I had another damn busy day today. Moving abroad after eight years in my shitty little hometown, where I had zero stress and basically no responsibilities beyond paying bills, food, fuel, and stuff like that, ain’t exactly a walk in the park.
I hit up the workforce department today and got myself registered, which meant more paperwork. It took me back to my time in Germany… I swear I collected over two kilos of paper documents in just over a year there.
I’m three days into this new place, and the stack’s already growing. The social and financial systems here seem pretty solid, though… But anyway, I’m not working yet, so I can’t bitch about being tired or anything.
I’m lucky my parents have been living here for a bit over seven years, so I’ve got their guidance for pretty much everything. After dealing with the social service offices, we met up with a friend of my dad’s and had a chat.
This guy’s been in Austria for over thirty years and plans to retire here. He’s seen the area grow into what it is now. Dude’s smart. He didn’t take money for granted, invested most of his cash, and now he’s got a solid income.
Real estate made him a ton of money over the past couple of decades, but he’s kinda behind the curve when it comes to making money these days. We were checking out a plot of land he owns, and he was pointing out new houses that weren’t there a couple of decades ago.
Then it hit him…He straight-up exclaimed that they’re rushing to build houses, but no one’s opening new factories or anything like that. He was wondering how the hell people buying these fancy houses are gonna pay for them… Like, where’s all the money coming from?
I threw him a hint: the digital world. We’re watching entire worlds being built online. You got YouTubers raking in millions from their content. You got coders going wild from their bedrooms, no need for some big-ass office like back in the day.
For perspective, Dogecoin is worth $32.6bn. That’s more than Figma, a company that pulled in $750m in revenue in 2024 and is valued at $32.2bn. The world ain’t going fully digital overnight, no doubt, but the old ways are slowly fading out.
Way more wealth is being created in the digital realm now than back in the early 2000s. Sometimes I feel like we’re living in a damn script or matrix or something, ‘cause the dominoes are falling right on cue…Anyway, time to hit the shower and grab some dinner. Wishing y’all a great day, and I’ll catch up with you next time.
Thanks for your attention, Adrian