612 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Mar \ on: Low Time Preference When You Don’t Have Much Time Left mostly_harmless
Great post! It's interesting to reflect on how our parents shape us.
My own parents were extremely hard workers their entire lives, but we were never that financially well-off. Some of that had to do with their choice to live in one of the most expensive places in the country, but mostly it was because of my dad's poor health.
The signals to me were something like "Take care of your health and you can afford to take work a little less seriously." and "Make wise financial and career decisions, so that you don't have to work yourself to death."
I'm sure you've mentioned elsewhere, but what's your wife's attitude towards your stacking habit?
She is supportive and actually enjoys WBD podcasts. She went from liberal democrat to libertarian purely as a result of covid lockdowns, so she's almost there.
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I just asked her. She reminded me about the time 25 years ago when I dragged her to a local LP meetup. She thought they were a bunch of lunatics. I'm pretty sure she came upon it on her own.
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Maybe there will be a Bitcoin cruise, or something like that, so you can meet halfway on your retirement visions.
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Hey! Business idea. My dad would have been all over it.
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It could be you! At the rate bitcoin's appreciating, I imagine you'll be able to buy a cruise ship outright pretty soon.
That's an even better compromise, right? You're doing bitcoin stuff and your wife's sipping pina coladas poolside.
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