Would you live a life of leisure?
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December 16th, 2009
If you could be paid a living wage (say inflation adjusted $80,000) for the rest of your career to do nothing would you take it?
You would not be allowed to work elsewhere for pay or for free; you can’t volunteer, write, do research, or create art. You can’t spend time investing any nest egg you have. If you have kids someone else will do the caretaking. All you can do is chill.
Is that appealing?
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Not at all. I would do it if I could pursue interests that are not guaranteed to make money, but to force someone to sit on their ass for money is almost torture.
I would rather work in a monotonous factory that do literally nothing all day.
For the rest of your career? No. Because when it ends you have nothing.
Rest of my life. Shit yes!
I want to say no, but I couldn’t pass that up. I would find other stuff to do, like sleep with multiple women or play an MMORPG lol.
I couldn’t. I can barely get through 2 vacation days without doing something productive!
Not with those stipulations attached, especially the part about not being the caretaker of your own children.
Well, I kind of have that now LOL.
I agree with @gradyjones the stipulation about children is a deal breaker. Thing is I don’t have children. Also, you said you cannot invest. I would have to be able to save at minimum for me to take this deal. I would not be comfortable with a use or lose set-up. Lastly, I would need to know where the money is coming from. If it seemed to lack integrity I could not do it.
Once you put all those contrainsts on it – hell no!
What if I asked it this way:
Would you commit to a life long job where you traveled the world with the intent of making friends, learning about new cultures, attending performances and cultural events on a budget of $80,000 a year?
I think that amounts to the same thing.
@6rant6 Uh, hell yes! That would be the bomb.
Half of those things you mentioned (writing, research, art, etc.) is what I do when I chill! So, no thanks. :-)
It would be very appealing for a short while! I would have to say no!
No, never. I enjoy writing and creating art far too much to take a deal like that. And while I don’t have children, if I did, I would never let someone other than myself and the father raise them.
yes i would, as active as possible, lots of exercise
Boring! I am retirement age now but have no plans to do so. I have plenty of hobbies and outside interests but I think the discipline of body and mind that is required by regular employment is very good for me, plus I like it.
That sounds somewhat restrictive, with no creating allowed, since I am an artist. However, if you mean someone will do the caretaking of the children, and I can still play with them without having to worry about will they get dirty or wet, I could live with that. If you are saying I can’t go on the internet and answer questions, then I’d have to say probably not, although I can think of some things I could replace it with.
It would have to include healthy exercise and eating a properly balanced diet (prepared by someone else, of course), and continue for the rest of my life – which is how long my ‘career’ will be. I could easily travel about the world, looking at all the sights.
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