I don't have kids, a mortgage, or a car. That has let me hold out for the jobs I want to do, and to sit in a cold room in the winter with fingerless gloves, writing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm in the lucky position financially where I don't have to do things I don't want to do.
I genuinely have to work - I don't have enough money not to. But the last thing I would want is to be looked after.
I like to go to work, and also, I don't have any kids. I don't have any hobbies. I don't like to travel. So going to work is kind of it.
Now, I have a kid, I have businesses to take care of, I have to travel. I have to sit down... and find a little time for me.
Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
I've lived so frugally for so long. I have to have that financial security or the world feels out of control for me.
Sometimes I really need the money, really need to go straight to work. But if I had the absolute choice - money no object, my mortgage paid off - I'd really just work once or twice a year - but wouldn't everybody! - or at least do a different job sometimes.
I make money, and I don't need money.
No matter how much money I ever get, I'm going to want to provide for my family and never have to go back to really struggling. You don't ever want to go outside, you don't ever want to be left in the cold. You want to be safe.
One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.