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Brazil is the biggest economy in Latin America and together with Mexico it has 57% of nominal GDP in the region. And this is the long-term trend for the future - according to PWC report “The world in 2050” Brazil will be the 5th country in the world with GDP at PPPs after US, China, India and Indonesia. Moreover, Brazil has a prospective fintech market and, in comparison with other Latin American jurisdictions, low barriers to setting up a company or issuing crypto ETFs. Recently, BlackRock launched an Ethereum ETF in Brazil and listed it on the biggest local stock exchange, B3. Brazil also offers flexible conditions for immigrants, including living conditions and a fast naturalization procedure. In this article, I describe existing options for crypto nomads to relocate to Brazil, including living conditions and crypto regulations in the country. How move to Brazil? Although some authors call Brazil “bureaucratic” like other South American areas, it has a flexible immigration system. If you want to move there you have a wide range of options for digital nomads, which include: -Digital Nomad Visa -Student visa -Working visa -Family visa -Investor visa -Refugee status The basic options for digital nomads are a nomad visa and an investment visa. These options are pretty affordable. To get a residence permit of digital nomad you need to prove your monthly income of $1,500+ or put $18,000 in your bank account and this gives you a residence permit. Brazil is one of the few with such a visa in Latin America, which was launched recently in 2022. The number of rejections with properly executed documents is minimal. For an investor visa, an applicant should create a company with a capital of 500,000 BRL (about $100,000) or purchase a property from 1,000,000 BRL (about $200,000). An investor gets a permanent residence permit and can apply for Brazilian citizenship within 3 years. There are some exemptions for the required amount of real estate purchase in North-West provinces of Brazil - it may start from $100,000. Also, the minimal required investment in innovative businesses starts at $30,000. Brazil has a developed education system for student visa applicants with 98 public universities, and 8 of the 20 best Latam universities are located in the country. The only obstacle is that most programs of study are in Portuguese, although you can also find a proper university with Spanish or English programs. Living Conditions and Costs Brazil is the largest country in Latam and has 26 states, from Roraima and Amazonas on the north to Rio Grande de Sul on the South. The cost of living will vary depending on your income and preferences. Probably the most popular place among expats is Florianopolis. It’s safe and has beautiful nature and a climate. Other expats prefer 2 largest cities in the country - Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.  Also on the coast there some other cities which attract immigrants - Recife, Vitoria, Salvador, Porto Allegre, Curitiba and some others. The capital of Brazil is a citiy Brasilia located close to the center of its territory and there is also a group of immigrants living there. Сosts of living in Brazil are quite affordable - depending on the place and district you choose, rent can cost from $300 up to $2000. For a single person, the minimum monthly cost of living may start at $1000. It is much cheaper than living in developed countries in Europe and the US. At the same time, compared to other Latin American countries such as Peru, Colombia, and Argentina, Brazil is somewhat more expensive. Also by this indicator, it loses to the affordable for nomadic countries of Asia, such as Vietnam and Thailand. If we talk about the difficulties faced by nomads in Brazil - there is quite a high crime rate in some areas, and there is a possibility of becoming a victim of theft or robbery. To avoid this, it is enough to choose a safer area of residence and not to appear in dangerous districts at night, also move on car. Another issue to be warned about is the language barrier—outside of the tourist spots, almost nobody speaks English. So you have to communicate with locals via Google Translate or in Spanish/Portuguese.  Last but not least, Brazil is a country with magnificent landscapes and reliefs - there are jungles, hills, plains, mountains, deserts and of course the sea. How to get a Brazilian passport? The standard naturalization procedure in Brazil is possible for those who have lived there for at least four years. However, obtaining citizenship is faster for investors or relatives of Brazilian citizens (spouses or parents)—it’s enough to live for three years. In Brazil, citizenship can be obtained not only by right of blood but also by right of soil. And to speed up this process, it is enough to move to the country and give birth to a child. Children born in Brazil receive citizenship immediately, while their parents can apply for it one year after birth. The processing time ranges from several months to two years. So, nomads having children born in Brazil get an opportunity to speed up the process of getting citizenship within 1-2 years. Fintech and Economy Brazil is a country of contrasts, also in the field of economy. Its GDP is about half that of all Latin American countries. At the same time, it has a high level of inequality and a large number of poor people. However, the situation is gradually improving, and the new president, Lula Da Silva, has made improving the welfare of citizens one of his main tasks. Local banks and fintech companies also capitalize on the economy's growth and innovating. Probably the biggest is the PIX system of fast money transfers and settlements. The system uses instant payments via QR codes, and commissions for PIX transfers are lower than they used to be. Taxation Among Brazil's few disadvantages for nomads, besides street crime, is the tax system. It is quite complicated, and the tax rates are comparable to those in Europe.  