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by beningrad
3766 days ago
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I think blogs like his seek to do for your lifestyle what meditation does for your thoughts--make you aware of your choices and their effects. At their best, they enlighten you toward a more conscious design of your own lifestyle. I'm not "anti-mustachian," but I can speak to the choices I've made. I could be saving waaaay more, but I have no burning desire to optimize my lifestyle toward freedom. I'm super lucky that I enjoy my work. It's not fun 100% of the time and I'm not free to come and go as I please without consequences, which is something MMM especially optimizes for. I'm optimizing to always be doing interesting work with people more intelligent or creative than me. Right now this is best accomplished by doing good work for companies with deep pockets so that I can do the fun stuff. I also optimize for exciting experiences and good connections with people. Sometimes those two optimization goals are at odds, but I've managed the cognitive dissonance by being more loosey goosey with my priorities than MMM advocates. This has led to immense fun, personal satisfaction, and growth. I've lived and worked abroad. I make big, silly art. I'm floored by some of the people I work with. I'm lucky to have several big friend group--often the result of working on fun stuff together and then continuing those relationships outside of their original contexts. All that said, I might totally change my tune if I had a kid and wanted to build a family or I suddenly wasn't making good money. |
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