05-11-2016, 07:45 AM
(05-10-2016, 11:43 AM)Inconceivablezen Wrote: Modern day society is geared towards materialism in the sense that it promotes many products that you do not need, for which most people spend money they do not have. Modern day consumer products are 80% push, and 20% pull (the ones you need). Freeing yourself of these products can be very liberating. What do I own? An ipad and a computer to work on. Food, supplements. A bed. My own hardcore homegym. Some lamps to push my productivity. Essentially, everything is focused towards increasing productivity, until I reach some financial freedom.
Maybe it can help you to break free of that job. The first step is to need it less, and you can need it less by buying less material products that you do not need anyway.
I'm pretty much living the same way. Most of my satisfaction in life comes from making music, so material things don't interest me as much. I'm actually lucky that minimum wage here in NY is 9 dollars an hour, it's not much but it's way better than some other places. Even though I got this job it's only part time, I can't support myself on it. It's been a positive step in the right direction but unfortunately it's just not enough.
