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Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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The cynic in me thinks: most of the things on that list are most easily acquired if you have money.

I humbly disagree a bit. Most items on that list do not have to cost a lot of money (besides a washing machine and a dishwasher) and some of them cannot be bought. It is also a mindset. I adore slow weekends.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Past being a millionaire or so, making money is a clicker game. It's something you do just for the fun of seeing number go up. And just like a clicker game, past a certain point you're no longer making the money through your own efforts, but by acquiring assets that can make the money for you (like buying the grandmas that bake cookies for you, etc.), so the game becomes determining the right mix of assets that let y…

> acquiring assets that can make the money for you Any ideas beyond real estate?

Index funds.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Past being a millionaire or so, making money is a clicker game. It's something you do just for the fun of seeing number go up. And just like a clicker game, past a certain point you're no longer making the money through your own efforts, but by acquiring assets that can make the money for you (like buying the grandmas that bake cookies for you, etc.), so the game becomes determining the right mix of assets that let y…

> acquiring assets that can make the money for you Any ideas beyond real estate?

Businesses

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Time seems to be one of the most valuable luxuries. AFAIK it is not entirely clear why time seems to pass faster when one grows older. One argument is that the older brain does not form memories as intricate as in the younger brain.

Has anyone experimented with actively making more complex memories to make time pass slower? Seems like the best approach to living longer, at least in experience.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Slow mornings and rest without guilt are very apt and specific but time and health are just general wishes.

I would add work with meaning and flow.

Also life with few... snags, all the issues that are small but extremely bothersome (knocking sound in a car, that one window that doesn't close fully, etc).

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Health determines the quality and quantity of time, so put that at the top above all else.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

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Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Health determines the quality and quantity of time, so put that at the top above all else.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

And better healthcare.

I accompanied a family member in an ambulance recently and I had the ambulance rerouted to a private clinic. They needed a €25k payment guarantee but we were able to go into surgery within a day.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Health determines the quality and quantity of time, so put that at the top above all else.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

Statistically, yes. And statical health things are the only health things to really worry about (because you can't ever do things to avoid getting cancer, you can only ever do things to decrease your chance of getting cancer).

But then again, the list of things that statistically keeps you healthy while being expensive is actually very short (GLP-1s currently being the most notable item on it).

Supposedly this is going to change in the near to mid future with more wonder drugs incoming. But, for the time being, that's nice!

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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Health determines the quality and quantity of time, so put that at the top above all else.

As with many things, it's easier to stay healthy if you are wealthy. You can buy personal training services, workout gear, a home in traffic-calmed neighborhoods where you aren't jogging or cycling along rural highways, a pool, etc. You can buy fresh fruit and vegetables instead of highly-processed food. If you're American you can buy imported or certified organic meat instead of the hormone-filled shit on the shelve…

A graceful pivot. Almost no tire noise.

Re: The Real Luxuries In Life

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I wonder if the author has these things in abundance, or wants to have them. While they sound incredible to me, I can't help but ponder that the demographic with the highest suicide rate is retired men.

source?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1578415/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10227535/

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