You are not safe. Safety is an illusion because it does not exist. Is your job a safe bet? Will you work in one company until you retire or burn out? Will you have a state-provided pension for a post-labor life in dignity? No. No. No.

Age of majority: Not ripe yet

You are a grown-up of 18 years (respectively 21). You leave your parent’s house to enter your “employer’s house”. You are of full age and on your own. Your decisions have consequences for your own life. No backup daddy or mommy. Only the world and you. Still, in your adult life the first steps you take is a run for shelter under your employer’s roof.

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When you build a daily routine, you aware of what you are doing. Your senses are still fine, your motoric abilities function and you can think straight and agile. In contrast to an old man who just does things because he has been doing it for years and decades, you execute your routine with full intention.

I have always been doing it like that.

It is no secret that specifically old people have their standardized way of doing things (and their preferences) which they are not always fully aware of. You are. You know every automated process of your routine and can intervene when one part needs your manual adjustment. When you execute you are stubborn as a donkey and clever as a fox.

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You are rich. I am happy for you. Wait, what does it mean? Are you rich because you have a lot of money? Are you rich because you have had an abundance of experiences, connections in the world or places where you have been? Are you rich because your family and friends enrich you?

As you see being rich can mean many things. It has become a diluted word. For me it used to mean to have a lot of money and not worry about money. In parts it still does. Since, I introduced the rich day into my life I gave „rich“ a new spin.

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