Re: What Would You Do if You Didn't Have to Work?

In response to this recent post by gary online: I am absolutely not someone who derives their worth or identity by what they do to earn a crust. If I didn’t have to work, I’d lead a richness of life that would put to shame both the wastrels[1] of inherited stolen means who live by the labor of others, and the wealthy denizens of the c-suite who earn their exorbitant salaries by becoming professional whip-crackers for the former. Here are a few things I’d like to do. This fellow would be well fed for a start. Learn Launy Grøndahl’s Trombone Concerto so well I could play it in the middle of a battlefield. Finally get around to learning tenor clef in order to be able to do so. Cook for people: great big trays of vegan mac and cheese, spaghetti squash with all sorts of sauces, coconut curries, baked beans, cornbread, teriyaki, pizzas, burgers in homemade pretzel rolls, foccacia with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping, crunchy palmiers, millionaire’s shortbread, tablet, dosa,…