>"...life isn't a competition to see how upper middle class you can get."
This was the most powerful phrase of the article for me as well. These days I wonder if something like a "Freedom maximization framework" or a "Personal satisfaction maximization framework" might work well for many people including myself, rather than a "Income maximization framework" or a "Career maximization framework" that we tend to default to.
This was the most powerful phrase of the article for me as well. These days I wonder if something like a "Freedom maximization framework" or a "Personal satisfaction maximization framework" might work well for many people including myself, rather than a "Income maximization framework" or a "Career maximization framework" that we tend to default to.