Brazilian residents are taxed on worldwide income, and the PIT rate is progressive up to 27.5%. Most nomads with incomes above $3000 will pay it at this rate, so it is better to calculate your budget immediately. Opening a business in Brazil is quite simple. You can open a company if you have already moved there and received a residence permit. However, the total rate of all corporate taxes in the country is about 35%. This includes a 15% profit tax, 9% of the social security fund, and a 10% tax increase if your company earns more than $45,000 annually. In addition, there are special taxes. For example, there is a tax on foreign payments (IOF) - you pay 4,38% for all card payments abroad. However, this tax probably will be canceled in 2029. Inheritance and gift tax rate in Brazil are up to 8%, and real estate tax of about 1-1.5% of its value. However, some taxes can make crypto nomads happy—the capital gain tax is only 15-20%, and that is the tax rate on the profit from an individual's sale of crypto. Crypto Regulation in Brazil Recently, Brazil became the first country in the world to approve a Spot ETF on Solana. Moreover, in September, BlackRock launched an Ethereum ETF on the local stock exchange—B3. One could easily put Brazil on the same footing as Hong Kong and the US on this basis—they allow crypto ETFs there, too. Even based on this news alone, the conclusion is that this country is one of the most innovative in fintech and cryptocurrencies in the world. And it's true. If we talk in general about crypto regulation in Brazil, business operations and transactions with crypto have been legal since 2019 through bylaws. In 2022, outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro signed a law passed by the parliament that introduced a licensing procedure for cryptocurrency exchanges and other VASPs in the country. The Central Bank and the local SEC CNV should be responsible for it. The law is still not fully implemented. Crypto business and VASP activity are legal in the country, but some details of their operations are still not defined in the law. This includes the licensing regime for crypto entities. Currently, to provide crypto services in Brazil, you need to open a company. However, licenses are required for transactions with fiat. Big local players like Mercado Pago, Mercado Bitcoin, and Ripio have fintech licenses. Also, local crypto card providers need them. Regulators promise that new legal acts for virtual assets will be in place as soon as this year. But its introduction may be postponed. Conclusion I think it's worth seeing Brazil to see if it's the right country for you. But in general, it has both economic prospects—a growing economy and a large crypto market—and a number of pleasant advantages for living—good climate and nature, relatively low prices, and easy legalization and naturalization. Brazil is the biggest economy in Latin America and together with Mexico it has 57% of nominal GDP in the region. And this is the long-term trend for the future - according to PWC report “The world in 2050” Brazil will be the 5th country in the world with GDP at PPPs after US, China, India and Indonesia. report report Moreover, Brazil has a prospective fintech market and, in comparison with other Latin American jurisdictions, low barriers to setting up a company or issuing crypto ETFs. Recently, BlackRock launched an Ethereum ETF in Brazil and listed it on the biggest local stock exchange, B3. Brazil also offers flexible conditions for immigrants, including living conditions and a fast naturalization procedure. In this article, I describe existing options for crypto nomads to relocate to Brazil, including living conditions and crypto regulations in the country. How move to Brazil? How move to Brazil? Although some authors call Brazil “bureaucratic” like other South American areas, it has a flexible immigration system. If you want to move there you have a wide range of options for digital nomads, which include: -Digital Nomad Visa -Student visa -Working visa -Family visa -Investor visa -Refugee status The basic options for digital nomads are a nomad visa and an investment visa. These options are pretty affordable. To get a residence permit of digital nomad you need to prove your monthly income of $1,500+ or put $18,000 in your bank account and this gives you a residence permit. Brazil is one of the few with such a visa in Latin America, which was launched recently in 2022. The number of rejections with properly executed documents is minimal. For an investor visa, an applicant should create a company with a capital of 500,000 BRL (about $100,000) or purchase a property from 1,000,000 BRL (about $200,000). An investor gets a permanent residence permit and can apply for Brazilian citizenship within 3 years. There are some exemptions for the required amount of real estate purchase in North-West provinces of Brazil - it may start from $100,000. Also, the minimal required investment in innovative businesses starts at $30,000. Brazil has a developed education system for student visa applicants with 98 public universities, and 8 of the 20 best Latam universities are located in the country. The only obstacle is that most programs of study are in Portuguese, although you can also find a proper university with Spanish or English programs. Living Conditions and Costs Living Conditions and Costs Brazil is the largest country in Latam and has 26 states, from Roraima and Amazonas on the north to Rio Grande de Sul on the South. The cost of living will vary depending on your income and preferences. Probably the most popular place among expats is Florianopolis. It’s safe and has beautiful nature and a climate. Other expats prefer 2 largest cities in the country - Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.  