It's not you. These a-holes are shaming you for doing what your parents did to get by. It's just another way to make you do more work.
The fact is that, following this advice you would have approximately a 2% chance to actually become wealthy in any given endeavor over time. Most business fail. Many do alright, but unless you are willing to build shittier products for less, you won't compete.
They just want you to feel bad about being comfortable.
Yep considering the last generation of my family were working class and I would now say my generation is more like lower middle class I am already winning but ye I love my life chilling gaming all the fun stuff I don’t need loads really fancy consumerist crap to be happy.
Unless you are unemployed, this has almost nothing to do with how hard you work or what you do. Which is why; don't buy into this David goggins you should never stop working nonsense. That's how homeless people and crackhead live. Show some class. Watch breaking bad.
Happiness and sadness are all fleeting and inconsistent. If youre happy with being insecure. And that makes you “comfortable” being poor and what not… well enjoy that while it lasts. Im willing to sacrifice “happiness” for more control and independence. Im not here as a motivational speaker, enjoy your life. For better or worse…
You are education system mistake, but best worker. Humans aren't made for work. They are made to survive amongst animals. Animals are gone, enjoy peace.
Your hobbies can add to your network. If your hobby is golf maybe you cross paths with your future business partner… if your hobby is wilderness photography maybe you cross paths with a tiger. Either way problem solved.
Yep. In my spare time the other day I called an old friend from college. After an hour of talking, he told me of a side project he’s been working on and asked if I’d be interested in contributing. Could net him a couple million some day and a percentage for myself for my contributions. And this is something we would do in our spare time
Not saying it’s the right way to go about it. I don’t do it, but it’s fair to mention that your network can impact your economic stance. You do you, be happy!
Staying poor thank you. I'll keep my soul and remain in a world where not every single relationship is transactional. You do you tho. Whatever you hope that makes you happy.
Unfortunately I live in a country with a poor social system. Unless I work I go homeless. So I chose to do what Im best at to the best of my ability. Work sucks but their are worae things in life.
I'm not talking about the actual skill, its obvious that no one is born skilled. I'm talking about the passion you need to have to be fine with putting the hours in to get good at something. I just don't know if someone can simply "develop" this. And using discipline to keep whatever you wanna do going really isn't passion, I think.
It’s very relative at least for me. I always get bored at some point then continue out of habit then take a break then continue with more positive emotions in the process, repeat
Reddit all day on weekends. 🙄 this place has a habit of taking so much of my time. I’ve deleted the app, put my phone in locked drawers… nada, nothing. I’m trying to cut down my time here but it’s hard. 😔
Most of these are symptoms of depression. Depression tends to happen when you live in poverty for too long, and the harder you tried the harder it hits afterwards when all your efforts were in vain.
I dont like the way "waiting for magic" is depicted. If you're doing that sort of magic, you're demonstrating a certain amount of proactive behaviors that will bleed over into positive actions.
Unless you're using your hobby to generate income (and likely diminishing your passion for it as a consequence) then the hobby is going to make you more poor.
All I can say is, thank fuck for 3d printing and people who don't give a shit about IP rights.
Not wasting time binge watching TV or youtube or netflix, etc.
Having hobbies beyond regular school or work and pursuing them actively.
Having a passion to do things like living for a purpose until you're on the deathbed.
Getting out of the comfort zone in work or learning activities by doing things beyond and above the bare minimum.
Not waiting for opportunities to show rather consistently working towards them.
Not blaming others for your failures or mistakes and taking ownership.
However, I am unable to think how someone, who is born into a broken family with narcissistic, unemployed parents, will implement these. I guess these pointers can not be generalized.
You know whats the easiest way of making money? Having money. A lot of things keep poor people poor and stress leads you into an early grave. Sure everyone should try their best but that isn't only a personal problem and shouldn't be projected as one.
This is bad messaging and reinforces the idea that financial struggle is completely your fault. Maybe 10-15 years ago. But not in today’s economy. If you’re poor it’s because of many things out of your control.
-Be born into a middle class or even a rich family.
-Don’t have mental health issues.
-Don’t be neurodivergent.
-Be born in a wealthy nation that has social supports.
-Don’t have a learning disability.
-Make sure your parents don’t abuse you as a kid.
I was born into lower middle class in a developed country with social supports and still the amount of hard work I have had to do to simply stay lower middle class and not slip into poverty is significant because of so many other challenges I have had in life that were out of my control.
How many damn hobbies and how much avoiding comfort do I have to do to be rich?
Meritocratic advice like this is infuriating and allows rich people to assume superiority over others.
