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Initially, I set out to have more time for my passion projects, which meant spending less time working for money, which, in turn, meant lowering my upkeep costs
by forgotmypw17 5y ago
Initially, I set out to have more time for my passion projects, which meant spending less time working for money, which, in turn, meant lowering my upkeep costs. I started unsubscribing from one thing, and then another, until, one day, I noticed that it has been days or weeks since I'd used money.
I wondered if anyone else was doing this thing, and I found freganism, "The Man Who Gave Up Money", etc.
And digging deeper into this, I realized several things after pondering them for a while:
a) I'm now operating in large part on my karma, and using money is almost always a karma negative. When I exchange one dollar for something, I'm setting in motion a whole chain of events to which I am karmically connected, most of which are negative.
b) When I work for money, all I get is the money. If I work for an employer for five years, all I have at the end of those five years is the money, which I am, honestly, not capable of managing well, something I have accepted about myself after so many years. On the other hand, if I abandon money, I have time to work on my relationships, something which pays infinitely better.