We're Sacrificing Our Lives Now for a Future We Don't Even Want 

There are no "companies" that care about "you." This needs to be understood from the beginning.

The more we collectively walk away from our current jobs, the more pressure builds on companies to pay more.

Currently on sabbatical unpacking all this conditioning I’ve consumed. It’s a process. I’m no longer willing to sacrifice my present or future. Great message.

When ever I hear rich people say " hard work & dedication are the keys to making it " I always respond with " oh yea ? Well if that were the case field workers would be ballers cause they one of the hardest working people I've met but then again they make minimum wage " .

So many people work for retirement just to die a few months after they retired happens all the time

Whatever you want to do in life, do not go into debt. Taking on debt today is robbing your future self.

Americans counting on Social Security are in for a rude awakening

Live your life, tomorrow is not guaranteed!

Best listen to this guy if you want to win and see through all the lies we have been fed.

I’ve been unplugging from the matrix. Even to the point questioning cutting grass lol! Not saying not to cut grass but the hours people spend in their yards! Some folks love their homes and trimming bushes is therapeutic for them ok fine. But I was thinking how the big box stores profit by selling folks more crap. I’m 50. I’m not going to be in my 80s and my highlight of the day is taking trash cans out and cutting the grass. Got to be more to life than that. We spend so much time in America do crap like waxing and detailing cars, filling storage units etc for what? Just so silly to me as you take a step back. Almost can make you vomit.

This hits different now that I’m almost 30. I spent my whole 20s building other people’s dreams just to pay the bills and be a part of the system. I’m so over that so it’s time I started working to build MY own dreams.

I agree 100% on your points in this video. Not very many of us are living our best lives.

I'm 71 and can say I spent lots of my younger days worrying about crap that never happened or of it did happen it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I imagined it would be. Hang in, be true to yourself and it'll work out, or not, whatever it is, you'll simply adapt. Don't sacrifice your now for a future you cannot possibly predict. There are just too many variables.

My Great Uncle Peter only got two years of retirement due to him having a heart attack and also my friend Robin only got two years of retirement due to him having a heart attack also. There will be some people who will only get a few years retirement due to ill health and there will be some people that won't reach retirement due to ill health like my friend Charlotte who passed at the age of 19 due to cancer. So enjoy the now moment, the moment that you are currently in. Peace and light to all.

You talking truth Tim!!!! I have come to that conclusion a few years ago that no matter how hard I work at a job,I did not prosper. The concept was a total lie. So I change my perception..

Thank u i needed to hear that today. I work 6 days a week. Some mornings I’m at work by 6:30 then leave work and go directly to get my kids home from school. Thank goodness I can be home with them in the afternoons. But I spend a lot of time away from home and family and I’m sacrificing the time I have to help build somebody else’s empire. When I really just want to be with my family.

We had a family friend who retired from working on the machines by the docks in Long Beach and he retired for one year and then passed away from a cancer... Around age 60

This is so true...... Just realize that you can drop dead tomorrow. Then what was all that sacrifice for?

My step father worked for years at a restaurant, worked overtime almost everyday. He hit his 60 and the place fired him because Covid and didn't take him back because he is old. Other job rejected him because he's old. He got depression. Social security wasn't enough for him to live. I wish more people knew this, Alot of the people at my job are old to the point were they're losing their memory while working and it's hard to see. I ask people aboit retirement alot Why would I wait til I'm old too live?? I'll be too old to ride theme park rides or do anything.

Hard work does pay off. It depends on where you live. Working for yourself in something you love. I never bought into any of this American dream or whatever. I live how I want to live.

People do this because they've bought into the American lifescript of what equals happiness and meaning in this society: school > 40+ hours/week job > marriage > children > mortgage > two cars > 2 weeks of vacation per year, etc etc. And, our insane, no-guardrails capitalist economy is designed (and depends on) people enrolling in the system and spending their whole lives climbing out of debt. If you don't enroll in the system, the punishment is no health care, no retirement, and possibly homelessness, among other things. I think this is part of why we're such a miserable culture. We are just now starting to expose the lies of the American lifescript. Your channel and others do a great job of this. Keep up the great work.

