$PI I once asked a friend,
if they truly achieved financial freedom,
what kind of life would they want to live.
They said, I'd just want to carry a backpack every day,
and audit classes at the university.
Listen to white-haired professors lecture on mathematics, philosophy, and art,
those things unrelated to making a living, yet truly fascinating.
Sitting in the last row of the classroom, with wind outside the window,
someone speaking slowly at the podium, while I listen quietly,
and take careful notes.
Not for grades, not for diplomas,
not for promotions, nor for publications.
Only for that