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We expect to receive money when we work, so that we can spend it when we are rest. Woodworking has taught me to reverse that equation. I build things in my free time so I can avoid buying things. And if I don't have to buy as many things, I don't have to take on jobs that I don't like...
As I get older, I simply have less desire for money and more desire for time. This mental shift might be just the early 40s realization that I'm mortal, but I think it's more profound.
... My anxiety is merely despair that I am wasting time that could be better spent building, writing or cooking.
I want to make things that are permanent, inspiring or just chewy. And because my head is on backward when it comes to modern capitalism I want time more than I want money.'
C. Schwarz, The Anarchist's Toolchest, p 342.