The smartest broke people I know all have the same problem
They refuse to sell themselves
They think:
- Self-promotion = cringe
- Marketing = sleazy
- Selling = desperate
So they stay brilliant, humble, and broke.
The market can't pay you if it can't find you
@kennyistyping heavily on board with this. fwiw when I think about my ideal forever home, I think it would probably be in a town like one of these (including some other important traits too). would be very fulfilling to try to participate in creating that sort of community building
the only thing I'm mixed on with this is that I still think there is so much good that comes out of in person work and socialization with like minded people, especially in early adulthood. there's a lot of nuance around the wfh part in particular. that doesn't mean that big cities are the *only* solution forever though ofc
@uttam_singhk have been thinking about doing this for substack articles and screenplays, feel like it would be a much more pleasant reading experience. might have to take this as the sign to do it lol