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You’re floating on a boat in the ocean. Do you want to be in a boat that is sinking, and requires you to bail water every day, or one that is naturally buoyant?
by stocknoob 5y ago
You’re floating on a boat in the ocean. Do you want to be in a boat that is sinking, and requires you to bail water every day, or one that is naturally buoyant?
“Oh, if you don’t have to bail water to keep from drowning you’ll just sit there in the ocean not doing anything.”
No. You can go where you want, without worry.
“But I like bailing water, it gives me purpose, I want to do this forever!”
That’s nice, I like fixing leaks, just in case.
- supernova87a 5y agoInteresting, but that's a particular interpretation of work, isn't it? That's it's toiling at bailing out a sinking ship? What if work is like growing a garden and the more you do the more you get?
- stocknoob 5y agoSure, it’s like growing a garden, where if you don’t grow enough you go hungry ;-). For most, work is first about survival/decent quality of life, and then life satisfaction. FI is about taking the survival element off the table, so you can pursue satisfaction at work (or elsewhere). (Put another way, people seem to argue that they prefer to stay financially _dependent_ — stay that way if you want, and hope your preferences never change.)