Girl, I get where you’re coming from, I really do, but we need to eat.
grichardson526 on
Great advice, just don’t eat and live in a cardboard box!
festivus4allofus on
I’ve had a shitty job that paid a lot, a and a great job that was in the field I adored, and by god barely being able to afford rent/mortage payments later on made me kinda start resenting the great job. Brilliant advice for people who already have money, bad advice for people who don’t
rumbletom on
Well that’s everyone working sorted then. Next week Emily tells the world how to live in peace.
Kidgorgeoushere on
Girl come on
terriblethx on
Maslow’s hierarchy, Emily.
crain90 on
✨Just eat air✨
redelectro7 on
SpiritedPark4511 on
This is awfully ‘let them eat cake’ of her.
Mephistopheline on
In this economy?!
Soft-Horror4721 on
Says a woman born to wealth who’s never worked a day in her life
Status_Apartment6559 on
Sure, you’ll be ecstatic up until you lose consciousness from starvation.
AbsolutelyIris on
Spoken like a rich person. “Have you tried not being poor?”
DaftDisguise on
Did you notice only the wealthy have made the “do what you love!! It doesn’t matter if it pays like shit!!” Statement? I’ve never heard a person scraping by say this. Ever.
sunny1fish on
Tbf, there’s nothing she could have said here that would have been taken well. No one is going to the rich and famous for realistic career advice.
original-synth on
Caromora on
Did she grow up wealthy? This is the kind of thing you say when you grow up wealthy and never have to work to actually survive.
thisisinfactpersonal on
We need to tax these people until there is no millionaire class.
Sufficient-Cow-1881 on
Yeah my utilities company wants their money regardless of my happiness
reef-Diver7817 on
They can’t really be this cluelees can they??…..can they???? 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
Alli-247 on
She must come from a country that has free healthcare ..
No-Effective388 on
Once the debts start to pile up, you start to overthink this advice
juuni_gatsu on
Celebrities should refrain from giving advice on how we “peasants” should live. Go enjoy your millions and shut up.
Hot_Relationship2600 on
rich people are so out touch with reality even their attempts to be relatable read as incredibly tone deaf and sad.
talk-spontaneously on
People will take this literally and hold this against her for however long.
I think she’s being a bit hyperbolic but I understand the underlying point.
OshKoshBGolly on
Doesn’t hit the same coming from a wealthy person, sorry.
I totally did this by the way and yes, I’m happier. Poor but happy!
Decodaku on
Advice that can only come from someone whos never had to pay rent
twoweeeeks on
I think the best advice I’ve seen on this topic is from Cal Newport in So Good They Can’t Ignore You – essentially, he recommends finding the thing that you can tolerate even the worst parts of.
He also suggests starting by thinking of the lifestyle you want and working backwards from there, but I’m not sure that’s even possible in this economy. The book is 14 years old. It seems these days, you get what you get.
Mothman129 on
Doing “something I love” as my first job left me hungry and struggling, vs now where I put up with a corporate gig for 40-45 hours a week so I can actually enjoy my life outside of work. It is a difference between being at work 50 hours a week and not having money to go to the movies vs being at work 40 hours a week and having the money to go to the movies on my day off.
It is a no brainer to me to work my corporate job I don’t enjoy where I can support myself, pay a mortgage, and support my family.
nailpolishenthusiast on
Easy for her to fuckin say
copperblood on
I’m probably going to be downvoted for saying this, so here goes. Emily Blunt isn’t wrong. Everyone should follow their passion, follow what makes you happy and what makes your heart beat as the saying goes. Hemmingway once said, “people were always limiters of happiness except for the few that were as good as the spring itself.”
halster123 on
girl some of us need to pay rent
Puzzleheaded_Cup8723 on
Dude these people are so tone deaf. It’s really annoying.
asietsocom on
I’m trying to, Emily, but I’m paid 900€ a month, Emily.
motherofdinos_ on
If this is a real and accurate comment, it’s genuinely so odd how wealthy people understand so little about money. Like, what are you talking about?? It’s rent, Michael, what could it cost, $10 and a dream?
In my twenties, I had a job that I loved in an industry that I loved. The company I worked for was a small indie publishing house. They were not exploitative but they literally could not pay me a living wage. They tried to make up for the lack of pay with other benefits, and it was a generally lovely place to work, but in the end they could not pay me a living wage and I had to quit. I was doing something that I truly loved, working with good people, and I felt it was deeply part of my identity, but I was not happy because I could not afford to live. I could not pay my bills and I went into debt that I still have.
I know that actors and actresses like her are usually not of the ownership class. But people who have wealth to the point where they don’t have to ever worry about money are *so idiotic about money.*
CartridgeFrog on
Omg, why did I think of doing something I LIKE to do! Thanks Emily!
Imaginary_Coast_5882 on
I would live to sit in a room full of golden retriever puppies petting them.
but I will lose my house and my cars, my wife will divorce me, and I’ll starve to death.
Old-Classic-1981 on
Thanks Emily, I will dip into my millions like you do and just be happy
MusclyArmPaperboy on
Look she’s a fantastic actor but she grew up in London private schools as the child of an actress and a lawyer. She’s a bit out of touch on the struggles of regular folk.
babyhandsjones on
This is so true. I don’t need to eat but I’ll be happy.
quadranting on
Spoken exactly like someone who went to private schools, started to act at 18, and dated an extremely wealthy and famous man in her early 20s.
nerhe on
I think it’s just worth acknowledging the balance. It’d be great to do something I love doing, but I also enjoy having money. I love having money, but do not want to be miserable at my job. Finding the balance of work enjoyment vs. money earned I think is the true life pro tip.
