Tyler Wagner chose a minimalist beach life over a corporate career after visiting San Diego. He argues that relying on steady income like $3,000 a month for rent traps people in comfort, preventing them from pursuing what they actually want.
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Not everything's so perfect, right? Like for me, even though, yes, I had like a good foundation with my parents, I remember thinking when I first visited San Diego, I realized I was like, I would rather live as a homeless person on the beach here than work in a corporation wearing a suit and tie every day. And when that fully clicked, I was like, dude, I got to go for like— again, it felt like a big risk at the time, but in reality it was like going back to my parents or living on a beach, I guess homeless is not the best thing in the world, but it just was like, I wasn't willing to go the normal path or just accept decency, right? And I think a lot of people, they're afraid because they have that $3,000 a month coming in. It's covering their rent and all these things, and they're afraid to shift. And it's like, dude, well, you're never going to get to where you want to be.