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[โ€“] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 85 points 6 months ago (12 children)

I live in a place that is full of billionaires and multimillionaires. It isn't rare to find someone happily running a coffee shop or bakery or micro-brewery, artisan art gallery, etc because it was always their dream. A dream they could only pursue after they felt rich enough to know that they could do so without risking their well being. In its own way, it is very very sad. You have to buy the privilege to follow your dreams.

Ok, I'm not that rich. But I did start a distillery once I paid off the house. It's doing well but I needed to do something tangible instead of being strapped to a computer.

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