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I often feel like I am out of step with the culture. I have no interest in wealth, or fame or success. However, these are constantly reinforced in society. Many of the things that others seems to want, I could care less about. Talk about marching to the beat of a different drummer.
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And? You're your own person, an individual that's cool so long as it's not making you unhappy. Go you.
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Then I'm a mismatch too. The only reason I work is 'cause I got bills, I don't care much about the "stuff". Actually, theres not a lot I care about right now, let alone success.
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I feel the same way. And I think it is sad that this "me, me, me" culture is what these kids are growing up with. I thought it was tough when I was young! Geez.
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It seem's that capitalism has driven the world to desire wealth, wages, and the power to control them, forsaking all else.

Makes me sick. What happened to wanting to help your fellow man, and striving for the betterment of man, for the benifit of all, not the benefit of yourself?

Maybe I am just to Idealistic!
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I am right with you on that one. I never cared much for money as long as I have enough to pay the rent and the bills.

guess there are a lot of us marching to our own beat
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I don't think it's neccessarily all about capitalism well at least in my case not so. I wanna see at least one of my novels published just so that it can live, so that I can see it come to fruition but I'm not totally obsessed with getting money or fame from it but that is a type of personal success. I guess I'm a match then.
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Arch....you are correct. One thing though is that it is difficult to be human and not to have interactions with others. We could call it a clash of values, but this has an impact whether we like to acknowledge it or not.
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Arch..would it matter if it was published in another name (not your own) and you received no financial compensation.

If the goal is just to have the novel live, that would do it.
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My characters are all that matter really so yeah I'd do have a pseudonym or something so long as they were actually alive. It's difficult to explain. My characters and the world I've created they're so real and they've been with me for many years now. I just want them to live on. Sounds cheesy but it's true.
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I guess most of us feel the same way..unless you in love with the "Almighty Dollar". I've always been the same way. As long as I have enough to meet my needs, I don't worry about the rest. Now, I'm not saying that I don't want to have nice things in life or something but I know that it's not everything. Besides in the end it doesn't mean anything anyway.
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yeah that's a really difficult thing to face though in all aspects of life but particularly when doing anything arty; it's sort of like your own vision versus that of popular culture. It sounds shallow but its true.
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