Is Work All There Is?
Hey Jessiemployees
I like writing; I honestly wish I could do it full time; it's so strange that writing doesn't get as much money as some of the other shit online. I mean, influencers literally post pictures; yes, there is an effort in getting the shots set up and all that. Still, I hardly think what they do is as creatively taxing as writing can be or as valuable intellectually.
Again, value is in the eyes of the beholder, and for some reason, people get really excited about faux metrics such as likes and shares, even if most of it is a bunch of shit and has no impact.
My writing is probably not monetisable because I talk a lot of shit online, but I mean, for those who have a passion, I think the market should focus more on those who take time to create real content.
I've been struggling to blog of late, as my job has kept me really busy and while I appreciate it's a good problem to have as many others struggle without work, I tend to wonder is there all there is to it?
Busting your arse to get nowhere
I spoke to several people recently about how they feel about their jobs, and very few of them like the position they find themselves in; I myself don't either. We all justify it because we need to maintain a certain lifestyle or pay those bills; I know I am guilty of it too.
We created these mental blocks in our head, and then we cannot "afford" to leave work because we have no surplus to rely on. In a sound money world, we would be able to sit back and enjoy our labour and the fruits of our labour for years after it was completed.
However, in today's world, our labour is constantly taxed away from us.
I am by no means sitting on a pile of cash, but if I didn't invest, I would have less than the few pennies I have today, which in relative terms is still pretty much fuckall.
I've busted my ass for years, and I've lived frugally; I've saved like crazy.
How we survive
I honestly don't know how others do it; I can't imagine having to look after home payments, car payments, kids payments; lol perhaps I am just that poor that this seems like a burden I couldn't carry.
I monitor my savings regularly; my wages have been flat for as long as I can remember. Even going out on my own to freelance, you can only monetise so many hours, and it's not scalable.
As I look at what I can put away, perhaps the nominal figure has increased, but the real purchasing power figure has decreased.
I don't have assets like real estate, IP, bonds that I can sit on and extort others for money. All I have is my labour, and labour is cheap in South Africa.
Martin had a dream, Mandela had a dream, we have broken dreams
I don't see myself as a lazy person, I think I work fairly hard, but then if you want to take a break, you're effectively punished for it. Taking a break means losing income; it means spending to enjoy your time off; it means digging yourself a bigger hole.
We were sold the idea of working hard and getting educated will get you somewhere; I followed the rules, and it didn't get me very far, I would say.
In fact, the little I managed to put into Bitcoin since 2017 got me further than all my years of working lol how tragic is that?
Side note: I have no Bitcoin; it was lost in a boating accident
I guess I am wondering, is there all there is for most of us? Working just to live hand to mouth?
Have your say
What do you good people of HIVE think?
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You don’t realize but intellectual stuff is frowned upon here man! We are better to drink beer and watch sports than get to anything intellectual because that makes the peons smarten up and get angry.
I hear you dude, it’s hard for sure. My wife and I have busted our ass our whole lives and we have some stuff to show for it but we have others that are getting things gifted to them for being on the planet and it’s annoying as fuck. We work our asses off and have the business too but it’s hard when you want to take a little time off to enjoy breathing a little bit, doing things besides working. No complaints about businesses, we are very fortunate but sometimes it’s like fuck let me have a week to recharge the batteries!
I clearly have not learned that lesson, when I grew up education wasn't for the non-white crowd so our parents drilled into us how important education is, you don't get to fail or slack it was militant at times and then when we got into the working world it was like a let down of note or well for me it was, something didn't make sense to me and lead me down this rabbit hole to Bitcoin
That's my conundrum, how do we get time for ourselves WITHOUT being punished, I don't think that's right. If I take a step back from my work I have to suffer for it and play catch up
Yeah absolutely man, I know it’s a lot harder in places like SA where education is something that many people have to work their ass off for just to get to a livable place, never mind the struggles to maintain it. The system is pretty fucked for that type of stuff, keeping people in virtual chains instead of literal ones now. We haven’t changed much in a few thousand years it seems!
I don't discount people getting dicked around in the US and developed nations, pretty sure they getting rammed hard; you just get the courtesy of them sitting on your butthole before they do!
I am grateful for this blog it kinda keeps me sane knowing complete strangers are feeling the same way, even if everyone around me is too busy finger-popping each other's assholes and loving it.
