Earn money have fun

Life goals: I’ve given up on making a difference to the world. Now I just wanna earn money, have fun.

That’s it.

Don’t know if it’s a life stage thing.
Or life experience thing.
Or simply just fatigue speaking.

But the evidence is clear.

• Much of the effort in my youth to “change the world” has had limited impact.
• The system is much more stubborn than you got years in your life for.
• Most of the time people don’t want change they just want bread and circus.
• Despite our stellar records, the public institutions don’t always care for the margins or the individual – they care about the economy, the country, the results.
• Much of doing good is about feeling good, about oneself and one’s life choices.
• Society often rewards not those who do good but those who make money (for them).

Jaded much? Perhaps.

But I call it inference from countless observation data points over decades of work.

I’ve done my time out in the field.

Now I just want to enjoy the harvest.

Earn money have fun.