Choosing to be poor seems logically impossible to me. During the time in my life when I was poor, it was characterized by a lack of choices more than anything

Choosing to be poor seems logically impossible to me. During the time in my life when I was poor, it was characterized by a lack of choices more than anything else. I don't think poverty is a thing that can be chosen, because being poor is not having choices. Sure, constant low-level danger was another theme -- nearly dying from preventable diseases, parts of your home falling on you, and vehicle accidents were some things that came up. Scrounging for and repairing stuff and frugality were themes too. All of this was of no importance compared to the lack of choices, which I felt viscerally every moment of every day. (Thankfully everything is much better now!)