I can't unsee it and it makes me mad
Hahah finger popping their assholes. That’s a good way to put it! Three knuckles deep!
Yeah it seems the working class and working poor are in universal situations around the world. Thankfully we are at least partially invested in things like bitcoin early. These were the things people did in the 90’s and early 2000’s with apple stock and all that. They are doing well now, hopefully in another 10 years we can be too!
Yeah I get you or anyone who held gold or real estate before 1971 made out like a bandit
I get that Bitcoin could do that for holders but I’m still conflicted as to how it helps greater society if it’s only enriching a few people! Have all Apple stock holders gone on to do anything with their wealth or they just sitting on it waiting to consume it?
Having personal wealth is great but if we do nothing with it doesn’t that leave us in the same place? That so far is my biggest issue I’m thinking through with Bitcoin
I think about this from time to time. Especially when I go out to eat. Not that I have done much of that lately with Covid and all of that. Anyway, a lot of times you see people who are just happy being a waiter or waitress and you realize you are probably going to be doing that the rest of your life. But that is okay because they enjoy it and we need people to fill those jobs, but it is still hard to process sometimes. Especially as someone who has spent the better part of my life saving up for retirement and all of that.
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Look if you told me my waiting salary is paid in Bitcoin and when I am done with my years of work I'll have something left over I'd gladly wait tables! I am not tied to one job, lol I've even spoken about maybe trying to get a job like that just you know as a way to take a break and not just lose money while I am on that break from the more modern style of office work that I am used to
I'm glad I am not the only one thinking this, but why are we all so scared shitless to rest?
Maybe because we are afraid of boredom? Even worse maybe we will get to the point of retirement and realize that we hate it and then think about how you wasted your whole life working towards something that isn't all it was cracked up to be. Who knows...
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LOL I highly doubt a lot of people would be bored with having leisure time to pursue things like eating better, living healthier and creative pursuits that may not make money but they find enjoyment in but sure there are going to be those who are so tethered to their job they collapse without it
Hobbies are important for sure. I think if I were to suddenly retire it would be nice at first, but eventually I would get bored. Unless I am just spending all of my time on here, but at that point why did I even retire!
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I'm not saying eveyeone would leave their job tomorrow but having the option to do so and take the risk imagine all the possiblities and peoole would research and create new businesses and products but they now too focused on getting a salary
Yes, that is a good point. It would be nice if money wasn't so necessary. Imagine all we could accomplish!
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You're not alone in that one mate. It's like we're all busting our ourselves to get to retirement but can we really enjoy it when we are having to work to 70 and beyond just to give us enough to time and money to relax those last years. And you're certainly not going to be as able at 70 vs mid 30s like we are now due to age! If we keep stressing and work to an early grave then what was the point in that in the first place?
Trying to get that money to work for you and preserve your time is something we should all be trying to do - don't know if you have been following Ross Stevens recently? Quickly becoming my new favourite Bitcoin speaker.
Hope you can recover your BTC from that boating accident 😉
Exactly, and that's on the condition you make it to 70 I know that's normal in the UK, but here growing old ain't a given, lol I bust my ass and then get hit by a bus or some shit and then what?
My issue is, lets say I take the month off I spend x amount I need to go and make that back again, but if I had Bitcoin, i could spin off some knowing the rest will continue to appreciate for me
Never heard of him, I have been so all over Robert Breedloves work, his claiming 307k by October and I love the moon juice articles you know.
Unfortunately, I think those private keys and seed phrase was lost so I'll have to start stacking BTC again from this new financial year, sigh such a bother. Maybe I'll remember my seed phrase in 10 years again I don't know lets hope
Wait! Did you really lost your Bitcoin!
Lol Yes I lose my Bitcoin every financial year so I cannot realise any gains 😉
haha sneaky!!
you see your words are sometimes jargon you know! that's I like ready Young adult books! ahaha! No pizza for you! =p
I can't have pizza anyway I am on a juice cleanse, stop trying to fatten me up
really? and how does it work for you? when did you start juicing?
okay I'll just have this whole pizza to myself! haha
I only started on Monday so I can’t say just yet I still feel a bit bloated from it but I assume that’s part of the processs
If you think it's worth your time, why not!
hey, I need your opinion on an upcoming project of mine, could you please shoot me an email: [email protected]
Lol sent, I assume the extra m in gmail was a typo!
was too tired last night, only one eye was open ahaha
Those damned boating accidents...