The only one in RU-vid calling out this laboral matrix we are living in In such simple manner for everyone to understand that what actually in life matters is often left behind our backs following the mirage that doesn’t exist Thank you I like your videos

42 years old and part-time (no debt wife or kids) and my folks insist I go back working my life away so I get social security when I'm 65. When I ask them what if I don't live that long....just deer in headlights look😳

Retirement looks different to everyone. I'm a frugal woman, I require little. I can honestly say I don't worry about money and I've lived in poverty most of my life. Each day has its own troubles, worrying changes nothing. I do the best I can, pray and know that God will take care of the rest. He always has for me and He always will.

People also die from the stress of working hard before they ever reach retirement

Awesome content. I worked in the "system" for 41 years. I believed the lie of work now and retire with social security "bs". I wanted to retire and sell my house for a motor home and travel/live around the USA. Well, I retired 6 years ago. I developed a liver condition, serious anxiety, gas prices went thru the roof. Long story short I'm now in my large house that paid for, and I had to make a lot of adjustments. I would suggest to all the youngster out there, to stay out of debt, and live within your means.

You are right tim. The key if you dont want to be stuck with the matrix, dont get married and have kids. Am not spending my entire life working for some kid.

I gave up a lot of other opportunities to stay in a job that offered a pension. We were taught a pension is a guarantee at a dignified retirement. I have been in two class actions to keep the company I worked at from taking the pension away. Now that the pension is worthless since it was tied to the market, they want to offer buy outs. We are guaranteed nothing. I regret not taking a few risks for that false security. Thankfully, I feel young enough to pursue a few things that I truly want. I am less afraid in my older years than I was.

401k is not safe in today's banking problems ,it can drop 40 %"and the thing is you get taxed when you take the money out but if it drops 50% they don't know you.And to top it off if you get SS and withdraw too much they take back some of the SS so it's a kind of trap.And then you have overpriced homes ,with a mortgage on a 500.000 home it costs 1 million to pay off over 30 years ,so mortgages charge twice.

Starting businesses in Africa. Being an investor is the way to go. 😊

You are dammm right, the goal is to be free, and not slave yourself in the present, also my plan that I’m riding right now is starting up my own business and living off my own trade, poeple just like to use excuse unfortunately, i say and agree with exactly with what your saying brother

If you think the system is going to do anything but stick you in a corner somewhere in your old age, I really think you've got another thing coming to you. I have watched the quality of life our current seniors have, even in "nice" elder care facilities. They are places you go to fade out of existence once you're no longer profitable and beneficial to the machine. I hope to never experience that slow march towards death. I'm going to rascal my way there every step of the way, and let the chips fall where they may.

when i worked for the health insurance agency so many older people were on "fixed" incomes! they always complained that they didnt have extra money for nothing! this video is so real and it brings awareness to whats important now instead of a future that isnt promised or reliable

There isn’t a guarantee that Social Security will even exist in a few years. It’s not even enough to live on and far below the poverty level for most people now. I will still have to work while getting Social Security! So do whatever you can to enjoy your life while you still can because nothing is guaranteed.

I’m hoping I die before I retire because honestly, what am I gunna do? My body is already taking a tole on my mind from the athletics and relationships nowadays are a joke. I want to enjoy my work until I die. Retire for what?

- Moderation. Even a squirrel has to collect food for today and later. Work enough to live a fulfilling life today and don’t spend so much that you can’t save a little for the future. Simplify.

I know several people who died before they were ever able to retire. Breaks my freaking heart. My sister and I figure we'll look like the Tales from the crypt guy still working, or maybe die at work in our 90's. It's all good. We'll figure it out sometime if we even live that long.

All I can say is, whatever u do, while you are young, don't go into debt and try your best to be as frugal as possible while still being happy. Don't deprive yourself of everything but know that 90 percent of the things you are thinking about buying, you don't really need and its not gonna make you happy if you do buy it. There won't be much left 20 years from now for retirement so you have to save for your retirement now. Be your own 401K

My friend, for what it is worth, this is only the second comment I have made on RU-vid over how ever long it has existed. If I could invite you for a coffee or share a drink I would be very glad to do so. You speak words we all know to be true, but are afraid to say in a loud voice. We drown our thoughts so as to avoid the discomfort of the truth our beings are screaming at us. I am grateful to have come across your channel and look forward to hearing more on your realization of how we lie to ourselves in order to push towards a place we know is not necessarily where we'd choose to be.

that's IF you live to retirement.

Wise words again, Tim. Thank you.

The harder you work the more taxes they take from you. The more you save the more interest they take from you along with a social security cheque at retirement that is only one third of your wage. Anything extra you have earned or saved gets taken from you. It's a racket.

