A hard pill to swallow - How I look at money
6 years ago in #philosophy by meno (74)
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Everyone of us has to do the things we gotta do just to get by. The work, the sleep, the daily grind.
That's what brings the nihilism on, and with nihilism comes depression.
But inside all of us there is a candle that burns away all that nihilism, if we light it. It is whatever dream we carry, whatever special thing we want to achieve, for others and for ourselves. If you have a project inside you, the nihilism won't get you. The nihilism is just another obstacle standing between you and your project, an obstacle to be overcome by dreaming.
This blockchain is a worldchanging dream, the first still-in-beta mass attempt to break social networks out of centralised manipulative control. Everyday you post here, you are part of a shared dream, that swats away nihilism like a fly.
Steem may be just one step on the road to this freedom, but like Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier was a necessary step before man could go to the moon, you are right now dreaming the first steps of a dream that will create a better future for mankind.
Every day a little project, every day a dream. The grind is background noise. :)
You might just win comment of the month here my friend, this was so on point, I'm inclined to bring you a helpie upvote.
Aww, kind response, man! :)
Your audio recording seems to be lost or corrupted, mate
it could be a cookie thing...
this link doesn't work either?
https://soundcloud.com/meno/how-i-see-money/s-OoeMT
Real talk man. Love it.
Time and money is what it all comes down to.... How much time will it take / do I have to do it - how much will it cost / what does it pay. The older I get the more I choose experiances and time with people over gadgets and vices.
As always - thanks for your thoughts / the good read. All the best.
E.
The little gadgets we collect. I've written quite a bit lately about that futile task (to me its futile).
Cheers mate, thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.
Sweet post buddy. Money is a constant worry for most people including over thinkers , I am presuming you fit this criteria. However I am trying to be more liberal with my time and less worried about money. Case in point I am going to the US for 2 weeks in Sept can I afford it? Not really ...Will I be more in debt ? ...Yes . So why am I doing it ? . Cause I feel some unknown force in me saying go have fun . This post only re-enforced this so Thank you !!!
If more of us learned to listen to that voice a little more right?
I think it would make smiling much easier.
Wait until you get to 60 and you're still looking at this basic life issue....
I gave that 1/3rd of my life away to people who didn't give one single damn about me as a person. I was just a part in their machine that made them money, usually lots of money. In return for giving them basically 1/3rd of my life, I received a bare minimum wage that allowed me to live like a peasant. No financial security in that at all. Living from pay check to pay check, hand to mouth...you get the basic idea. The most I've ever made at a job was 10 bucks an hour, and that was 4 years ago, before I was forced to retire by a blown out back from lifting so much heavy stuff for "the man".
Yes, there is a hint of bitterness in my tone...
However, it was what it was, and that's all it was.
At the bottom where we peasants live, financial scraps are better than homelessness...
Sometimes I wonder what I would have done with my time if working for money was unnecessary to be able to live at a basic level...
Oh Amber, but yet... here you are. It's not too late, not at all.
I relate to your sentiments because I feel them too. Hence why I'm so reluctant to taking one single step backwards.
word amber
Money is a problematic topic for me personally and so do 9-5 works.
At times like the current, I feel like entire financial structure serves no other purpose than entertaining itself and creating growing borders between those that do and those that do not have money at their disposal.
You are not alone, brother! It's all one big game - and each of us has to figure out how we want it to end up, and when... Thereafter, a plan must be set in motion to win one's personal definition of said game.
i think capitalism is a sickness as it is today. it uses people as virtual slaves to create wealth for the ten percent. theres a lot of days i struggle to do more than exist. and thats not good enough. we need to reevaluate what kind of world we need to live in.
Because I'm somewhat of that mindset is that I'm here attempting to participate of the rebellion.
haha yes me too. it even seems that im doing a laurel and hardy routine in the midst of it..
For me, personally, there are two things that will prevent me from embracing nihilism. The first is a need for new knowledge. I need to know everything and accumulating knowledge is my prime directive. The second is having a child. Having children really changes your perspective on things. Nobody ever looks at their children and thinks, "Why should I keep feeding them? They are just going to grow old and die anyway."
You are very correct my friend. Accumulation of knowledge is my only drive at the moment since I've not been blessed with kids. That being said I can totally see how having one would change absolutely everything about me.
yasss thanks you sir. If people realized their true worth and started demanding it we would be in a very different place
could not agree more.
hi sir
sobering
;) i think that's a tiny compliment. I'll take it
I'll reply better, it was a great read, I did find it sobering in a way that made me reflect significantly on where I'm heading, I think we torture ourselves in the pursuit of something that ultimately destroys our souls in the end.
you got the message 100% - I hope however it left you inspired, and not depressed.
I'd say I'm inspired. 😉