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thenewgreen  ·  4177 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The decisions we make -What pulls at your time that you wish you could eliminate?

Ah to have a housekeeper, a cook and a driver. I could get so much more done with a driver. That is one thing that if I had the means I would probably do is hire a driver. It would be a buddy that was down on his luck and needed a steady income. But driving is time wasted for me. I'm not particularly fond of it and it takes a good amount of time. Right now I drive about 5 hours a week. That is a TON of potentially productive time.

    Note that many of those in the most "successful" positions in Western society are also some of the least satisfied.
Lots of subjective words in that sentence. Not saying I don't think it's likely...




humanodon  ·  4177 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As much as I loved third-world living, it has its drawbacks. First-world living does too. If only labor could be both affordable and pay fair, livable wages in the first-world. Or conversely: if only the third-world had some of the things I love about the first-world.

It's like waking up from a good dream and going back to sleep in the hopes that it'll still play the way it felt it was going to . . .