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I am rich and have no idea what to do

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Post by adamtaylor_13 »

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #203

Hey Vinay, this part struck me: > with all the mounting insecurities I had stuffed down over the past several years. I didn’t feel like I could work on them with her. So I broke things off after almost 2 years of unconditional love. It was extremely painful, but it was the right call. I needed to fully face myself. You had something really special. You obviously miss her. I am not saying that anything will come from…

Yeah it’s always interesting to me when people get rid of stabilizing social forces in their life to “work on themselves”. Changing doesn’t happen in a vacuum, in fact, it’s usually DUE TO those social forces that we learn, grow, and improve.

Gutting an otherwise healthy relationship to navel-gaze seems like a bad choice.

Source: My wife has absolutely pushed me to address hard things in my life and I’m better for it.

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Post by Jach »

If you don't want to live your own life, you can live it for others.

If you get tired of living for others, you can live your life for yourself.

There are a lot of philanthropic pursuits that could really use an extra million or two per year (LEVF would be my top pick), which is less than you'd expect to make from index funds returns.

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv »

j4coh wrote: post #3

Same situation, I truly empathise because it really does seem to take a lot of purpose out of everything. What I’ve found is that you need to replace money/salary/financial success optimisation (assuming you spent a lot of your life and energy to this point focused on these, much like I did) with something else totally unconnected with being measured in that way. For me, I am focused on proving myself as a guitarist…

That last point is salient. I grew very rich in the last 3 - 4 years and I funded a bunch of my friend's startup ideas. Now I cannot bear myself to reply to their happy new year wishes because how the relationships have soured.

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Post by tayo42 »

akamaka wrote: post #145

> I should work for Elon and Vivek at DOGE and help America get off its current crash to defaulting on its own debt I’ve got an idea: take some good economics courses so that you learn how government spending actually works.

this part was disturbing. this guy cant run his own life but wants to dictate how others will live and get involved in government. the US is going to have to deal with real consequences from idiots like this.

I think running successful companies and making lots of money like this is just random luck sometimes. how did a person with no ability to introspect, surrounds him self with people that like and cant critically think manage to make so much money.

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Post by catonmat »

> However, there are some questions left unanswered.

> Why did I need to do the absolute most to reach this point?

> Why couldn’t I just leave Loom and say “I don’t know what I want to do next”?

> Why do I feel the need to only be on a journey if it’s grand?

> What is wrong with being insignificant?

> Why is letting people down so hard?

For these questions, I would suggest, you please read blogposts on https://os.me

Om Swami is an entrepreneur extraordinaire and has discovered his own truth. I am sure you will find it helpful.

Spoiler: He was(is?) also ultra rich and has figured out this stuff.

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Post by wsintra2022 »

morpheos137 wrote: post #144
madrox wrote: post #106

I don't think you have to have Fuck You Money to get to this point. Most people eventually become disillusioned with work enough that they reevaluate what matters to them. Getting a very profitable exit is just one way to trigger that experience. In my experience, a lot of people who get into this state start self-sabotaging hard as a way of rejecting what feels, ironically, like losing control. Sudden freedom can fe…

As someone who has not been successful in life but who is relatively intelligent do you have any recommendations as to how I can get my life on track? I am asking because you said you like developing people. My persistent experience in life for almost 20 years post college has been nobody wants to develop me. I am not in tech but I am generally interested in the area if it can lead me to greater independence and more…

Learn a musical instrument. Stick at it and over time you will find you can create music , which will make you feel successful.

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Post by snitty »

slumpt_ wrote: post #185
akamaka wrote: post #145

> I should work for Elon and Vivek at DOGE and help America get off its current crash to defaulting on its own debt I’ve got an idea: take some good economics courses so that you learn how government spending actually works.

This stood out to me as well. A pitfall for experts in one field to assume their skills are transferable.

>experts in one field [assuming] their skills are transferable

That appears to be the premise of DOGE.

This sentence also killed me:

>working on various projects I’m definitely not able to talk about

It's not because they're classified. It's because a bunch of unaccountable private citizens are plotting behind closed doors to tear down the government.

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Post by tayo42 »

throwway120385 wrote: post #72
imgabe wrote: post #46

See this is why people need to get married. If I have no idea what to do, my wife will surely think of something.

Children are pretty good at providing you with purpose too if you lose yours.

pyramid scheme of having a purpose
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