How’s it going? Another week so that means another thought to talk about. This time it’s going to be about the modern mindset of get rich quick.

I guess I shouldn’t say modern, because I can imagine people throughout history have all been tempted by the shiny allure of the get rich quick mindset and the schemes it’s victims fall into.

However, I feel with the evolution of technology and the internet I feel as if this trap has had its engines supercharged. Also, throw in a growing obsession with a system of convenience capitalism as well, that I got to have it now mentality is also at play.

What prompted me to write this piece, was the cult like worship that proponents display for things like cryptocurrency and NFT’s; if you don’t know what NFT’s are, do yourself a favour and never look it up. Your sanity and faith in humanity is not worth losing.

These things and others like them, sell people on the idea that through technology and innovation, anyone can be wealthy. I acknowledge that technology has given people many opportunities that once didn’t exist, but like the old saying goes. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

People might retort that there are people that have gotten extremely rich off from these technologies. But my belief is this, if your hairdresser and people on the bus are making money off it, then any major windfall opportunity is already long gone.

That takes me to the next point, the convenience capitalism that permeates our western culture. So many people in society want to be rich and or famous, with a timeline of that all happening by tomorrow. This is unrealistic and also promotes the idea that unless you are rich or talked about on social media, you can’t live a happy and fulfilling life.

This is bullshit, yet a lot of us believe it. Even those of us who know of the flaw in the logic still can from time to time think, man if I was rich none of this would be a problem. I know because it happens to me from time to time. But I always try to pull my head in and recognise that my life is amazing and worth being grateful for.

I guess in a weird roundabout way, I’m trying to say that I see much of the culture moving towards this all or nothing mentality, and wouldn’t you know it, everybody wants to have it ‘all’. However, much of the great achievements you’ll accomplish in life won’t be about how much money you made. Instead they will be like everything else that gives meaning to our lives, it will be seeing your hard work and persistence paying off over years’ of discipline in something were passionate about.

Don’t get trapped thinking you need to have it all when you already are in possession of the most important thing in life. Yourself.

Shout out to all the fans, much love, you Hedites make me proud.

Live free.