This whole social security thing is falling apart because of reasons outside of your control.. you have to create your own retirement and not rely on the government..If it doesn't fall apart, great, but if it does your out of luck..Look at what's happening now to people's 401 and pensions.. it just doesn't seem right that the next generation pays for your retirement or that the health of the economy determines your retirement...

Excellent 👍 thankful for your wisdom!

I know so many people who worked their lives away and didn’t live …then once they retired and thought they would live then they passed away! That breaks my heart. I’m 36 and unfortunately spent my 20’s and early 30’s climbing up the ladder and burning myself out. Now I don’t care about working hard I want to live and enjoy life. All I’ve done is work and I’m tired. I haven’t had a real vacation in twelve years. It wasn’t worth it. Man, if I could have learned these things earlier…..

Great Message Tim........... We needed to hear this kind of talk from our parents and our elders and some of our mentors and if some of the teachers had the balls to do so as well... Keep it rolling Tim...... Great Job....keep on speaking it......

Nothing is guaranteed.. not even tomorrow.. You gotta roll with it 🎶🎸

VERY VERY GOOD ADVICE TIM🙏👍❤️

Thank you for this channel man

You are goat Tim. Really needed to hear your wise words today.

I love the topics you talk about Tim

Yes, we often sacrifice our present obsessing over the past and things that have already happened or constantly thinking about the future life we want to have instead of living right now. And being stuck in the past and future will certainly screw your life to hell. And yes, take some risks and get outside of your comfort zone, particularly if it is group think.

Do you know how much money my 401k has lost in the past 3 years… it’s insane

The man is not wrong.

As usual, great video!! So true

Get out of the system. Do you recommend giving up citizenship in the US and going sovereign (human)? Isn't the best way to stay off the govt radar is to be on govt radar? Work like normal, maybe for oneself? Do everything like all the sheep but think independently. Great video. I just left a dead end job after saving a ton of cash and buying supplies I needed. Next step job hoping and working for myself as a nice balance. In the system but not of the system, as Bruce Lee used to say.

Thanks Tim. In my case I saw this range of issues when I was 25....and made up my mind to live while I was young...which I did, broadly. But I also worked hard. . So now at age 82, and about to kick off I get a huge wide grin when I think of those days....and these days.... its working. I did not do it perfectly however so now I live off shore and am still working at 82 on line... that keeps ones mind sharp...and the money is nice too. Off shore now in my old age and any care needed is easily provided by my mid range social security.... not so bad.. if it holds out.... and it may not given the current world wide economic mess and its root causes. . Are there better routes? I am sure there is. Is it possible to keep from being blind sided? . Well if a person takes your advice and possibly a bit of what people like me have done...its pretty hard to have a ruined life even if the situation sees a person starving to death at age 90.... its too late to have a bad life in that case, especially if you got it all done earlier....

"Now we have been sold a lie, But THANK GOD for people like YOU, With brilliant minds, Who help open eyes" Rhyme4Reason "Changing Lives Through Music'

It’s incredibly risky to assume that social security will still be there in decades to come. It’s basically gambling the house on the state/central banks. Crazy bet in my opinion!

Or a future that may not happen.

How come you're always so reasonable and practical? 😄(You remind me of myself, yet on a whole 'nother level...)

Its timothy.... I need this more than ever. I just started a job that pays me really low. Im going through some crisis....

Y'all stress to much about money. Yes, we all need money to survive but I'm not giving up time spent with loved ones to make a dollar more. Tomorrow is not guaranteed and neither is the time we have with the people we truly care about. I much rather have a lifetime of wonderful memories and strong bonds than material things. There's far greater things in life then being wealthy.

Preach it Brother man

Yep, the retirement I have is a big joke. I showed my husband and still after realizing it sucks, he still thinks I am going to continue working there. Ha Ha Ha. There is another option. I am working on it now. Love your videos.

My brother blessings to you let's talk about it people 👍🤝

I like working. But I can't work all the time like my parents think and tell me I should. I have issues that make it difficult to keep jobs for long periods of time.

Honestly I probably won’t live to be 65. So I’m actually not worried about retirement. I spend when I feel like it and I don’t plan to ever buy a house.

Wow, Im watching this on my phone and when I put my finger on the title and drag down, the video zooms in. Thats neat.

Don't wait. Make plans to do things and do them! Take care Tim💕

Very true !!!

