"daytripper" wrote


or even more years ago - had that been my own goal. snip

but I doubt my family would
have survived intact while I was globe trotting

Um, I guess that a "get out there Now and use them toys" post on a FF board
implies "go fishing, retire NOW"

but, my real point is to NOT let money control more of your life than is
absolutely required. NOT choosing to abandon the important things in
search of bucks, is exactly what I'm suggesting.

A reasonable balance between making money and making time for what is really
important takes a lot of forms besides fishing trips.

Being a slave to what they "own" is something I see in a higher and higher
percentage of people in our country ..... we work more hours, own more
stuff, have more debt, and, likely, actually enjoy all that stuff less than
most
of the developed world. Best I can find out we owe that largely to the
Puritans who believed all work was "god's work" and thus preached "work
ethic"

I simply think that "work ethic" is life numbing ... not the work, the
"ethic" ....work
isn't bad and money isn't bad ... but, work and money are management tools,
like C&R, and like C&R don't make one superior. Wish I could remember which
of Plato's dialogues it is that discusses the idea that the most "moral"
action is the action that brings the most overall pleasure to the person
taking it .... that's what I mean G

Very few people would really find the most pleasure in a "trout bum" life, I
bet. But, if a guy thinks he might, waiting until he's too old to see the
flies and wade the water to find out ..... is unethical