• @huginn@feddit.it
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    375 months ago

    The more money I make the sooner I can stop working.

    So bigger salary = bigger happy. Always. There’s no number that is “enough”.

    I enjoy my job, so working 20 more years isn’t that onerous.

    But I’d rather retire tomorrow than work for anyone else.

    • DreamButt
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      185 months ago

      Honestly? If I won the lottery today I would still work. I really really enjoy my work. It keeps me focused and motivated. My problem is having my livelyhood tied to the wims of a chaotic prideful coke filled VC

      • @huginn@feddit.it
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        55 months ago

        That’s fair, and also true for me.

        I enjoy laboring. I do not enjoy working for others.

        I’ve got endless amounts of side projects that I never have enough mental energy for because the job saps it all.

        When I got laid off last year I had about a month between jobs where I got to just do whatever I wanted. After about a week of decompressing I started working 5ish hours a day on side projects, because I wanted something that was more mentally stimulating.

        • all-knight-party
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          65 months ago

          You would work until you got your first paycheck. If it were a job that paid you under the table you could theoretically work a single shift. Best job ever.

      • @BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world
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        15 months ago

        Putting that much money into circulation would cause hyperinflation and then a gallon of milk would cost 10 quintillion dollars and you’re back to square one.

        • HACKthePRISONS
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          -15 months ago

          >Putting that much money into circulation would cause hyperinflation

          so dont circulate it.

          • @just_change_it@lemmy.world
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            15 months ago

            Right… if one person owns a quadrillion dollars but doesn’t spend it there is no inflation. They’d just spend a billion here… a billion there… buying up all those midsized businesses or swathes of land.