I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to travel while young. I traveled abroad in my 20’s. It gave me a lust for traveling and life. I think this generation- Millenials and after- we have the opportunities to really enjoy our lives and explore the world. We can see possibilities that the older generation could not see. And we should definitely take advantage of that. Work in other places. Spend time with family, caring for others, volunteering. Not slaving away each and every day, feeling miserable because of it. Take a day trip somewhere. Take walks, breathe fresh air, smile at others. No job or government can control you. We are in control of ourselves and our own happiness.

Lookin' Fly, Guy. 😊

Working hard at a low paying job for years will not help much.

Its hard to know what choices to make if you cant see into the future. One in three men don't live to 70 yrs old. If you knew that was going to be you, you'd just have a good time now. But you might live to 100 yrs old. In which case planning for the future would be a good idea.

I understand all of that ...but raising a family, school, and such...is not sacrifice...it's a labor of love. Trying to make car life or van life seem like the way...could be a way but there is ups and downs to all life. Yet find your niche in life fill it and be happy. I love stability...no I don't live in a box I live in a home...and yes we fish, hike, and back yard bonfires, dinners with family and friends is all fun. Yet it is our responsibility to teach values, morales, and integrity in our children. so if you happy where you are at great...but don't knock the home life either...we Are living now and enjoying now while getting where we are going ... just fill your spot in life as well as others will fill theirs...and let's be kind to each other if you live in a home or a car...or on the streets...be kind...❣

People work crap jobs with crap pay because they are too lazy to think. Employers want to pay well, but most workers waste all their time trying to game the system. The ones that put in both Physical and mental effects get well compensated.

Corp. Will fall if half of us say no. Iv never worked a corp.

Hi brother Tim..Soc Security is great and all but it's not the end all be all..As of now social security will last with full benefits until 2033-34 if the people want social security after that they will only get a certain % of what is owed to us for a lifetime of work..But social security is going broke...The other thing is don't wait for the future because it is not promised..we could die at anytime, tmrw and thereafter is not promised to us..Don't hope for the tmrw that might not ever come..Man you are so right do things now to our own benefit not anyone else's..Don't put off till tmrw what we can do...Today! Great message Tim!!

Thinking you're going to do everything you've wanted to do, after you retire, you body and health will have a lot to say about that.

I don’t for see ever being able to retire. Nor do I really want to. I want a life that keeps me active and productive and one that I enjoy now and later. I’m still trying to find that sweet spot. I want work that doesn’t feel like a job. I want off the hamster wheel.

Wise man

Sad how folks just hope they can work until they can pull social security….then die.

I agree with you Tim but give us examples how to escape it

I hate to admit it but this channel is making me plan to commit to change course - I just need to complete the thing I already had happening. 👌

4:31 to 4:44 YES BROTHER 🙏🏽

Money is nice but I would rather live for my family. Now, the problem is we kinda destroyed the opportunity for the new generations to have a healthy family, ain't it?

My teas gone cold I'm wondering why, I got outta bed at all

Times are so hard for us right now. But i still focus on whats to come and yes.. its good! Keep you head up, stay positive❤

Folks in the developed countries are already in the end point that folks in developing countries hope to reach at the end of their lives.

work smart not hard your going to be more rewarded for having a good mind doing something that you love, also giving people value pays more. that's why I like Tim he has a beautiful mind, he make us laugh he teaches people how to be sober he's always positive that's why he is amazing. Tim is abundant and he reads books for fun..... he gets to celebrate the fruits of his labor he earned his keep in you tube that's why he has 117k subscribers he never gives up and he gets payed for play and no body is going to stop him.

recently watched ur video about childfree, its great! also, what do u think about antinatalism?

Do wnat you like now or regret it

It doesn't matter really in my case ,I have a serious health condition I will will be lucky to make it another 10 years,if even that I'm done

If you w rk a job find a side hustle you can go into full time just saying

I guess I was lucky I had a job I loved civil service NYC transit. Nice pension plus social security

Amen 🙏🏽 Preaacchhh it Tim!!!

Yes, sacrifice your youth to the system to make enough money so the system can vampirize it back from you when you are old. Also, the social security check will be shit. A lot of it comes down to: irrational fear of death, and irrational desire to prolong life through torturous chronic decline.

Not to mention that so many people are dying at a such young age that don't even make it to retirement. The age to get social security benefits will probably go up too. Try to live the best life you can today. Tomorrow is promised to no one.

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