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Gatekeepers: Arbitrary Obstacles

From the moment we are born, we are expected to learn how to crawl, walk, speak, and even communicate with our parents. Subsequently, we are compelled to communicate with strangers who ultimately become our friends and learn about our families. Next, we are expected to study diligently, earn good grades, get a good job, and then work for 50 years to save enough for retirement, ideally reaching 90 years old and having lived a good life. But is this truly a good life? Why must we work for 50 years to enjoy the fruits of our labor? For most of our lives, we are working to help another person get rich. We work to make investors richer, or we work for a non-profit organization to make a better life for those less fortunate. After being laid off from a good job after 14.5 years, totaling 23 years of my life, I began to realize that this pathway is a deception. It is a scam to hold you back in life from achieving your true happiness. As someone who has never been in need, I found myself requi...