Before I started intermittent fasting and taking cold showers, I used to buy a ticket to win free money in a lottery. Still, it was rarely happening.
Today (I wrote this text on the 31st of May, 2022), I no longer buy tickets to win the lottery. It is not the case that the older I am, the more money I have or that I do not want to be a millionaire. I want to be a millionaire, but it is not the ultimate goal of my life. For me, buying a ticket in a lottery, no matter who is doing it, whether young or old people, is some kind of sad occurrence. I do not want to win free money in a lottery because I want to control my doings and activities as much as possible without blinding trust to chaos, luck, the twist of fate, low probability, etc. The truth is that I want to be the architect of my own future without any extra money (unless I would earn it).
I was inspired to write this text not only because of the great Patti Smith’s song „Free Money.”
The last time I was standing in a queue in the local market (I was buying eggs, sausage, tomatoes, and spearmint chewing gums), two people behind me bought tickets for a lottery. The Polish lottery is named „Lotto.” People in the queue bought the European version of a lottery – the „Eurojackpot.” I do not know why, but I felt sorry for those people. I have no doubts that intermittent fasting and cold showers reminded me that I already have the power in myself to become a better human. Better does not necessarily mean richer. Thus, I know it is a matter of time before I start earning money in accountancy. Simultaneously, I will be doing street photography and managing my blog. I trust in all my powers and abilities. I do not trust any lottery.
