reasons i should quit (i)

because, whereas in the past, i figured that desire drives the search for money, it is also true (and perhaps even more significant) that having money fuels greater and more meaningless desire. i really hate wanting things. i hate being tempted by fine dining and nice clothes and shiny gym memberships for no other reason than that whatever i'm earning puts some of these things, variously, within reach. money and the things it can buy should, in my world, come about as a happy by-product of working and not be its goal, especially because of the (inevitable) generation of said side effect. in sum: less money, fewer desires, greater net happiness; unless: money comes as result of doing something one likes intrinsically. welcome to my cosy nook of idealism; there's only room for one.