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Cake day: August 17th, 2023

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  • Someone who pays rent doesn’t have the burden of a debt, but then again if they don’t pay EVERY MONTH -and quite high prices nowadays- they don’t have a roof over their heads; that is practically serfdom. In my case, my debt, which is almost paid off, leaves me with a possession, a value than I can pass on or monetize. Ergo my debt is momentary and yields value, renting yields nothing and is permanent.






  • Well, I DO 70hrs weeks, in that I work 10hr shifts for 7 days. But then I’m off for 7 days. Today is day off 1. But yeah, I love that I work all alone and I basically make my own schedule; I have a few tasks to do but I do them when I want during my shift, and they take up about a 3rd of my shift, so the rest of the time I a) help dayshifters by doing some of their chores, and b) educate myself cinematically. cough


  • I used to work as a fraud analyst in a call center for a financial institution, salary was great and the benefits were quite generous. Management were dillholes and clients made me lose faith in humanity quite quickly and I wanted to cry every day before work so much I was burnt out from it. Now I work as nightwatchman for a vacation resort, make less money and not much in terms of benefits but I’m easy as Sunday morning and my partner enjoys being around me again. Plus, when you consider how much income tax more I was paying before, I’m not making THAT much less when all is said an done. I was always frugal in my lifestyle anyway, I don’t drink or smoke, I don’t play video games, I don’t really go out, I learned to repair my own clothes rather than buy new ones and I don’t like brand names, and I pay a mortgage rather than rent so I have money left after the 1st of the month. So I don’t have an exciting and extravagant life, but I’m quite content.

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