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In my (relatively short) life, I've always been far more happy in my periods of unemployment than when I was "gainfully employed." Don't expect a single person
by plankers 8y ago
In my (relatively short) life, I've always been far more happy in my periods of unemployment than when I was "gainfully employed." Don't expect a single person on HN to share this view, but there it is.
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- nomel 8y agoWith unemployment, happiness is very directly related to your your bank account balance, or the willingness for others to provide for you. With employment, there's usually a lower limit since there's a reasonable change you're able to eat and stay out of the rain.
- projektir 8y agoWhich shows that happiness is not contingent on employment, but on bank account balance, which is not the philosophy a lot of people push when they say lack of work will ruin people.
- plankers 8y agoReplace bank account balance with bitcoin wallet balance, but sure.
- YinglingLight 8y agoIf you're not feeling productive in a some facet of your life, the Netflix binge-ing goes numb reeeeeeal quick.
- projektir 8y agoI can be productive by contributing to OSS or writing guides for a favorite video game or something, doesn't have to be work. :)
- erobbins 8y agoI'm the same way. I took a year off once, and it was awesome. I regret not being a lucky trust fund kid.
- brokenmachine 8y agoI did the exact same thing. It was great. I don't understand these people who can't find things to keep them occupied outside work. I don't have enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do. Work is just 8 hours per day that I can't do those things.
- plankers 8y agoI'm kind of the opposite, I just love laying around all day doing nothing but reading. I spent most of my time at my last job doing this, but surrounded by people, noise, and fluorescent lighting. Plus, being able to attend events spontaneously and stay out as late as you want is pretty great.
- brokenmachine 8y agoReading is one of the things I'd like to do that is prevented by that 8 hours per day of work.
- plankers 8y agoWell cheers to that, mate. Hope you find a way to get more of your time to yourself.
- hndamien 8y agoIts not the hours that is lacking as much as the money.
- Retra 8y agoUse your hours to make money? That's what you spend time at work for.
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- xab9 8y agoI envy you :) I always had this fear deep inside that I will run out of money and boom, poverty awaits (even now, that I have a more than decent salary).
- fsloth 8y agoIt would be awesome to have no job if someone else paid my bills :D