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@nickyhavey how do you hold onto your Bitcoin? or do you also lose it regularly
Constantly losing it mate, like sand through your fingers!
Lol but we do love boating, so it's never going to stop! I HODL like that old lady from titanic did that jewel, hold it for 60 years only to toss it away
It's not a given in the UK, plenty of crazy drivers around these parts that could cut any retirement plans short!
I hear you. The key is to be financially sustainable when you have a break (e.g. temp job or you have some income streams coming in passively). I've done neither with my previous excursions but putting things in place now so hopefully will be able to by my 2025 goal!
Lol, those moon shot price prediction posts are everywhere, there's only so much reverse FUD I can take sometimes!
Hope your memory doesn't go completely, that would be a travesty if you can't remember anything in 10 years. Especially if you somehow acquired an unbelievable amount of yachts in that time
Well clearly the UK is not what it once was were strapping young lads would help old ladies across the street
I’d love that, basically what I want is like to take a job when I think it’s fun and do it for a bit and then walk away when I’m over it!
That To me is the real freedom
Lol do I even want to see what I’m like in my 40s if I’m this rekt in my 30s?
Lol, that's what I mean mate. Crazy drivers would wipe out me AND the old lady! Zimoframe and false teeth flying everywhere!
Definitely agree with the work when you want and move on in true nomad style.
Lol, I may have to fly down there and walk YOU across the road at this rate!
Lol and I thought the cabbies in Thailand and Egypt were a menace to society it sounds like they no better in your end of the pond
Well you could just walk me home from
The Winchester and make sure I get home safe and maybe fry me up some bacon and beans would you laddy?
No worries, we can have a pint and wait for this all to blow over 😉 🍻
Let me begin by staying... Omg, did it really read your blog from top to bottom without my brain fogging became of the jargons that you use sometimes?
I didn't know your have a job in the corporate world 😁 and still able to post articles every day!
Do you still own Bitcoin?
Lol I'm sorry, I don't really re-read my blogs I just fire them off as I see fit, its all just my raw thoughts
I don't have a job/job, I am a freelancer, so I work for different brands,
Honestly my articles are just to keep me sane, I have a lot of thoughts and I used to dump them on medium before I found this place
I do own Bitcoin, I buy it everyday but it tends to get lost in Boating accidents very often and then I have to start from zero
I send you an email to your gmail bTW don't know if you saw it
WTF are boating accidents? I am even more curious now.
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Lol any Bitcoin that is lost can be used as a tax right off for consecutive financial years! So losing your Bitcoin can decrease your tax bill! If you able to recover it in the future who knows? 😋
I don't think full time writing is still fun ;<)
As you probably aren't aware of, I have been trying to write a book since about a year and a half. Although I have spent loads of time writing, since then, I hardly manage to focus on the actual book writing.
We tend to spend so much time writing on places where the words just end up anywhere but in the place where we would like them to end up ( discord, whatsapp, emails, browsing, etc. ) haha!
Reading your story, I feel for you though. I myself have escaped my last job close to 5 years ago and my country over 3 years ago. The move from The Netherlands to Portugal as well as from fiat to crypto, made it possible for me to actually grow my money, instead of worrying about it on a daily basis and being stuck in jobs I hated or struggling as an overqualified unemployed person, leading to burnout and depression.
I am also lucky to own a house, since 2018, that has been for sale since November and a decently sized crypto portfolio ( even though it contains little BTC and no ETH atm )
I suggest you read my latest post of how I was able to help my twin sister with crypto, if you can spare the time.
I really hope you can find a way to move away from that job and trap stranglehold you don't seem to be able to escape from, that most people living in cities are stuck with. I can tell you one thing, moving away from the city helps loads.
