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Waking up to a (very good) cup of coffee. Donning a favorite old band t-shirt, some ragged hoops shorts, flip-flops, and sipping my coffee on the back deck of

Waking up to a (very good) cup of coffee. Donning a favorite old band t-shirt, some ragged hoops shorts, flip-flops, and sipping my coffee on the back deck of a VERY modest, but paid-off, house. Watching the deer from said deck. Then riding my bike into town (TBD, but someplace with <50K people) to a part-time job at the local supermarket. Plan B: doing the same at a local, for-young-people rural incubator & being the wise software sage. Making enough to pay for a Lagunitas Lil Sumpin or two. At night: dinner with friends. Probably a bowl of pho. Steakhouses (and the requisite dress codes) are for other folks. Twice yearly: taking the trailer to a coast. Probably alternating between Port Aransas, Texas and the North Carolina barrier islands.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
This is my favorite end game. Modest, reasonable, full of happiness and enjoyment without costing you decades of your life to achieve. You have good taste.
- mud_dauber 9y ago
  I'll leave the porch light on for ya. :-)
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rblion 9y ago
I like you. I'm halfway there already and will soon have the rest. I'm 28. I drink coffee I got from Colombia or Guatemala in the morning. While the coffee is brewing, I go through everything I'm grateful for and brush my teeth. I drink my coffee while I check my email, reddit, HackerNews. I make a list of everything I need to do or continue the list from the previous day. I don't have Facebook, rarely check Twitter or Snapchat, save Instagram for later in the day or bathroom breaks. I turn on some good music that isn't overwhelming too sometimes. I'm a consultant/creative director, I work remotely. I wear a comfy tee (band, Star Wars, plain) and sweat pants or basketball shorts. I'm scaling my agency/consultancy at the moment by adding bigger and more interesting clients. I have gotten out of debt and started saving money to reinvest into some side projects that can become income streams. The end goal: to own a camper van and travel all of North America with my camera while running this company from coffee shops and BnB's. It would be nice to share this with a dog and a woman, but the latter is optional. I can save money from my income streams to travel the world and eventually buy a cabin/farm out West somewhere, live a quiet and peaceful life away from the hustle and bustle of the city but still have good wi-fi and good shipping times from Amazon. In the last year, I've quit drinking, smoking, and meat. I've added meditation, yoga, and grown closer to my family. I don't feel the need to 'change the world' or 'be the best' anymore. I just want to be a nice person, enjoy my day, create value for others. I'm so glad I asked this question, I don't feel weird for not wanting the 'SV dream' anymore.
- mud_dauber 9y ago
  Good for you. It's quite liberating to actually put this stuff to paper. Thanks for posting the question!

toomuchtodo 9y ago

This is my favorite end game. Modest, reasonable, full of happiness and enjoyment without costing you decades of your life to achieve. You have good taste.

mud_dauber 9y ago
I'll leave the porch light on for ya. :-)
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rblion 9y ago

I like you. I'm halfway there already and will soon have the rest. I'm 28. I drink coffee I got from Colombia or Guatemala in the morning. While the coffee is brewing, I go through everything I'm grateful for and brush my teeth. I drink my coffee while I check my email, reddit, HackerNews. I make a list of everything I need to do or continue the list from the previous day. I don't have Facebook, rarely check Twitter or Snapchat, save Instagram for later in the day or bathroom breaks. I turn on some good music that isn't overwhelming too sometimes. I'm a consultant/creative director, I work remotely. I wear a comfy tee (band, Star Wars, plain) and sweat pants or basketball shorts. I'm scaling my agency/consultancy at the moment by adding bigger and more interesting clients. I have gotten out of debt and started saving money to reinvest into some side projects that can become income streams. The end goal: to own a camper van and travel all of North America with my camera while running this company from coffee shops and BnB's. It would be nice to share this with a dog and a woman, but the latter is optional. I can save money from my income streams to travel the world and eventually buy a cabin/farm out West somewhere, live a quiet and peaceful life away from the hustle and bustle of the city but still have good wi-fi and good shipping times from Amazon. In the last year, I've quit drinking, smoking, and meat. I've added meditation, yoga, and grown closer to my family. I don't feel the need to 'change the world' or 'be the best' anymore. I just want to be a nice person, enjoy my day, create value for others. I'm so glad I asked this question, I don't feel weird for not wanting the 'SV dream' anymore.

mud_dauber 9y ago
Good for you. It's quite liberating to actually put this stuff to paper. Thanks for posting the question!