Also on the coast there some other cities which attract immigrants - Recife, Vitoria, Salvador, Porto Allegre, Curitiba and some others. The capital of Brazil is a citiy Brasilia located close to the center of its territory and there is also a group of immigrants living there. Сosts of living in Brazil are quite affordable - depending on the place and district you choose, rent can cost from $300 up to $2000. For a single person, the minimum monthly cost of living may start at $1000. It is much cheaper than living in developed countries in Europe and the US. At the same time, compared to other Latin American countries such as Peru, Colombia, and Argentina, Brazil is somewhat more expensive. Also by this indicator, it loses to the affordable for nomadic countries of Asia, such as Vietnam and Thailand. If we talk about the difficulties faced by nomads in Brazil - there is quite a high crime rate in some areas, and there is a possibility of becoming a victim of theft or robbery. To avoid this, it is enough to choose a safer area of residence and not to appear in dangerous districts at night, also move on car. Another issue to be warned about is the language barrier—outside of the tourist spots, almost nobody speaks English. So you have to communicate with locals via Google Translate or in Spanish/Portuguese.  Last but not least, Brazil is a country with magnificent landscapes and reliefs - there are jungles, hills, plains, mountains, deserts and of course the sea. How to get a Brazilian passport? How to get a Brazilian passport? The standard naturalization procedure in Brazil is possible for those who have lived there for at least four years. However, obtaining citizenship is faster for investors or relatives of Brazilian citizens (spouses or parents)—it’s enough to live for three years. In Brazil, citizenship can be obtained not only by right of blood but also by right of soil. And to speed up this process, it is enough to move to the country and give birth to a child. Children born in Brazil receive citizenship immediately, while their parents can apply for it one year after birth. The processing time ranges from several months to two years. So, nomads having children born in Brazil get an opportunity to speed up the process of getting citizenship within 1-2 years. Fintech and Economy Fintech and Economy Brazil is a country of contrasts, also in the field of economy. Its GDP is about half that of all Latin American countries. At the same time, it has a high level of inequality and a large number of poor people. However, the situation is gradually improving, and the new president, Lula Da Silva, has made improving the welfare of citizens one of his main tasks. Local banks and fintech companies also capitalize on the economy's growth and innovating. Probably the biggest is the PIX system of fast money transfers and settlements. The system uses instant payments via QR codes, and commissions for PIX transfers are lower than they used to be. Taxation Taxation Among Brazil's few disadvantages for nomads, besides street crime, is the tax system. It is quite complicated, and the tax rates are comparable to those in Europe.  Brazilian residents are taxed on worldwide income, and the PIT rate is progressive up to 27.5%. Most nomads with incomes above $3000 will pay it at this rate, so it is better to calculate your budget immediately. Opening a business in Brazil is quite simple. You can open a company if you have already moved there and received a residence permit. However, the total rate of all corporate taxes in the country is about 35%. This includes a 15% profit tax, 9% of the social security fund, and a 10% tax increase if your company earns more than $45,000 annually. In addition, there are special taxes. For example, there is a tax on foreign payments (IOF) - you pay 4,38% for all card payments abroad. However, this tax probably will be canceled in 2029. Inheritance and gift tax rate in Brazil are up to 8%, and real estate tax of about 1-1.5% of its value. However, some taxes can make crypto nomads happy—the capital gain tax is only 15-20%, and that is the tax rate on the profit from an individual's sale of crypto. Crypto Regulation in Brazil Crypto Regulation in Brazil Recently, Brazil became the first country in the world to approve a Spot ETF on Solana. Moreover, in September, BlackRock launched an Ethereum ETF on the local stock exchange—B3. One could easily put Brazil on the same footing as Hong Kong and the US on this basis—they allow crypto ETFs there, too. Even based on this news alone, the conclusion is that this country is one of the most innovative in fintech and cryptocurrencies in the world. And it's true. approve a approve a launched launched If we talk in general about crypto regulation in Brazil, business operations and transactions with crypto have been legal since 2019 through bylaws. In 2022, outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro signed a law passed by the parliament that introduced a licensing procedure for cryptocurrency exchanges and other VASPs in the country. The Central Bank and the local SEC CNV should be responsible for it. The law is still not fully implemented. Crypto business and VASP activity are legal in the country, but some details of their operations are still not defined in the law. This includes the licensing regime for crypto entities. Currently, to provide crypto services in Brazil, you need to open a company. However, licenses are required for transactions with fiat. Big local players like Mercado Pago, Mercado Bitcoin, and Ripio have fintech licenses. Also, local crypto card providers need them. Regulators promise that new legal acts for virtual assets will be in place as soon as this year. But its introduction may be postponed. Conclusion I think it's worth seeing Brazil to see if it's the right country for you. But in general, it has both economic prospects—a growing economy and a large crypto market—and a number of pleasant advantages for living—good climate and nature, relatively low prices, and easy legalization and naturalization.

