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as does security in housing and food without the need to work
I was way more spontaneous when I was couch surfing. My whole life was one giant spontaneous stream of actions. That's partially why I was couch surfing.
I was stating a general rule, like the shower thought was attempting.
If you understand risk and its circumstances, you can mitigate that risk regardless of your situation.
If I follow, you're theorizing the unpracticed ability of a small minority of privileged people?
independently wealthy people can be more spontaneous, but are generally more conservative, they're as afraid as everybody else of spending their money.