I'm in downtown San Francisco at a high-end ad agency. Now and then I model in ads, and I just got offered a lucrative ongoing gig as a character who's a Trump conservative. Really lucrative: they're paying $1000 a session! Triple, quadruple what I'm used to.

But I just can't do it. I've played roles in ads for products I don't use, even ones I personally dislike--but never one I thought was downright immoral or dangerous. Trump and his followers are both. I just can't help legitimize him.

Reluctantly, tempted, I turn the job down.

I take a cab home, as I often do. My cabbie is a tattooed dyke who's curious, seeing me come out of what she knows is a high-end ad agency.

I tell her I had to turn down a thousand-dollar gig. She's shocked. "That's over a week's wages for ME. I'd take that gig like a shot!"

I ask her "You sure? For a thousand, would you REALLY put your face up all over the country with a Trump button and, say, queerbaiting slogans behind you?"

She really thinks it through for a couple of slow blocks, and then says, reluctantly, "Well... no."

NOTES IN THE MORNING

• This dream's not about Trump--or even politics. It's about what you'll sacrifice for money. Our band The Krelkins practiced today; the other two core members, Mike & Nic, were exhausted. They said "Our rental business eats time, blocks creativity & even harms our health." I said "Then cut back, earn less, invest passively like me. Give up some money for free time! It's what you say you want. Act on it!" They dismissed it as impractical.
• Downtown ad-agency: I do bike down there now & then--but not to model for ads. It's the site of my brokerage. So the ad-gigs mean investing. I do well, but spend little time at it; could earn real money if I'd research full-time. But the cost is too high: time!
• Cabs: I never take them. I bike. So I think this cabbie represents Mike & Nic's hustling side--"Slave away to maximize income."
• ACTION: Forget money, maximize free time & energy! The dream supports my staying a passive, retired investor. It gives me what I need most: free time.

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