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kmiller96 authored Dec 16, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ Lo and behold, I don’t miss any of it.

Sure, it is worth highlighting that while I’m over here I have a TV, a couch, a bed, etc. so I’m not just living in an empty room. But what it did highlight for me is how inconsequential this stuff is. Oh no! I don’t have my exact favourite arm chair! Who cares? I have something pretty close to what I want.

This exercise has made me realise how little I need to be happy. Honestly, all I need is basically a laptop to be happy. A laptop enables me to be productive, to socialise, and to entertain myself (via Netflix and Spotify). I think I could ******truly****** pack my life up into one suitcase - clothes primarily - and be completely content with life.
This exercise has made me realise how little I need to be happy. Honestly, all I need is basically a laptop to be happy. A laptop enables me to be productive, to socialise, and to entertain myself (via Netflix and Spotify). I think I could *truly* pack my life up into one suitcase - clothes primarily - and be completely content with life.

I also learnt that a good life is having a small space in a central location surrounded by public infrastructure. I loved sitting in parks in Sydney, taking public transport, and visiting local cafes. It is just a nice way to spend your life. I don’t need a mansion that I have built and maintain myself. I pay taxes, why don’t I just use public infrastructure and feel like I’m a part of society, not isolated from it? My only gripe is that there aren’t enough “public working spaces” full of desks and powerpoints where you can go be productive. Basically a men’s shed, but for tech people.

Renting is given this really dirty aura to it. To rent is to be “throwing money away” and “losing out long-term”. I believe this is only the case if your greatest care is ******money******. Then, at that point, it is throwing money away. But if your greatest care is ***********flexibility*********** and *************************freedom of responsibility************************* then I’d argue that renting is an amazing feeling. Who cares about this house? I can leave it in a year.
Renting is given this really dirty aura to it. To rent is to be “throwing money away” and “losing out long-term”. I believe this is only the case if your greatest care is *money*. Then, at that point, it is throwing money away. But if your greatest care is *flexibility* and *freedom of responsibility* then I’d argue that renting is an amazing feeling. Who cares about this house? I can leave it in a year.

The only downside to renting, really, is that you have very few rights. The landlords and owners of the “things” make you feel like a piece of shit. There is no back-and-forth, no reasonableness. It’s a case of “I own you, and you will pay me”. Funny how humans are.

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