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I always had this interior idea of simplicity and doing more with less, some say it's thinking like poor. I've worked in the stock market and hate it, then I tried other fiat jobs and started to get disgusted by all the high time preference around it and all the fake stuff. I have this life style to using mostly bike and trains to move around, travel to small city and towns. It's a very different life style from the people I grow up with that they may see me as a loser and a person with a lack of ambition, I see it more like living an urban monk life style, still I would like to find a wife and have kids, is it possible to achieve without being a fiat slave in the rat race?
It's possible, but you probably have to make allowances for the other members of your family not being perfectly aligned with your attitude. Women have broader tastes in men than the reverse, so there's likely someone out there who will not be turned off by your minimalism.
Btw, calling it "minimalism" will probably serve you better than "poor". :)
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Indeed, thanks!
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Look up Diogenes. There is great historical precedent and wisdom in your choices
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Being poor is cool!!
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I follow voluntary poverty as a way of life to some extent- wife does not particularly like it- she would prefer a new car than our vintage model toyota and likes shopping more than I do...but we compromise and both enjoy gardening and growing our own food.
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Possible but not easy.
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Yes. Find a like minded simple woman! You’re on the right track bro! Contra Mundum
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I see it more like living an urban monk life style, still I would like to find a wife and have kids, is it possible to achieve without being a fiat slave
I wouldn’t say it’s impossible but difficult as this goes against nature.
We [then] summarize women’s short-term-mating preferences, designed primarily to identify mates who possess “good genes” cues that would ensure healthy offspring, followed by a summary of women’s long-term mating preferences, designed primarily to identify mates capable and interested in investing in women and offspring.
Unfortunately, I don’t have full access to the paper.
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