Greetings from the Portuguese country side,
Vincent
lol like anything I would like to try and then learn to hate it and then move on but for now I still think full-time writing would be really cool
I am glad to hear you were able to find a solution, I don't know much about whats going on in the Netherlands if it's good or bad, I just know Amsterdam property values are nuts, so I guess if you can leverage that for a better life somewhere else that's cool
I am not saying anyone should feel sorry for me, I know others have it much worse, especially here and I am pretty fortunate in many ways. I just know that if I walk away from work tomorrow it won't be long before I have to come running back and be in a way worse place financially
Even for me moving to another country seems tough, because our currency isn't worth dick so going anywhere will kill what capital I have and then I have to start from zero again in another country lol
Damned if you do, dammed if you don't
I will check out the article thanks for the shill
I get it man. Whenever something turns into a job, it changes haha!
Not that I really see my book writing as a job. I just keep changing projects and focus and finishing things - as my mom recently reminded me of for the umptieth time - is still a skill that I have to improve on the most ;<)
I am also a perfectionist, especially when it comes to my own writing.
My last job ( 2013-16 ) was in Rotterdam. I lived there for a year and a half and commuted from Utrecht to Rotterdam prior to that. Let's say that I easily managed to spend all the money I made with my job ( something most people in cities do ). When I quit, I had 3k in savings. I spent that in half a year on the Canary Islands, trying to produce and direct a microbudget feature film ( that was never finished haha ). Two months after my return from that island and falling back into depression, I discovered crypto.
It changed my life and made me leave the country 8 months later. Crypto and an ( early ) inheritance. Life changing money for Portugal that would probably have paid my bills / rent for a year or two in The Netherlands.
It's a shame how cities feed on their citizens. Really hope you either find a way out, one day, or a way toward riches.
Well, you're clearly also a risk taker but that doesn't solve the problem for me, you've taken a substantial risk and you were rewarded for it.
What I am saying is why can't there be just I work, I get paid and that money is enough to live on, since I've been paying myself in Bitcoin I can see the benefit of holding an asset instead of currency and I am "waking up" to the game
It will take me more time, but hopefully if Bitcoin does do what we all think it will, that I am on the right side of a new way of storing value
Most of the worlds workers are waking up to the thought Damnit why am I doing this shit?
Too obvious it becomes that work doesn't mean living a good live. Modern slavery becomes obvious and the promise to have a good life when you are 70 and retired...Screw you...we all have exactly 1 freakin life and to just sacrifice it for the good of a few needs to stop.
The pressure is there, no doubt, no work = no food, housing etc. But I have the feeling that we are reaching a boiling point where those who enriched themselves at the expense of everyone else are realizing that too many are waking up. Sure, their asses are safe but I think the system is going to be changed with a big bang because it has reached the limits. "Human resources" are demanding to gain their own lives back. It can't be right that a few actually live their life while everyone else doesn't. Humans are not ants and that will fall on the foot of all of us eventually.
For now most are scared to lose the little they have, for obvious and legit reasons, but if having nothing is the perspective what's next?
Will we see a change for the better? Maybe, but I am not as faithful that we will without a big bang coming with casualties.
I feel conflicted, have I met people who echo that why am I doing this shit sentiment? Yes, but I do know people who are happy to go about the way things are either because they cannot yet feel the pinch, or they don't realise they being boiled alive and accept it as it is,
I feel the pinch believe me, it feels like it gets stronger and stronger each year I can see the amount of time I need to spend to earn the same amount to live and eventually I'll get to a point where my time isn't enough to earn enough and ill fall further behind eating out my savings or what little I have saved up
I wouldn't want another bloody revolution, we finished once just after I was born, I've heard the stories, but I also tend to learn towards your thinking, I feel like the rubber band is stretched and when its snaps there's going to be nothing holding all of this together and it will manifest in all sorts of crazy ways
The pinch is there for a reason, if we want to see it or not. Sure there will always be two sides, there will be people happy where they are at and even not struggling in a way. It is just that the amount of those is shrinking, too many in this world are suffering already.
It is reaching the so called middle class and suddenly those who would have lived a decent life a couple of years ago waking up with less to nothing.
Corona was a fire accelerant because it hit people who would have never thought it would hit them. Suddenly they also find themselves struggling financially with no perspective. And the blank promise of those who hold the wealth of the world is worth shit.
It is for a reason that few hold the wealth while the rest have to share the little that is left of it. We fight with each other for the crumb of bread not seeing that the bread is in the hands of a few "big players". Those "big players" are playing indeed. With the lives of everyone else.
