• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    I was a lot more spontaneous when I was a broke young man than I am now as a fairly comfortable adult. Usually the number of responsibilities you have goes up as your income does, and those are the killers of spontaneity.

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      12 days ago

      Maybe it’s also the fact that you’re older and more mature?

      What if you had a stream of income in your youth from family supporting you?

      Generational wealth.

      I definitely would’ve been more spontaneous instead of work two jobs while going to college in my early 20s.

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      12 days ago

      Reminds me of that 20th century philosopher, C.G.L. Wallace, who quipped “mo money, mo problems”

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      12 days ago

      Yeah, this makes sense. Think the thought still holds though. Just needs to be explained with the normal distribution meme.

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      11 days ago

      Usually, yes.

      I can attest that not/postponing having kids drastically reduces the number of responsibilities. Many of my friends had kids younger and are in drastically different scenarios than I am.