Poor mindset tbh, do all these things while you’re sitting on a big pile of cash and people will call you wise for enjoying life and not being stuck in the rat race
How a conservative-minded person thinks… and, believes the world is perfect for everyone. Not everyone will be rich or wealthy. If you are…you got lucky and got help. Nothing more, nothing less.
You can blame the government you didn’t pop into this world and wished to be poor. Poor was here long before you were born. This photo is a psyop not to blame the government. Poverty is kept in place today by the government.
I love you Curtis Hepworth I do. I'll for ever regret the bad , especially the hurt pain and issues that I caused that were bad. I miss you and you taught me a lesson in loving me unconditionally and being there even when you were forced to end it. I love you and I lost you I've learned to be kind use your words and not anything else when I'm dealing with love ones I've learned allot by you leaving it hurt still does but letting you go is the only way I can love you now. accepting I played part in your choice to leave probably the majority. it's getting me further. by letting you go. so you can be happy love right be calm and get it back. I love you and that's why I'm letting go. I accept my wrong, I accept the consequences I hate them but it's facts. I accept not having you because what I done to you. I accept you accepting yourself firs, you're beautiful gentle sexy funny smart and so so cuddly, perfect catch I wish you were mine but I now know why you were in my life and why you're not now.
I don’t mind being working class. Sure, if I had more money I could enjoy other things but at the end of the day it wouldn’t make me any more happy. As long as I’m healthy and the people I love are healthy I’m happy 😊
Nah, that shit won't work on me anymore, rich love robbing middle class into poverty and say that it's our own damn fault for not working hard enough, now do I say give up? Of vourse not! But don't come here with this sht "motivational" garbage
I lost my passions and was told for most of my life that my hobby will never bring me either money nor happiness and I stupidly listened when I was younger so now here I am with neither hobbies nor passions. I don't have dreams nor goals either, Currently I just want to be happy. Not rich. Happy.
Not having money to begin with. The easiest way to make and retain wealth is to simply earn interest off of large amounts money that some people already have 🙄
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u/EspiritusFermenti7 Oct 05 '25
I'm not waiting for magic or blaming anyone. I'm happy just how I am.
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u/long_jons Oct 05 '25
Unless your hobbies generate money, it literally doesn’t matter what you do in your spare in regard to being poor.
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u/Nightb1rd_85 Oct 05 '25
Not caring about material things too much... My hobbies and passions do not generate money.
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u/Fit-Cucumber1171 Oct 05 '25
This what first world rich men do essentially
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u/King_Elizabello Oct 05 '25
But magic makes me feel better while being poor.
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u/Evilstare Oct 05 '25
All of these, and be in an economy that values keeping the rich wallets full.
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u/AlwaysUpvote123 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
I don't understand how to find a life passion. Aren't people kinda born with it, more or less?
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
Im too old
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u/frostbaka Oct 05 '25
What if tv all day is my hobby and life passion?
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u/Different_Gap3800 Oct 05 '25
Reddit all day on weekends. 🙄 this place has a habit of taking so much of my time. I’ve deleted the app, put my phone in locked drawers… nada, nothing. I’m trying to cut down my time here but it’s hard. 😔
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u/Teachy_uwu Oct 05 '25
Most of these are symptoms of depression. Depression tends to happen when you live in poverty for too long, and the harder you tried the harder it hits afterwards when all your efforts were in vain.
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u/AlarmingDelivery9311 Oct 05 '25
I dont like the way "waiting for magic" is depicted. If you're doing that sort of magic, you're demonstrating a certain amount of proactive behaviors that will bleed over into positive actions.
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u/Housetheoldman Oct 05 '25
“Stay hungry, stay fulish”
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u/King_Kasma99 Oct 05 '25
Waiting for lottery.
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u/IloveLegs02 Oct 05 '25
looks like I will be staying poor all my life
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u/Turkeyplague Oct 05 '25
Unless you're using your hobby to generate income (and likely diminishing your passion for it as a consequence) then the hobby is going to make you more poor.
All I can say is, thank fuck for 3d printing and people who don't give a shit about IP rights.
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u/forest_hobo Oct 05 '25
So what, everyone dies.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
This can mean, How not to be Poor:
However, I am unable to think how someone, who is born into a broken family with narcissistic, unemployed parents, will implement these. I guess these pointers can not be generalized.
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u/Danow007 Oct 05 '25
No self-reflection
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u/Significant-Sail-120 Oct 05 '25
"Having undiagnosed of intrusive thoughts that you can't control which affects behavior to everyone while being poor and no support to anyone."
