Coming at it from a different perspective, I did something similar to this by saving money on a US salary and then moving to a low cost of living country. I spent years at a time not working or even thinking about how to make money. I think almost everyone has felt the pain of financial and social obligation, but very few people have experience a total lack of such obligations for years at a time which leads to thing…
> There were two big problems. One is that you feel disconnected from society. This is hard to explain but being outside of normal social structures you lose a sense of context and meaning to your actions. Second is that when you don't have any social or financial pressures it's hard to avoid the path of least resistance. It's very easy to fall into bad habits, just watching youtube, reading reddit, bad diet, etc. Th…
i, too, have been financially independent for the past year. past employer IPO. modest take.
for the past couple months, i’ve struggled with the same issue described by the OP.
for me, it’s a challenge of community. i spent so long living the silicon valley engineer lifestyle, along with others on that same track.
now, i find myself without community. in college, i dated liberal arts majors who live in co-ops, prioritize relationships, etc. i know they’re all out there in the world living out the type of life that remains a projection for me.
it just feels challenging to jump out of my self and my habits to start living a very different type of life.
this is my daily task. i understand it’s in my hands. my responsibility.
but feeling the acute challenge on a daily basis, i understand where the OP is coming from.