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the cost of not having a job in your 20s/30s

and why i loved having a job

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Aziz Alangari
Dec 11, 2025
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I mistakenly followed the path of the likes of Paul Skallas and the Bowtied guys who have somehow managed to convince me that the main goal in life is to be financially free and that would inevitably mean not having a job. They convinced me that in order to retain freedom I must hoard more and more assets until I’m in a state of not needing to work. I w…

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