Of course. I suppose what I meant to say too though is that having no job and rebuilding your house has nothing to do with freedom. At least, not the kind I wan

Of course. I suppose what I meant to say too though is that having no job and rebuilding your house has nothing to do with freedom. At least, not the kind I want to exercise in my own life. These things have value, but they don't define me and they are almost entirely external. I don't want to define my happiness or value by my ability to retire and rebuild a house. I don't mean to say everyone should feel this way, but I think it's important to recognize the limitations of wealth within the extents of what freedom can mean. As I mentioned in another comment though, I'm realizing my comment was totally unnecessary here. I'll leave it, but in retrospect, it mostly served as a reminder to myself and probably belongs in a journal, not on Hacker News.