Brazil: Hot Spot for Nomads and Biggest Fintech Market in LatAm

REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE

Advertising is one of the most vital forces in the problem of distribution

Business English: A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book . The Wholesale Merchant here II.—The Wholesale Merchant Exercise 263 Oral Each of the following should be developed into a paragraph: You are a manufacturer and wholesale distributor with a factory on the outskirts of a town; would you have a warehouse in the center of the town? Give reasons for your answer. What would be the advantage of having your warehouse near the railroad freight depots? Near the docks? What would be the advantage of being located in a large city with many railroads and with water transportation facilities—Chicago, for example? Speed gets orders. With this in view, what would you recommend with respect to the equipment for handling? What would you suggest about the number of people through whose hands the order would have to go before being shipped? If you were looking for big trade in a big city, what kind of stock would you carry? Musical instruments? Clothing? Would it be a good plan to make a specialty of certain brands for leaders and to quote a special price on them? If you were just starting a wholesale hardware or grocery business, state which you think would be the better policy: (1) to concentrate on one kind of goods in one territory and to take on other kinds and territories later, or (2) to work all kinds of goods as widely as possible from the very beginning. Explain fully. Would you bear part of the expense of retailers' advertising, especially of window displays, provided they handled your goods? Would it be good business for the salesmen of the firm to suggest selling methods to retailers and to plan window displays for them? Give your reasons. Do you think it would increase sales to offer a money prize to the retailer selling the largest amount of a certain kind of your goods, the sale of which you wished materially to increase? Tell which you think would be the better policy: (1) to undersell your competitors for a time and then, when you had the trade, to raise your prices, or (2) to set one price and maintain it from the beginning. Give your reasons. If you were getting out a new brand of carpenters' tools, where would you advertise? Would you conduct an extensive national campaign? If you were bringing out a new soap or washing powder, where would you advertise? Would you conduct an extensive national advertising campaign? What would your answer be if you were introducing a new brand of crackers? Would bringing out novelties from time to time help the sale of your staple articles? Explain. Do you think it would pay to send circulars to the housewives of a certain locality to get the local grocers' trade? After you had the local grocers' trade? Exercise 264 Written You are Thos. H. Peabody of Peabody, Harper & Co.'s wholesale grocery. Prepare a circular letter, announcing your removal to a new building. The letter will be printed in imitation of typewriting and the introduction filled in later on the typewriter. Remember you are seeking patronage. Address one letter to Walter T. Barth, 350 E. Water St., Milwaukee, Wis. Write an advertisement to appear in the January number of The Grocer and Country Merchant, a grocers' trade journal. It will announce your change of location. You receive an order from a retailer in which he asks for a certain brand of coffee that you do not carry. Write a letter telling him you do not handle that brand and offering him another. Make the letter as courteous as possible. Write an advertisement for (1) a bookkeeper; (2) a stenographer. Answer (1) or (2) above. Write an advertisement for a traveling salesman. Answer (6) telling why you think you could sell groceries although you have had no experience. Write a circular letter to send to the trade setting forth the merits of a new brand of canned fruit. Say that you are offering the brand at a very attractive price in the expectation that retailers will make it a leader. Write to Mr. Barth (1). You have made a contract with the manufacturers of the canned fruit mentioned in (8), by which you secure the exclusive sale but take the responsibility of advertising. Write to an advertising agency, saying that you are considering a three months' advertising campaign. Explain that you do not wish the expense to exceed five thousand dollars. The advertising agency replies that, as five thousand dollars is a comparatively small sum for a campaign, it would suggest that the advertising be confined to one class: street car, billboard, newspaper, or magazine. Write the letter. Notify the agency of your choice, giving your reasons. Write a series of three letters to send to housewives, advertising the canned fruit, with the purpose of having them ask for this brand at their grocers': (1) Telling the name of the canned fruit, its excellence, its price, and where it may be bought; (2) Asking if the housewife has as yet bought any, and if she has not, telling her she can get a sample at her grocer's on presentation of this letter; (3) Asking