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Originally Posted by Henry17
You listed 23 things that can basically be broken down into two main of physical fitness and doing volunteer work with a minor category of learning something.
I'll give you physical fitness but realistically that is an hour or two a day and maybe two days a week you can do something a little more extensive.
Doing volunteer work is basically just sneaking a job in though the backdoor except you don't get paid for it (and at least in my limited experiences you end up out of pocket). If we are going to work we might as well make some money.
When you say something like reading. I like to read but who wants to sit at home by themselves reading. So you go out to a Starbucks or a pub and you read there and you are now out $15-20 for the afternoon.
Same goes for playing chess. I use to play a lot of chess with a friend from law school. He was Armenian and I think it is like a national sport for them. Go over to his place have some cognac, play chess, talk about business and gossip about other students. It was fun but even if we replace the cognac with something less expensive you are still out $20 and that is before you consider that eventually you'll get hungry and want to order some food.
Even biking costs money. Some kind of sports bar and a sports drink and there goes $6-7.
No one is saying it can't be done only that not only would you have to be insanely careful about the activities you do but that even when doing those activities you are basically limited to tap water.
Stationary tradmill exercise != biking, rock climbing, etc.
Hobbies != volunteer effort.
Education != anything else.
writing != anything else.
musician != anything else.
acting != anything else.
Playing games != anything else.
Hanging around with your friends != anything else.
Helping out at the fire dept. != assisting seniors.
assisting seniors != assisting kids.
I knew this guy who would hang out at the local coffee shop all morning, and just drink free refill coffee to pass the time. He would talk to friends, read the morning paper, read a book, and just enjoy being where other people were. His cost was probably $1.50 for 3+ hours.
I am sure I left out dozens more. If you can't take from my list and other things build a fulfilling lifestyle then I guess you just like to blow money. Of course corporate America loves you.
Last edited by NegativeZero; 01-06-2010 at 08:49 PM.