Stop Shaming Rich Adventurers for Escaping their Boring Wealthy Lives
Adventure is just self-care for the rich. But for some reason, our pathological quest to escape boredom is a problem for other people! Rude!

Jul 10, 2023 | Stories

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Evening Sends / Midjourney

If dropping mad coin to go see the Titanic or climb Mount Everest sounds like a good way to spend your time, you already know the absolute unbearable tedium that comes with living a life of obscene abundance. Most people, however, do not realize just how boring it is to be really, really rich. Most people, if you can believe it, are broke fucking losers who can’t afford to pay someone to take them on an Adventure™️! No wonder they don’t “get it”—why we climb, why we explore, why we take risks. But where would humanity be without people like us?

Through Adventure™️, catatonically bored scions and heirs to fortunes such as ourselves now have a chance to experience a simulacrum of meaning and purpose derived from having an absurd goal that’s financially out of most people’s reach. Adventure™️ is just self-care for the rich.

Adventure™️ gives folks like us, who are …

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About The Author

Andrew Bisharat

Andrew Bisharat is a writer and climber based in western Colorado. He is the publisher of Evening Sends and the co-host of The RunOut podcast.

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