how she liked the fruit and quoting a letter of recommendation received from Mrs. A., who lives in the neighborhood. Urge her to buy, but not too abruptly. A letter to a woman should be fairly long. (See page 265.) Exercise 265 For two months you have been without a credit man. You wish to be very careful in your choice because of the importance of the position. J. B. Wright of 439 Russell Ave., Indianapolis, is a personal friend of yours. He has heard that you need a credit man and he recommends Joseph Haddon, who worked for him three years in that capacity until a year ago when he went to Colorado because of the ill-health of his wife. Meanwhile, Mr. Wright's son has been acting as his credit man. Mrs. Haddon has now recovered, and her husband is anxious to get another position. Reproduce Mr. Wright's letter. Write the letter Mr. Wright sends Mr. Haddon in Colorado, suggesting that the latter apply for the position. At the same time Joseph Haddon writes, applying for the position. Write the letter of application. Write Mr. Haddon's letter thanking Mr. Wright for his interest. Remember that the two men know each other. Joseph Haddon, whom you have engaged, is proving to be a very alert credit man. He has made a study of your credit files and has discovered that you have a great many accounts of long standing that ought to be collected. He prepares a courteous letter to send to the debtors, telling them that he has just been made credit man and that he personally would like to get into closer touch with their particular situation to find out how soon he might expect a remittance from them, so that he could plan the future of his department. Write the letter. (See page 254.) A number of retailers remit the amount that they owe. Some explain their situation in detail, but a great many do not respond to (5). Write another letter, still courteous, but more emphatic than (5), to those who did not respond. (See page 255.) Still a number do not respond. Write a third letter, saying that you will place the matter in the hands of your attorney unless you receive a remittance within ten days. Mr. Haddon discovers that there are about a hundred retailers who used to be customers, but who have bought nothing for about two years. He reports this to the sales manager, Mr. James Woodworth, who writes a letter to the retailers to induce them to send another order, using the canned fruit spoken of in (8) of Exercise 264 as a means of interesting them. Nathaniel Sears, a dealer in general merchandise at Joplin, Mo., writes to you asking for an open account. He says that he did a $10,000 business last year and that, apparently, sales this year will be larger. He gives no references. You refer the matter to Mr. Haddon, who looks up Mr. Sears in Bradstreet and then writes to one of your salesmen at St. Louis, asking him to investigate the financial standing of Mr. Sears. Write to the salesman. After three days the salesman reports that Mr. Sears seems to be doing a good business, but he thinks the dealer is living beyond his means. He owes two wholesale houses $500 and $850 respectively; his property in Joplin is heavily mortgaged, and yet he is making extensive improvements on his residence; his son and his daughter are at expensive boarding schools. Write the letter. Be exact in your information. As Mr. Woodworth, write Mr. Sears a courteous letter, refusing him credit but attempting to secure his cash business. Charles Freeman, 141 Park Place, Newark, Ohio, writes in answer to (5) saying that he is unable to pay his account of $500. After the harvest his outstanding bills will be paid by the farmers, and then he can remit. He says he is willing to give his 90 day note for the amount he owes. Mr. Haddon writes, accepting the note. About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Rose Buhlig (2011). Business English: A Practice Book. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. 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The Wholesale Merchant

HOT AND COLD BLOOD

The Baltimore Station was hot and crowded

Head and Shoulders

The Ice Palace

Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here . COMBINED FAULTY ACTS COMBINED FAULTY ACTS Two of the last-mentioned examples, my error which transfers the Medici to Venice and that of the young man who knew how to circumvent a command against a conversation on the telephone with his lady love, have really not been fully discussed, as after careful consideration they may be shown to represent a union of forgetting with an error. I can show the same union still more clearly in certain other examples. (a) A friend related to me the following experience: “Some years ago I consented to be elected to the committee of a certain literary society, as I supposed the organization might some time be of use to me in assisting me in the production of my drama. Although not much interested, I attended the meetings regularly every Friday. Some months ago I was definitely assured that one of my dramas would be presented at the theatre in F., and since that time it regularly happened that I forgot the meeting of the association. As I read their[Pg 266] programme