

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mman15y ago· 3 in thread

Yes, this all stems from realizing the only reason i want to "get rich" is basically so i can live the life described. I want to do only the things that i want to do all the time. And the things that i want to do are extremely simple. But i am willing to give up some time to do other things. Yes, I would consider trading and selling involuntary activities.

The only voluntary activities are reading, writing, thinking, and communicating. I guess eating, sex, and shitting can all go in the voluntary slot, too.

10ren15y ago

Another angle is to try living this ideal life for a month or so. It might be difficult to pretend, because you can't 100% relax into it, but it might alert you to things you need you hadn't realized (eg. social); or, contrariness, give you a boost of motivation to do whatever it takes to secure it (eg work to save a little more money; research etc.)

It's just that idea of starting small, as a way to get started and get more information, more confidence (from having some progress), and get the blood flowing through acting on your vision.

BTW: lutsp is in the thread, who's actually done this (see his link to his shack.)

DougWebb15y ago

If you've figured out a way to make eating and shitting voluntary, you should just write about that. The sales will be enough to ensure you never have to work again.

flannell15y ago

I had to +1 your comment, made me 'ROFL'

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