Just a little (link) love: Geek Out! edition
July 18, 2019
Moriah Joy is leaving California.
What does your money want? I like to think mine likes to fly out into the world and grow.
What’s your love language? I don’t know what my other ones are but my top one is Acts of Service.
On that note, what’s your Enneagram type? I’m a 2 (healthy level), 3 (healthy level), and 6 (average level).
Are you too modest about your financial success? Are you comfortable sharing your financial accomplishments? Do you share offline, or online, or not at all? I almost never share anything offline.
If earning money (in doing the work itself or at all) wasn’t a factor, what would you be doing? Tanja talks separating work and money.
Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part I: A Species Built for Racial Terror
Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part II: They’re Not Human
Caroline of Brunswick: The Scandalous Story Of Britain’s First Tabloid Princess
This post makes my heart go UGHHHH. I am so not ok with people having keys to my house if they are prone to popping by without warning and don’t ask permission first.
Thanks for the link!
You’re welcome!
I don’t talk about money much. I talk about it less offline than I do online, and I don’t think I say a lot online. I don’t maintain a blog, but do comment here and other places. Even with this level of anonymity, I tend to obscure and downplay where I actually am with things. I think it has a lot to do with being self-protective. We have such a push-pull when it comes towards social attitudes towards wealth. I feel that people with wealth are generally seen as being more unpleasant than those who are working towards wealth, both in fiction and in reality. I want people to see and hear me more generically, rather than through a “she has money” filter.
And as far as that goes, I think that Mr. Money Mustache, which she cites as an example, actually does a major disservice to people who are working to achieve wealth as well as those who have done so. I don’t know where the line is between who he is in person and who he is online, but he seems like a major jerk online. And I think he encourages jerk-like thinking, too. It’s not about the money– it’s about the attitude. I think he’s feeding that negative picture of the kind of person who achieves wealth.
Regarding what I would do if money wasn’t a factor… I think I’d mainly just be lazy, if I’m being honest. Mess around on the internet, read books, maybe cook better meals, keep the house from slipping into untidiness more often. Continue to work on exercise, since that’s separate from money aspirations. I wish I didn’t think that I’d be so dull, but I do. Maybe I’d start to do more after I had a period of laziness? I hope so. I think too much purposelessness would change from feeling okay to being depressing.
I talk A LOT online about money of course but I definitely have that self protective layer of obscurity towards people offline. Part of it is certainly similar to your feeling that people with wealth are viewed poorly but also because in my life, people are overly willing to take advantage.
I didn’t comment on the MMM aspect but I do agree with you that his community is offputting. I’ve never met him but I’ve never wanted to precisely because of the smug and arrogant sort of presence he cultivates online.
I would want to schedule at least six months of being “lazy” as you call it – because my version of lazy is being a sloth on the sofa / in bed and not leaving the house for … a long time either reading or watching a bunch of shows and movies I haven’t seen before.
Awww, I feel so loved that my move got a mention. <3 And I LOVED the two pieces on Tolkien's mythology. I'm not a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, but my husband is, and I'm sure we'll have an interesting dinner discussion about the articles tonight.
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Mr. Sandwich’s parents had keys to our house so that they could bring in packages when we’re on vacation. They abused the privilege, whether we were there or not. So we re-keyed the house.
Oh that’s terrible.