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> Decide what you want to do with your life, and work your hardest to achieve that. This is precisely the "American Dream" mindset that the article is calling
by Clewza313 5y ago
> Decide what you want to do with your life, and work your hardest to achieve that.
This is precisely the "American Dream" mindset that the article is calling out as a fallacy. Most people are not in a financial position to do what they want, much less achieve lifelong success (financial or otherwise) doing it.
- 0x737368 5y agoNo, this obsession with "financial" is exactly what is the American Dream, not what I'm talking about. You can live on so much less than minimal wage - it is because people go along with societal expectations do they consider it not enough. You pay the rent to live in an apartment, in a city, and work an official, recognised job. Why do you necessarily need to live in an apartment? Why in a city? And why do you need to work that menial job to pay off all of it barely having anything left at the end of the month? Look up dirtbagging, a movement rock climbers came up with to dedicate their lives to climbing instead of the 9-5. You can get by fine with living in a tent and eating from expired cans and free McDonalds ketchup packets if that gives you the freedom to pursue what you find meaningful.
- wing-_-nuts 5y agoI mean, that sounds fine for a few years in your 20's. Do you really want to live like that long term?