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You can be a designer whose willing to burn bridges and don't need to pay a mortgage, but yeah, you could be someone who doesn't need stuff. I'd love to see a farmer put off feeding the animals or not keep a schedule. "I'll just harvest the crops next month."

>Want to spend all day writing a research report? Do it!

>Want to spend all day coding? Do it!

>Want to spend all day at the cafe down the street reading a book on personal productivity? Do it!

These are not things someone who needs to work for a living can do, picking and choosing activities at their leisure.

Regarding "little value on said productivity", I meant value to the individual, not to society as a whole. If you can afford to squander opportunities clearly whatever you're producing isn't as vital to you as for others who need the productivity to continue be able to afford to live.




>These are not things someone who needs to work for a living can do, picking and choosing activities at their leisure.

It's not what someone who needs to work on somebody else's spec can do.

A writer living off his books, for example, even if they make just 50K/year, can shape their days however they want.

Or, to return to the freelancer, if you have a specialty, and people can to you, you can be picky about what jobs you do and when.

I know people that are like that and they are by no means rich.


Do novelist never attend meetings by their publisher? Same with freelancers - can you just blow off your client and commit to nothing?




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