How do you live your life?
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How do you live your life?
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#2Following contentless links in HN.
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#3I heard it in a movie - What would you do if you had 1 million dollars....not with the money, but with your time? Most people have a good, solid answer - it varies by person, but most people have something they'd rather be doing.
I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working.
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#4Stop talking about it.
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#5I heard it in a movie - What would you do if you had 1 million dollars....not with the money, but with your time? Most people have a good, solid answer - it varies by person, but most people have something they'd rather be doing. I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working.
I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working.
I'm in about that boat. Paycheck aside, I feel like contributing in a meaningful way through work has far more lasting value than indulging in hedonism or art.
Armstrong would have had a heck of a time getting to the moon, if it were not for those who worked to put him there.
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#6Several years ago our household income was $xx. Along came some opportunities and now it's $xx+y. My wife and I live the same lifestyle and save the rest. Why? It's fun to see the doors that open as your savings grow. Even if you never open those doors, having access to the keys is its own reward. Someday we'll open one of those doors. The anticipation and journey will surely be as joyful as the reveal behind the door.
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#7I heard it in a movie - What would you do if you had 1 million dollars....not with the money, but with your time? Most people have a good, solid answer - it varies by person, but most people have something they'd rather be doing. I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working.
I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working. I'm in about that boat. Paycheck aside, I feel like contributing in a meaningful way through work has far more lasting value than indulging in hedonism or art. Armstrong would have had a heck of a time getting to the moon, if it were not for those who worked to put him there.
Art is one of the areas of human endeavour that has the greatest amount of 'lasting value' - you only need to look at the numerous existing works that are around, and how much pleasure people derive from them, to see that.
Even if you are only an average artist yourself, and your own works will not be appreciated by many in the future, for many people they would like nothing more than being able to spend time creating art. Besides, software is half science, half art...
Perhaps you didn't intend it, but putting art in the same boat as hedonism is giving the latter way, way more credit than is appropriate. :)
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#8Several years ago our household income was $xx. Along came some opportunities and now it's $xx+y. My wife and I live the same lifestyle and save the rest. Why? It's fun to see the doors that open as your savings grow. Even if you never open those doors, having access to the keys is its own reward. Someday we'll open one of those doors. The anticipation and journey will surely be as joyful as the reveal behind the doo…
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#9I heard it in a movie - What would you do if you had 1 million dollars....not with the money, but with your time? Most people have a good, solid answer - it varies by person, but most people have something they'd rather be doing. I'm still trying to figure out what I'd be doing with my time instead of working for a living. I think it would be working.
Mark Shuttleworth springs to mind here, although with rather more than 1 million.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet.so...
Shuttleworth continues to fund Canonical (although I think they may be closer to breaking even). Whatever you think of Ubuntu, it has certainly made a difference.
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#10Several years ago our household income was $xx. Along came some opportunities and now it's $xx+y. My wife and I live the same lifestyle and save the rest. Why? It's fun to see the doors that open as your savings grow. Even if you never open those doors, having access to the keys is its own reward. Someday we'll open one of those doors. The anticipation and journey will surely be as joyful as the reveal behind the doo…
I disagree. I've watched three members of my family save and save and ultimately die of cancer with a pile of cash which consumed their life obtaining. I'd rather live for the moment.
Obtaining money takes far too much time when you could be having fun (fun rarely involves much expenditure).