Unfortunately, you do need money for like 2/3rds of those
Money isn't everything but with no money at all, there isn't much left
Wait, this isn't a shitpost
It's something most of us cannot afford to achieve, probably.
Hey, you're right! Why aren't the mods executing OP!?
“Calm and boring days” is definitely underrated. When you’re an adult with daily responsibilities, it’s almost impossible to have an extended period, let alone an entire day, where there is nothing that comes up that needs to be done.
Amen to that Brother Reverend! I love when there is nothing to do. It is so liberating. But after a day or two I start to feel guilty I'm not being a productive member of society.
It's so huge not only for rest but creativity and mental housekeeping.
The “slow mornings” one is my favorite.
For me "slow mornings" means I get to take my time as I poop, shower, and then enjoy a cup of coffee in absolute silence. Before my day is ruined by my kids fighting or asking me for things.
I bet having kids is an amazing experience but my partner and I are not having kids and we’re getting older, so “slow mornings” means we wake up, go back to sleep, get up at noon, have some kratom, shit, order breakfast sammiches, and lay in bed watching random stuff until dinner.
Basically most weekends.
The payback is knowing that one day their kids will do the same to them, right ;)
Money and removed
Since the beginning of time every honest male would give this answer
Bro this isn't funny. Give me back my luxuries right now
One that a lot of us take for granted is being able to breathe easily.
or control when and where we go to the bathroom.
All I see is "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you".
And hear
2/12 ain't that bad I guess.
How is this a shitpost
Shit, I don't have any of those.
That's absolutely perfect
Time to ditch capitalism in its current form.
So does it mean that there is some hypothetical capitalism that is good and fair? Hahah
Too bad the majority of them require disposable income.
That's why it says "luxuries"
Don't forget that "may you live in interesting times" is a curse
Yeah, I've got one maybe two of that list. FML
I’m rocking five of them at least so, I hope you get here.
Just a few weeks left for me. I haven't really had any more than 2 of these in a decade...
Well, I make home-cooked meals, at least.
Real talk. I cried reading this. They're such simply things and it's the first thing they want to take.
I've turned into a fairly materialistic person after starting a family, which kinda goes against this list, but I promise I have a point.
I've now started valuing my time in money, quite explicitly. Let's say an hour of my time is worth roughly 50 euros. I can make more money by doing more work, I'm not limited to 40 hours a week when feeling productive, nor am I required to fulfill 40 hours a week when I have a bad case of executive dysfunction. So any time I'm out running errands, it technically IS costing me this much money.
If I have the option to spend X hours doing something, I'm going to ask myself if it's worth it being X * 50 euros poorer for this. Spending time with friends or family? Absolutely worth it. Going on a walk to clear my mind? Still worth it. Drive around a bunch of drunk people for money? Nope, because nobody is going to be paying me enough to make it worth my while and it's not an activity I enjoy doing very often.
I'll make a similar calculation for spending money to gain more free time. If I'm working on my car and something is going to take me 10 hours, but my shade-tree mechanic 3 hours @ 35 euros an hour on his lift... Yeah, I'm going to pay him and hang around while he's doing it. I just bought 7 hours of free time (so 350 euros) for 105 euros.
That does NOT mean that when I make the calculation that I'm going to always actually use the saved time for work right away. I might just hang around at home, take the baby for a spin in the stroller, listen to podcast I enjoy... Hell, maybe I'll take a long ass bath. This is just a way to get myself thinking "hey, my time is worth too much to be doing this", because in the past I rarely said "No" to anyone who wanted me to do anything, and also I'd spend lots of time on anything that could save me a minuscule amount of money.
One must be careful with this kind of reasoning, because often the time is not a cost - but actually a valuable part of the experience in its own right. Walking to the corner store is slower than driving - but can be a worthwhile experience for its own sake - as it give a bit of time for quiet reflection, and light exercise, and fresh air. Depending on your tastes, a similar thing could be said about doing some maintenance work on your bike vs paying someone to do it for you.
Getting too bogged down in time vs money can potentially lead to miscalculations and stress. Is it better to give someone a quick blowjob for a bit of extra cash so that you can pay someone to vacuum your house? Perhaps the calculation is not really one-dimensional.
For me, simply spending less time thinking about money is worth quite a bit of 'wasted' money & time; because I value the headspace that would otherwise be consumed by that!
That's also quite valid. And the walk to the corner store is pretty much a break to slow down and just... Think. Personally I value those breaks fairly highly too.
I've got: 4,6,8,9
Some of these should be considered fundamental basics or rights, and not "luxuries".
All of them should be
Amen to that
I'd not only day ability to travel but ability to follow any passion. Setting the world, making art, opening a store, whatever makes you do b something you just love doing just for the activity itself.
The Zhuangzi has a chapter called "Mastering Life."
Then again, I've been reading the whole book back to front dozens of times. It completely changed me, but for it all to sink it, it took a while.Just downloaded to Kindle. Thanks for reminding me.
Can somebody send that to President Musk and his apprentice?
Trusk buys Time magazine.
A lot of people would argue that some of these are basics needs not wants.
