All I ever hear is how I need to be invested in something: buying multiple investment properties, becoming a part-time direct investor online, invest in new things like cryptocurrency (obvi not now considering the crypto crisis). Does anyone else feel like they can't just have a simple life anymore with a decent place to live and a job you hopefully don't hate? All I want is to find one house for me to live in, not rent out on Air BnB, and go to one 9-5 job. I don't want to be managing multiple properties while monitoring my online investment portfolio AND going to my 9-5 job. I want a life outside of work, but the hustle culture is so pervasive I feel like I'm worthless if I'm not being productive outside my regular job.
I constantly hear about how investment is your ticket to financial freedom, but how many regular people like me actually have enough funds to get anything of significance out of the stock market? Or are all the ads just meant to draw in dumb dumbs like me to throw our money into the stock market without any real investment training and lose it all when things go tits up? I'm tired and I just want to enjoy what freedom I have.