Frugality

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I think you fall somewhere in between. The fact you even own a computer and use the internet puts you in a very different class from the poor.

I did say it in past tense. Likewise, I grew up in a very different society that's hard to compare to anything in the West, besides maybe the Great Depression.

I've got no illusions of being a hermit or intentionally poor, though. I'm not heading into a line of work associated with 'living on nothing' (academic), but I'm not heading there for financial reasons. Sometimes my lack of motivation through gain is a real hamper; I keep telling people that I've been born without a competitive bone in my body, and it's very true. That alone will probably always keep me relatively unsuccessful as far as finances go, and modest as far as requirements.