Yeah, I totally see that right now, I know people who were kicked out of the job market and the rest who are doing fine and it's just a case of at least it's not me.
Like they say the difference between a recession and a depression is in a recession the neighbour loses their house in a Depression you the one who loses the house along with everyone else.
In every system where power can be centralised, it's going to be concentrated at the top, I just think that without something that punishes centralisation we're doomed to repeat the same things over and over
That is the biggest flaw of human kind, repeating history. We seem not to learn from mistakes.
It is just now nature keeps kicking our butts as well and while today we are thinking about not losing homes or any sort of wealth we can be glad if all of us are having drinking water in 5 years. Just one example of why things will be rattled up immensely and those thinking their lives will be better by enslaving themselves for the big ones are fools.
Not money will be the biggest problem, resources like water is going to be the thing getting people to fight over.
I know it all sounds like doomsday and very depressed but I gave up on thinking things will change without casualties. Doomsday will come in a way and if it's only nature telling us stop.
There are probably ppl arguing that the strongest survive blah blah blah, true in a way but those are the people selling the dream of equality because on the other hand they are afraid of telling the truth. If they would say hey we are just kidding you and you can work your ass of never reaching a carefree lifestyle and by the time you retire nature is so destroyed that this planet becomes uninhabitale for humans anyway then it would be a fair deal.
But it's not a fair deal and we let them in a way.
Having lived in water shortage here where they literally had a countdown clock to day zero when we would run out of water and all die I know the fear and how it affects people.
We also have had bad electricity shortages so I know that one also plays out in a way and it's total society break down the moment it happens
Money is just accounting resources are what we really value and we will only notice that when the money doesn't buy more resources like in a hyper inflationary event
It sure does sound gloomy and Darwinist and with humans strong doesn't always mean best but most connected and most wealthy. I still have a sliver of hope that we can transition to something better with the help of Bitcoin
But I don't discount what you saying, we humans have a thing for war and not taking the rational approach when the chips are down
I have a little bit of hope as well, even though I don't own any BTC and to be honest still have no clue how to get them. I'm glad that I found my way around Hive sloooooowly, even though the things I may be able to do with my wallet are still somewhat of a mystery. I'm just a little fish in the sea so I count on finding a guide sooner or later lol.
I don't wanna sound too gloomy but as I said, us humans are having a hard time changing things for the better in a normal way so let's keep hoping. 🙏
I've learned a fair bit during my time here and in the broader crypto space, I am happy to answer any questions you may have, you can always DM me
Hey thanks appreciate your offer a lot. I might get back to you if needed :). Speaking of which, in the Wallet there are some exchanges mentioned. SimpleSwap, Bittrex etc. Any suggestions on which one to use? Those are for trading back and forth right?
It all depends on what you want to do and the country you're in, for me I use Bittrex because I can swap HIVE for BTC and send it on the lightning network so it's stupid cheap to move Bitcoin.
I also use HIVE-Engine, since I can stack small amounts of Bitcoin with all these tokens and HIVE on there it's just trying to get to the threshold to move it takes some time and I don't need to KYC.
I don't really sell my HIVE though, maybe I will if it gets really overbought but for now I just stack em
Hmmm I'm in Germany and have no idea what that means when it comes to BTC. The Hive I just power up which is staking I guess. Lol, I have to dig into that topic. Germany is prob one of the worst countries to be in when it comes to crypto 😂.
If you just want to turn hive into good old Euros then Bittrex and Binance is your best option! Send your HIVE there and you can swap it for USDT which is a stable coin and then you can sell that for Euros or spend them directly using a service like crypto.com.
It’s still way off being user friendly so it takes a bit of patience okay a lot of patience
In South Africa it’s basically impossible to use Bitcoin yet and I e only have 5 exchanges all of which I am not a fan of so I feel you
You have no idea how much I appreciate your hints.
I just leave it as it is for now. I don't have that much Hive anyways and as of now I would have more hassle turning it into Euro because of my personal situation. Don't wanna wake the sleeping dog so to say.
With Binance I heard of a Visa card they offer. I might look into it a little bit but as of now I'm not in a rush.
Bitcoin seems somewhat out of reach for me. Maybe not, but it is a lot for a tech newbie like me. I feel like walking in a dark tunnel with a flashlight and the flash shows a little piece here and there but not the whole picture.
