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title: "Reply to: Here's how to live: Be independent"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2024/12/reply-to-heres-how-to-live-be-independent/
last_updated: 2026-01-04
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[Here's how to live: Be independent](https://sive.rs/htl01) by Derek Sivers.

> All misery comes from dependency. If you weren't dependent on income, people,
> or technology, you would be truly free. The only way to be deeply happy is to
> break all dependencies.

Here's to a 2025 with more [Tech Independence](https://sive.rs/ti).