AlthorsMadness on
Idk about doing something you love. For me that’s the quickest way to kill my love for that thing
OryxWritesTragedies on
*Googles Emily Blunts net worth*
resjudicata2 on
I suppose I could always tell me landlord i quit my job to become a professional photographer because I was inspired by Emily Blunt. I’m sure my landlord will let me continue to let me stay without paying rent if I explain photography was something I deeply wanted to do.
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Girl, I get where you’re coming from, I really do, but we need to eat.
Great advice, just don’t eat and live in a cardboard box!
I’ve had a shitty job that paid a lot, a and a great job that was in the field I adored, and by god barely being able to afford rent/mortage payments later on made me kinda start resenting the great job. Brilliant advice for people who already have money, bad advice for people who don’t
Well that’s everyone working sorted then. Next week Emily tells the world how to live in peace.
Girl come on
Maslow’s hierarchy, Emily.
✨Just eat air✨
This is awfully ‘let them eat cake’ of her.
In this economy?!
Says a woman born to wealth who’s never worked a day in her life
Sure, you’ll be ecstatic up until you lose consciousness from starvation.
Spoken like a rich person. “Have you tried not being poor?”
Did you notice only the wealthy have made the “do what you love!! It doesn’t matter if it pays like shit!!” Statement? I’ve never heard a person scraping by say this. Ever.
Tbf, there’s nothing she could have said here that would have been taken well. No one is going to the rich and famous for realistic career advice.
Did she grow up wealthy? This is the kind of thing you say when you grow up wealthy and never have to work to actually survive.
We need to tax these people until there is no millionaire class.
Yeah my utilities company wants their money regardless of my happiness
They can’t really be this cluelees can they??…..can they???? 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
She must come from a country that has free healthcare ..
Once the debts start to pile up, you start to overthink this advice
Celebrities should refrain from giving advice on how we “peasants” should live. Go enjoy your millions and shut up.
rich people are so out touch with reality even their attempts to be relatable read as incredibly tone deaf and sad.
People will take this literally and hold this against her for however long.
I think she’s being a bit hyperbolic but I understand the underlying point.
Doesn’t hit the same coming from a wealthy person, sorry.
I totally did this by the way and yes, I’m happier. Poor but happy!
Advice that can only come from someone whos never had to pay rent
I think the best advice I’ve seen on this topic is from Cal Newport in So Good They Can’t Ignore You – essentially, he recommends finding the thing that you can tolerate even the worst parts of.
He also suggests starting by thinking of the lifestyle you want and working backwards from there, but I’m not sure that’s even possible in this economy. The book is 14 years old. It seems these days, you get what you get.
Doing “something I love” as my first job left me hungry and struggling, vs now where I put up with a corporate gig for 40-45 hours a week so I can actually enjoy my life outside of work. It is a difference between being at work 50 hours a week and not having money to go to the movies vs being at work 40 hours a week and having the money to go to the movies on my day off.
It is a no brainer to me to work my corporate job I don’t enjoy where I can support myself, pay a mortgage, and support my family.
Easy for her to fuckin say
I’m probably going to be downvoted for saying this, so here goes. Emily Blunt isn’t wrong. Everyone should follow their passion, follow what makes you happy and what makes your heart beat as the saying goes. Hemmingway once said, “people were always limiters of happiness except for the few that were as good as the spring itself.”
girl some of us need to pay rent
Dude these people are so tone deaf. It’s really annoying.
I’m trying to, Emily, but I’m paid 900€ a month, Emily.
If this is a real and accurate comment, it’s genuinely so odd how wealthy people understand so little about money. Like, what are you talking about?? It’s rent, Michael, what could it cost, $10 and a dream?
In my twenties, I had a job that I loved in an industry that I loved. The company I worked for was a small indie publishing house. They were not exploitative but they literally could not pay me a living wage. They tried to make up for the lack of pay with other benefits, and it was a generally lovely place to work, but in the end they could not pay me a living wage and I had to quit. I was doing something that I truly loved, working with good people, and I felt it was deeply part of my identity, but I was not happy because I could not afford to live. I could not pay my bills and I went into debt that I still have.
I know that actors and actresses like her are usually not of the ownership class. But people who have wealth to the point where they don’t have to ever worry about money are *so idiotic about money.*
Omg, why did I think of doing something I LIKE to do! Thanks Emily!
I would live to sit in a room full of golden retriever puppies petting them.
but I will lose my house and my cars, my wife will divorce me, and I’ll starve to death.
Thanks Emily, I will dip into my millions like you do and just be happy
Look she’s a fantastic actor but she grew up in London private schools as the child of an actress and a lawyer. She’s a bit out of touch on the struggles of regular folk.
This is so true. I don’t need to eat but I’ll be happy.
Spoken exactly like someone who went to private schools, started to act at 18, and dated an extremely wealthy and famous man in her early 20s.
I think it’s just worth acknowledging the balance. It’d be great to do something I love doing, but I also enjoy having money. I love having money, but do not want to be miserable at my job. Finding the balance of work enjoyment vs. money earned I think is the true life pro tip.
Idk about doing something you love. For me that’s the quickest way to kill my love for that thing
*Googles Emily Blunts net worth*
I suppose I could always tell me landlord i quit my job to become a professional photographer because I was inspired by Emily Blunt. I’m sure my landlord will let me continue to let me stay without paying rent if I explain photography was something I deeply wanted to do.