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It's not really about seeing how long you can stomach being a starbucks barista with your $100,000 english degree either, haha. I think there's a good medium b
by Crake 14y ago
It's not really about seeing how long you can stomach being a starbucks barista with your $100,000 english degree either, haha.
I think there's a good medium between the two that most people fail to notice--it's good not to be too obsessed with money, but when I hear people say that "money doesn't matter!" I instantly suspect that they have always been rich enough to never have actually experienced living without it. It matters quite a bit when you are struggling to pay rent on your crap retail job, and routinely having to choose between gas in your car or food in your stomach.
- sethrin 14y agoSo, this time last year I was in a kind of a bad fix. I was completely broke, homeless, and living in a country where I didn't share a language with the majority of inhabitants. Also, at the time that I became unemployed and homeless I had managed to contract a (relatively mild) case of MRSA. This all was somewhat stressful. However, it's important to be mindful that things can always get worse, and that your happiness is not actually dependent on having a job, place to live, or food. Although the last one does tend to occupy your mind, most people would not actually be harmed by skipping a meal or six. You can let money, or the lack of it, determine your happiness. You can let your health, or lack of it, determine your happiness. You can let whether your favorite sports or political team determine your happiness. Or, you can have a sense of perspective, trust in yourself, and let happiness be a goal to reach no matter what fate has in store for you. I can't help but recall the lines of "Invictus" here, but I'll refrain from quotation.
- Crake 14y ago"your happiness is not actually dependent on having a job, place to live, or food." Mine is.