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But I do all those things while I also have a job...there are really so many hobbies and chores you can fit into a 16 hour day before it just becomes blah. One of my main hobbies is tennis...2 hours a day 4-5 times a week is plenty fine, I'm not going to be a professional athlete.

Your comment on possibilities being endless is one of the issues for some people...in a day where anything is possible, people get overwhelmed and end up doing nothing at all.

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It is a defeatist attitude; you are surrendering to the current culture.

Let me ask a question. If you happened to win $10-20-50 million tomorrow, would you show up to work (assuming you have a "regular" job, where you have to show up on time, ask for vacation time, get a performance evaluation, semi-begging for a promotion) as you have done for the last I don't know how many years?

I don't even know if I would take the time to send my laptop back or talk to my boss about my departure. And not because I'm having a bad time at work, but it's very clear in my mind that this is something I do because I need the money. I try to "have as much fun" as I can while working, but I would have a lot more fun elsewhere.

Yeah, that can definitely be hard to fill if you have no other obligations. If you have a family though, opening up 40 hours a week for your own personal fulfillment is pretty incredible.

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