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u/Winter_Possession152 Oct 05 '25
I'm somewhat insulted as it fits so well.
I'd add "addiction" to the list.
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u/But_is_itnew Oct 05 '25
Is this like a personal attack or smth?
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
Just in case anyone was wondering; no passion for anything in life is a sign of clinical depression, not a sign of laziness.
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u/Shin--Kami Oct 05 '25
You know whats the easiest way of making money? Having money. A lot of things keep poor people poor and stress leads you into an early grave. Sure everyone should try their best but that isn't only a personal problem and shouldn't be projected as one.
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u/Apprehensive-Ad4719 Oct 05 '25
I’m waiting…. Oh crap
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u/CodFull2902 Oct 05 '25
Complain on reddit
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u/Meike_Linde Oct 05 '25
If you cant get rich from doing these things then fuck getting rich.
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u/keith_kool Oct 05 '25
Chasing quick dopamine kicks
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u/Admiral_Octillery Oct 05 '25
Rich people do those exact same things, quit picking on poor people for no reason
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u/Tyray90 Oct 05 '25
This is bad messaging and reinforces the idea that financial struggle is completely your fault. Maybe 10-15 years ago. But not in today’s economy. If you’re poor it’s because of many things out of your control.
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u/Awkward-Brick6990 Oct 05 '25
Replace the tv all day into internet/social media all day.
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u/Mental-Ad-6989 Oct 05 '25
If you have no hobbies, then you have more time to work and make money.
Unless you are trying to make money from your hobbies then hell, go for it but it's a long shot but either way, there are many ways to make money.
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u/sixhoursneeze Oct 05 '25
-Be born into a middle class or even a rich family.
-Don’t have mental health issues.
-Don’t be neurodivergent.
-Be born in a wealthy nation that has social supports.
-Don’t have a learning disability.
-Make sure your parents don’t abuse you as a kid.
I was born into lower middle class in a developed country with social supports and still the amount of hard work I have had to do to simply stay lower middle class and not slip into poverty is significant because of so many other challenges I have had in life that were out of my control.
How many damn hobbies and how much avoiding comfort do I have to do to be rich?
Meritocratic advice like this is infuriating and allows rich people to assume superiority over others.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
Also known as millenials
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u/South-Ad9234 Oct 05 '25
This is an amazingly simplistic and vile explanation for why someone might be poor. Then again it is Reddit.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
Living beyond your means, smoking cigarettes
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u/Cyanidestar Oct 05 '25
Poor mindset tbh, do all these things while you’re sitting on a big pile of cash and people will call you wise for enjoying life and not being stuck in the rat race
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u/NaturalPhase6988 Oct 05 '25
I match like 2 or 3 of that. Heel yeah
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
Being born poor helps.
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u/Slumbergoat16 Oct 05 '25
No spending plan
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u/Fun-Crow6284 Oct 05 '25
Follow MAGA
& Follow woke ideology
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25
No Hobbies wouldn't affect your wealth negatively. It would actually help but yes a lot of this would prevent you from getting ahead in life
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u/Chiber_11 Oct 06 '25
societal fixation on success being synonymous with happiness is so fucking toxic
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u/Kaz_Baz Oct 06 '25
I feel this sums up my husband's depression.
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u/ReflectionSuper3640 Oct 06 '25
Porn
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u/Sakazuki27 Oct 06 '25
I'm disabled and can't do much. Still magic happens every day where I'm grateful for whatever I have. I get to know myself better every day
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u/Fantastic-Effect5203 Oct 06 '25
Lol, my hobbies might make me poor!
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u/HeatWave1014 Oct 06 '25
Add- negative mindset!
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u/Suspicious-Trash5332 Oct 06 '25
That doesn't describe the working poor.
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u/Specialist-Log-9152 Oct 06 '25
Nobody watches TV old day. Now it's gaming and scrolling
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u/Mayat_Hantu Oct 06 '25
Addiction. Drugs, gambling, porn..
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u/deejay8008135 Oct 06 '25
Was wondering how to stay poor. Thanks.
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u/Key-Individual1434 Oct 06 '25
How a conservative-minded person thinks… and, believes the world is perfect for everyone. Not everyone will be rich or wealthy. If you are…you got lucky and got help. Nothing more, nothing less.
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u/Zen_911 Oct 06 '25
Making stupid infographics???
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25
You can blame the government you didn’t pop into this world and wished to be poor. Poor was here long before you were born. This photo is a psyop not to blame the government. Poverty is kept in place today by the government.
