Hear me out but I cringed a little when I read “work as hard as possible”.
The nice thing about #bitcoin for me is that it has eliminated this kind of thinking. Fiat has instilled in us the notion that we need to be greedy, to get as much as we can as soon as possible. #Bitcoin, on the other hand, if bought/saved regularly over a long period of time, will make you wealthy enough to live comfortably when you can no longer work, no longer want to work, or chose to work less.
The Fiat mindset serves the masters purposes very well when you think about it. We are most productive with our labor when we are young and therefore the system of work would tend to “reward” those who sacrifice those precious able bodied years in favor of future IOUs (like money).
I’m not advocating for a YOLO mentality which is just plain stupid in my opinion, but I do worry about attitudes that favor future wealth over any enjoyment of life in our youth. You are not guaranteed an old age at all. The key I have found is balance, which is not all that surprising. With #bitcoin, you need to save less, not more. This is so that you can have more of your life back now which is currently being stolen from you by the Fiat system.
In other words, be careful to not fall for just another version of the get rich quick mentality. This is how the Fiat system is advertising #Bitcoin and it’s just another attack vector.
Good luck!
#bitcoin
#thinkdangerously
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2024-04-24 14:12:55
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