Thanks so much for your reply. It was interesting to hear you mention ‘poor but happy’. This is something I often think myself, and truly, the life I’m building does make me happy. But I wonder if that comes from a place of ‘just accepting I’ll always be poor’- in a mental gymnastics, psychological trick against myself, because I fear I’ll fail at being financially successful, so I don’t put pressure on myself to try to achieve it. On the other hand, I see lots of miserable people working high paying jobs, so maybe I am right, and it’s nothing to do with that at all.
I really resonate when you talk about most ‘normal’ jobs not working out: I’m 100% happier working freelance... but with that comes massive financial fear- in both the short and the long term, and sometimes that fear does feel quite overwhelming. Anyway, this is more a ‘thinking out loud’ response than anything else, but thank you so much for sharing your experiences
I know it’s a bit of a tangent but I was a guest on the What is a good life? Podcast recently (it’s here on Substack, too, I think)... I think maybe you’d like a listen because it sounds like we have lots of big thinking thoughts in common... I don’t know if my real name is actually on here, so I’m Angela Kirwin if you fancy checking it out
Thanks so much for your reply. It was interesting to hear you mention ‘poor but happy’. This is something I often think myself, and truly, the life I’m building does make me happy. But I wonder if that comes from a place of ‘just accepting I’ll always be poor’- in a mental gymnastics, psychological trick against myself, because I fear I’ll fail at being financially successful, so I don’t put pressure on myself to try to achieve it. On the other hand, I see lots of miserable people working high paying jobs, so maybe I am right, and it’s nothing to do with that at all.
I really resonate when you talk about most ‘normal’ jobs not working out: I’m 100% happier working freelance... but with that comes massive financial fear- in both the short and the long term, and sometimes that fear does feel quite overwhelming. Anyway, this is more a ‘thinking out loud’ response than anything else, but thank you so much for sharing your experiences
I know it’s a bit of a tangent but I was a guest on the What is a good life? Podcast recently (it’s here on Substack, too, I think)... I think maybe you’d like a listen because it sounds like we have lots of big thinking thoughts in common... I don’t know if my real name is actually on here, so I’m Angela Kirwin if you fancy checking it out