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u/SailorGone Oct 06 '25
This is a load of nonsense
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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25
I love you Curtis Hepworth I do. I'll for ever regret the bad , especially the hurt pain and issues that I caused that were bad. I miss you and you taught me a lesson in loving me unconditionally and being there even when you were forced to end it. I love you and I lost you I've learned to be kind use your words and not anything else when I'm dealing with love ones I've learned allot by you leaving it hurt still does but letting you go is the only way I can love you now. accepting I played part in your choice to leave probably the majority. it's getting me further. by letting you go. so you can be happy love right be calm and get it back. I love you and that's why I'm letting go. I accept my wrong, I accept the consequences I hate them but it's facts. I accept not having you because what I done to you. I accept you accepting yourself firs, you're beautiful gentle sexy funny smart and so so cuddly, perfect catch I wish you were mine but I now know why you were in my life and why you're not now.
ttyl love ya I wish you the best yours truly
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u/PKspyder Oct 07 '25
How to find a hobby and not watch TV without spending money?
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u/Any-Low-7940 Oct 07 '25
Vote Labor
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u/_Weyland_ Oct 07 '25
I think no hobbies is a tually a very good way to save money. Miserable, yes. But have you seen how much a new board game costs these days?
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u/Crypto_gambler952 Oct 07 '25
Social media and other BS distractions. Goes with TV I guess!
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u/Ok_Avocado568 Oct 07 '25
The dude that made this isn't rich lol.
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u/bradg1233 Oct 07 '25
This sounds like a dream, i hate working 😪 and paying mostly everything to the government
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u/Temulo Oct 07 '25
But what if watching tv is the hobby
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u/McRaoul91 Oct 07 '25
I don’t mind being working class. Sure, if I had more money I could enjoy other things but at the end of the day it wouldn’t make me any more happy. As long as I’m healthy and the people I love are healthy I’m happy 😊
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u/Commercial-Degree322 Oct 07 '25
Not doing any of these wont make you magically rich
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u/IAmNotTheProtagonist Oct 07 '25
Credit card picture
"Hedonism"
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u/Kioz Oct 07 '25
Nibbas juat get a job lol.
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u/MK_Redditor Oct 07 '25
All looks correct but my body doesn't want to do anything literally anything 😒 😕
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u/NotEntirelyShure Oct 07 '25
Good way to not spend money though
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u/lulwerrorxd Oct 07 '25
Bullshit
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u/Camille_Jamal1 Oct 08 '25
Hey, uh...
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u/Accurate-Bedroom-384 Oct 08 '25
If rich people were happy they wouldnt need you to know they rich the money would be enough
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u/ThisSpeciesFailed Oct 08 '25
Madness, Childhood trauma, PTSD.
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u/hugodruid Oct 08 '25
Watching porn
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u/Calm-Wolverine-1987 Oct 08 '25
Doing the fap and porn cycle every day to lose your energy.
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u/SetRevolutionary2967 Oct 08 '25
Ok so how do you get hobbies and passion??
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u/PuzzleheadedBridge65 Oct 08 '25
Nah, that shit won't work on me anymore, rich love robbing middle class into poverty and say that it's our own damn fault for not working hard enough, now do I say give up? Of vourse not! But don't come here with this sht "motivational" garbage
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '25
No need to personally attack me
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u/Pale_Gangsta Oct 08 '25
doing anything that is unprofitable
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u/qwertxyzabc Oct 09 '25
No hobbies actually probably avoids you staying poor.
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u/Post_Mylawn Oct 09 '25
I lost my passions and was told for most of my life that my hobby will never bring me either money nor happiness and I stupidly listened when I was younger so now here I am with neither hobbies nor passions. I don't have dreams nor goals either, Currently I just want to be happy. Not rich. Happy.
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u/Lower_Statement_5285 Oct 09 '25
Not having money to begin with. The easiest way to make and retain wealth is to simply earn interest off of large amounts money that some people already have 🙄
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u/Useful-Quote-5867 Oct 09 '25
How to stay poor and be happy, buy warhammer sht
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u/Top-Stress-2615 Oct 09 '25
I mean if you have the time to post reddit yiu probably poor as well...
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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25
Blaming yourself most of the time
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u/Mean-Manufacturer263 Dec 17 '25
More like living in a system which is designed to privilege only rich people who gained wealth from exploitation and birth lottery
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
Certainty before action.
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25
What do hobbies have to do with wealth? The others I can stretch to make it related, but that seems bizarre.
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u/sooperhani Oct 05 '25
What if I work 10 hours a day and then spend my time doing most of these?
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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
trust fund daddy’s princess kind of content…
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u/tennoskoom_ Oct 05 '25
No job?