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Originally Posted by Surfermom ->
Me too, Tiff, whether by will or necessity. A worker bee, I am. Only when I fall into bed so very late at night. It was five years before I once sat on the new sofa in the living room.

Sometimes I wonder whether or not very rich, self-made people ever truly enjoy the fruits of their success (mansions, yachts, planes, vacation homes) because they can't slow down enough to take it all in - or just be.
Not really like that Surfermom, I am not a worker. I mean either on here, tidying up, reading a book, I do read a lot, making a meal, doing the washing, watching TV, feeding the garden birds, taking pics out doors. I am never just sitting doing nothing.
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17-05-2021, 10:21 PM
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Not really like that Surfermom, I am not a worker. I mean either on here, tidying up, reading a book, I do read a lot, making a meal, doing the washing, watching TV, feeding the garden birds, taking pics out doors. I am never just sitting doing nothing.
Sounds like good, busy living to me, Tiffany! Hopefully in a few years I will be able to downshift into that kind of busy-ness!
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17-05-2021, 11:14 PM
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Sounds like good, busy living to me, Tiffany! Hopefully in a few years I will be able to downshift into that kind of busy-ness!
I have been retired for several years now.
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18-05-2021, 05:27 AM
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Re: Doing Something

Originally Posted by Surfermom ->
Me too, Tiff, whether by will or necessity. A worker bee, I am. Only when I fall into bed so very late at night. It was five years before I once sat on the new sofa in the living room.

Sometimes I wonder whether or not very rich, self-made people ever truly enjoy the fruits of their success (mansions, yachts, planes, vacation homes) because they can't slow down enough to take it all in - or just be.




Personally I don't know any of those. Although I have been sailing on a few nice yachts. Not the kind you're probably thinking of though. And no I suspect they don't enjoy much. I reckon it gets to a point with those people when all they are consumed with is business and how to make even more money. But I guess I will never know really The one thing I have heard some really rich people say quite a few times though is that what makes them the happiest is giving it away to others who really need help or starting some kind of foundation or charity. I know there are some here who would scoff at that but that's what I would do. Not after a medal or a ticket to heaven. It would just make me feel good. Nobody else has to do what I do.
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18-05-2021, 06:37 AM
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When I get rich, I'm going to buy the smallest mature Camel I can find, and a Sixty foot Needle.
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18-05-2021, 07:19 AM
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When I get rich, I'm going to buy the smallest mature Camel I can find, and a Sixty foot Needle.
Brilliant Spitty.....
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18-05-2021, 08:25 AM
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There are times when I'm doing something and times when I'm not doing something. Then again, is there such a thing as not doing something? When not doing anything active, I'm lazing around ..and even that's doing something isn't it?

At the times I'm lazing around, I might feel I should be doing something active. Then again, I've most often been doing something active before lazing around, so I think 'blow it' and continue to laze around.

I'd say I'm equally happy in either state. One isn't better than the other for me.
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Sometimes I just sit and think.....
and sometimes I just sit.....
 
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