Your good lives

contrast my humble

You have a job, your commutes and work hours are controlled, so is your salary. I say I have my best independent work, I stay at home, and work night and day, weekends and off hours and holidays all jumbled up, earning so little that I remain relatively poor for years. Nope, I stopped feeling envious, and am increasingly deeply grateful that my later maturity is optimised for meaning and satisfaction.

You have running tuition fees, costly paid human help, heavily spending vacations, high shopping expenditures, exorbitant branded goods and services, sky-high car and transport outlays. I have free all-the-time learning and training from all, self-service every phase, stay-home simpler entertainments, frugal budget house brand discounts in bulk only as needed. It is a privilege to be wealthy amidst poverty, to have peace before abrupt demise. Do you feel secure?

This is why you choose humility before hubris. When you are ready in the pits, you will not fear the heights.