Great musings on the topic. I wrestled with a lot of these ideas before accepting my new position. I went with the steady job that offers me time off and clear path to investing a large portion of my income. We’ll see how it goes.
Good luck! If nothing else, having the "how do I pay my bills every month?" question answered frees up some brain space for "how do I use the resources I have to get what I want out of life?" question
Definitely resonated with this post, thanks for writing. In the spirit of continuing to riff, one thing this made me think of is how, in my own life, I feel like what I’m chasing is the “freedom to pursue various categories of freedom”, so meta-freedom in a way (or maybe freedom to flexible, idk).
I also think this type of mindset is informed by my current life status — I’m unmarried and have no kids and my only real constraints are that I own property; and that’s kinda by choice, I feel like one thing I’m always optimizing for is the ability to pivot towards something different that seems interesting to me. There’s freedom there, in a way, but I’m not sure how exactly to categorize it. But I think it’s worth discussing freedom categorization in the context of things that you can choose to do (because you’re not constrained in certain ways, e.g. kids/family obligations) vs things you can choose to give up.
>freedom categorization in the context of things that you can choose to do (because you’re not constrained in certain ways, e.g. kids/family obligations) vs things you can choose to give up.
Very true. It comes down to decisions. Every choice you make could be thousands that you didn't. The ironic thing about freedom is that everytime you exercise it, you have less of it.
Hmm... maybe a better metaphor is freedom as resource? There is a time to accumulate it, and a time to spend it. 🤔
Great musings on the topic. I wrestled with a lot of these ideas before accepting my new position. I went with the steady job that offers me time off and clear path to investing a large portion of my income. We’ll see how it goes.
Good luck! If nothing else, having the "how do I pay my bills every month?" question answered frees up some brain space for "how do I use the resources I have to get what I want out of life?" question
Yep, exactly. I’m keeping my eye on the long-term goal.
Definitely resonated with this post, thanks for writing. In the spirit of continuing to riff, one thing this made me think of is how, in my own life, I feel like what I’m chasing is the “freedom to pursue various categories of freedom”, so meta-freedom in a way (or maybe freedom to flexible, idk).
I also think this type of mindset is informed by my current life status — I’m unmarried and have no kids and my only real constraints are that I own property; and that’s kinda by choice, I feel like one thing I’m always optimizing for is the ability to pivot towards something different that seems interesting to me. There’s freedom there, in a way, but I’m not sure how exactly to categorize it. But I think it’s worth discussing freedom categorization in the context of things that you can choose to do (because you’re not constrained in certain ways, e.g. kids/family obligations) vs things you can choose to give up.
>freedom categorization in the context of things that you can choose to do (because you’re not constrained in certain ways, e.g. kids/family obligations) vs things you can choose to give up.
Very true. It comes down to decisions. Every choice you make could be thousands that you didn't. The ironic thing about freedom is that everytime you exercise it, you have less of it.
Hmm... maybe a better metaphor is freedom as resource? There is a time to accumulate it, and a time to spend it. 🤔