But with time, and a little bit of help, I will dig through the crypto world 😄.
Have a great day 😊
I pour out my thoughts in writing most times as well. I currently don't have a job. I quit due to unfavourable work conditions and unsatisfying pay. I earn from writing these days.
Right now I can't say the pay is enough to handle all the bills, however, I know it gets better because of the people I write for and the prospects I see. I love writing. It's one job I can do and still be happy.
It's like earning from a hobby you love to do. Somedays it gets tiring due to monotony, but I still do it because I love it.
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That's very brave of you, I sometimes want to quit but I can't get myself to make that big a jump, I have quit my job did that 5 years ago but I've been freelancing like a maniac ever since, and hardly have time to breathe and it's not like the upside is all that great, other than getting to work from home so its kind of cheaper don't need nice clothes or a car I can just use my laptop to live, but its not super cheap to live in general
That's very brave of you, I sometimes want to quit but I can't get myself to make that big a jump, I have quit my job did that 5 years ago but I've been freelancing like a maniac ever since, and hardly have time to breathe and it's not like the upside is all that great, other than getting to work from home so its kind of cheaper don't need nice clothes or a car I can just use my laptop to live, but its not super cheap to live in general
Living isn't cheap. But when we have no choice, so we make it happen. I can't say it's been easy. Writing for pay is completely different from just writing for the fun of it. But it is worth the stress.
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I get you, I just think that it's which stress you can tolerate most having less money or dealing with working for money all the time
Both are not great options, but with work I don't get to always work out, prepare good meals you know it's also about quality of the life you get
Its why investing and saving is the key to growing wealth. People just need a habit of buying good assets which also includes BTC.
How often are boating accidents? I would just leave the BTC somewhere safe away from the boating places if I were you.
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Yeah but even then every asset carries risk, stocks, bonds, BTC everything, while I can stomach a 50% draw down others cannot, and that's why I say its not possible for people just to work and save their way to free time or a life without work
My boating accidents happen every 12 months, around January just before we need to submit tax returns
I am so curious about the boating accident.
I get down on myself sometimes too, especially when my earnings leave me a net ZERO, and it feels like I am just working to keep my head above water.
That's when I turn to gratitude to make me feel better, cause my water is kind of warm, and I am keeping my head above it by standing, and the current is very soft, so I can nap when I need to.
One thing I can see is generational wealth. My grandparents grew up in orphanages or with family cause their parents couldn't care for them. They were married by the time they were fourteen. They gave their children the wealth of not needing to be married into their 20's, and an education. My parents then gave me the ability to not have to do labor intense jobs - my biggest complaints, and my cousins match them, is sitting in front of the computer too long.
I would rather sit in front of a computer than be at any of the sweat shops my mom worked at to get me through high school.
Now I see that my kids naturally have more. They don't think it is a big deal that they can get shoes whenever they need even if it is not Christmas or their birthday. And they kind of expect that when they need something for school it will just be there.
I am hopeful for the lifestyle of my grandchildren. Maybe by then it will be my great grandparents reincarnated, and they will be able to clear the trauma of giving their children up to ensure that they could eat.
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I never thought of it like that but it makes a lot of sense! Building assets that are not so obvious like a mindset, like education, like job skills, I totally get that improves your lifestyle choices
I have no clue what the US is like I can only speak for South Africa and yes education does help in relative terms to give you a better life
But the generational stealing and level of corruption here puts a ceiling in what you can achieve by rolling up your sleeves.
I'm not asking for a lavish life, just a dignified one where rest is not punished
Our earning are not competitive enough with inflation. House prices and other goods prices are increasing like anything but our earning only increase yearly and that too very low. Having another source of income aka investment is the right solution. It’s up to you how and where you want to invest. But you can only invest if there is some money left after you pay your bills and most of the time for most of the people that amount is none.
Exactly, there has to be something left to invest and if you DON"t have surplus because they keep eating into your labour you have no chance of getting ahead, it ensures that asset holders are protected as others cannot get into the asset holder ladder.
Surely you have some crypto besides BTC and HIVE?
I have some other shit coins like Cardano and that but I am planning to dump them I bought them years ago. As of now I only buy Bitcoin, having gone through all these shit coin projects I know the risk I'm taking and most of it is hot garbage in my opinion