I guess some of us are just plain unusual.
I don't enjoy shopping. I will invest in a meal at a mom & pop restaurant. I will also pay for community activities that involve me and/or my wife doing things that we enjoy or find interesting.
But generally, I just don't like consumerism.
I think a lot of folks who work every day, like me, don't value shopping or being entertained for endless hours.
That free time? It stinks! A lot of my weekend is really just pointless miserable 'work'.
Mowing a lawn that will need it again two weeks later. Driving to places that I've seen hundreds of times.
I let my wife shop and chose these activities. It's fine for me because I enjoy being with her which is the real joy of it all.
But my wife helps me with work. A lot! The weekend stuff is just 'meh'.
'Work' is not how I look at the tasks I do during the day. For me it's a mental chess game without a checkmate. I'm continually improving a craft and a talent that I have developed for decades.
My work runs the emotional gamut from insanely interesting to insanely frustrating. It's rarely dull.
Some days I deal with fantastic people. Other times I'm dealing with human hurricanes who I wish would blow their hellish winds of discontent somewhere else.
I also have more than one job. Sometimes I develop a fantastic study that raises eyebrows and changes how millions of dollars are spent.
Other days I'm dealing with the 'No' people. Those who waste time and make everyone's life difficult.
I also invest in what I know. Cars. The auto industry. Building communities.
Human psychology and scientific research are the dualing banjos of my work life. I think about the macro. But I also deal with the micro. The small isn't really that easy to figure out and profit from. I enjoy investing in vehicles that's similar to the way others enjoy real estate, or ship building, or computer programming.
It's a constant pursuit. The money measures the result. But it's not the only way I value what I do.
I do 'work' every day. When my kids were young that wasn't the case. But now that it's just me and my wife, she's there with me and I try to make our days as enjoyable as possible.
Wait. What was the question? Why do I work every day?
There's one major negative with doing that. I'm still conflicted about my work.
I'm one of the very few entreprenuers who has been able to stand on the shoulders of giants and create a better world. That's great
But I wish I had started from the ground up with other talented souls when I was in my 20s, and built a business that can endure beyond my lifetime.
I always felt like my family needed me... and I definitely needed them. So my solution was one where I made sure the river of work flowed. But not to the point where it kept me from being there at the exact moment I was needed.
Some days I did fail with that, and it still pains my soul. But 98+% of the time I could walk away from my work within seconds and make them the priority.
That to me is the greatest achievement of my career. Working every day? It's not what you think it is.
I don't enjoy shopping. I will invest in a meal at a mom & pop restaurant. I will also pay for community activities that involve me and/or my wife doing things that we enjoy or find interesting.
But generally, I just don't like consumerism.
I think a lot of folks who work every day, like me, don't value shopping or being entertained for endless hours.
That free time? It stinks! A lot of my weekend is really just pointless miserable 'work'.
Mowing a lawn that will need it again two weeks later. Driving to places that I've seen hundreds of times.
I let my wife shop and chose these activities. It's fine for me because I enjoy being with her which is the real joy of it all.
But my wife helps me with work. A lot! The weekend stuff is just 'meh'.
'Work' is not how I look at the tasks I do during the day. For me it's a mental chess game without a checkmate. I'm continually improving a craft and a talent that I have developed for decades.
My work runs the emotional gamut from insanely interesting to insanely frustrating. It's rarely dull.
Some days I deal with fantastic people. Other times I'm dealing with human hurricanes who I wish would blow their hellish winds of discontent somewhere else.
I also have more than one job. Sometimes I develop a fantastic study that raises eyebrows and changes how millions of dollars are spent.
Other days I'm dealing with the 'No' people. Those who waste time and make everyone's life difficult.
I also invest in what I know. Cars. The auto industry. Building communities.
Human psychology and scientific research are the dualing banjos of my work life. I think about the macro. But I also deal with the micro. The small isn't really that easy to figure out and profit from. I enjoy investing in vehicles that's similar to the way others enjoy real estate, or ship building, or computer programming.
It's a constant pursuit. The money measures the result. But it's not the only way I value what I do.
I do 'work' every day. When my kids were young that wasn't the case. But now that it's just me and my wife, she's there with me and I try to make our days as enjoyable as possible.
Wait. What was the question? Why do I work every day?
There's one major negative with doing that. I'm still conflicted about my work.
I'm one of the very few entreprenuers who has been able to stand on the shoulders of giants and create a better world. That's great
But I wish I had started from the ground up with other talented souls when I was in my 20s, and built a business that can endure beyond my lifetime.
I always felt like my family needed me... and I definitely needed them. So my solution was one where I made sure the river of work flowed. But not to the point where it kept me from being there at the exact moment I was needed.
Some days I did fail with that, and it still pains my soul. But 98+% of the time I could walk away from my work within seconds and make them the priority.
That to me is the greatest achievement of my career. Working every day? It's not what you think it is.
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