announcements I was ashamed of my forgetfulness. I reproached myself, feeling that it was certainly rude of me to stay away now when I no longer needed them, and determined that I would certainly not forget the next Friday. Continually I reminded myself of this resolution until the hour came and I stood before the door of the meeting-room. To my astonishment it was locked; the meeting was already over. I had mistaken my day; it was already Saturday!” (b) The next example is the combination of a symptomatic action with a case of mislaying; it reached me by remote byways, but from a reliable source. A woman travelled to Rome with her brother-in-law, a renowned artist. The visitor was highly honoured by the German residents of Rome, and among other things received a gold medal of antique origin. The woman was grieved that her brother-in-law did not sufficiently appreciate the value of this beautiful gift. After she had returned home she discovered in unpacking that—without knowing how—she had brought the medal home with her. She immediately notified her brother-in-law of this by letter, and informed him that she would send it back to Rome the next day. The next day, however, the medal was so aptly mislaid that it could not be found and could not be sent back, and then it dawned[Pg 267] on the woman what her “absent-mindedness” signified—namely, that she wished to keep the medal herself. (c) Here are some cases in which the falsified action persistently repeats itself, and at the same time also changes its mode of action:— Due to unknown motives, Jones left a letter for several days on his desk, forgetting each time to post it. He ultimately posted it, but it was returned to him from the Dead-letter Office because he forgot to address it. After addressing and posting it a second time it was again returned to him, this time without a stamp. He was then forced to recognize the unconscious opposition to the sending of the letter. [65] (d) A short account by Dr. Karl Weiss (Vienna) of a case of forgetting impressively describes the futile effort to accomplish something in the face of opposition. “How persistently the unconscious activity can achieve its purpose if it has cause to prevent a resolution from being executed, and how difficult it is to guard against this tendency, will be illustrated by the following incident: An acquaintance requested me to lend him a book and bring it to him the next day. I immediately promised it, but perceived a distinct feeling of displeasure[Pg 268] which I could not explain at the time. Later it became clear to me: this acquaintance had owed me for years a sum of money which he evidently had no intention of returning. I did not give this matter any more thought, but I recalled it the following forenoon with the same feeling of displeasure, and at once said to myself: ‘Your unconscious will see to it that you forget the book, but you don’t wish to appear unobliging and will therefore do everything not to forget it.’ I came home, wrapped the book in paper, and put it near me on the desk while I wrote some letters. [66] “A little later I went away, but after a few steps I recollected that I had left on the desk the letters which I wished to post. (By the way, one of the letters was written to a person who urged me to undertake something disagreeable.) I returned, took the letters, and again left. While in the street-car it occurred to me that I had undertaken to purchase something for my wife, and I was pleased at the thought that it would be only a small package. The association, ‘small package,’ suddenly recalled ‘book’—and only then I noticed that I did not have the book with me. Not only had I forgotten it when I left my home the first time, but I had overlooked it again when I got the letters near which it lay.” (e) A similar mechanism is shown in the following fully analysed observation of Otto Rank :— [67] “A scrupulously orderly and pedantically precise man reported the following occurrence, which he considered quite remarkable: One afternoon on the street wishing to find out the time, he discovered that he had left his watch at home, an omission which to his knowledge had never occurred before. As he had an engagement elsewhere and had not enough time to return for his watch, he made use of a visit to a woman friend to borrow her watch for the evening. This was the most convenient way out of the dilemma, as he had a previous engagement to visit this lady the next day. Accordingly, he promised to return her watch at that time. “But the following day when about to consummate this he found to his surprise that he had left the watch at home; his own watch he had with him. He then firmly resolved to return the lady’s property that same afternoon, and even followed out his resolution. But on wishing to see the time on leaving her he found to his chagrin and astonishment that he had again forgotten to take his own watch. “The repetition of this faulty action seemed so pathologic to this order-loving man that he was quite anxious to know its psychologic motivation,[Pg 270] and when questioned whether he experienced anything disagreeable on the critical day of the first forgetting, and in what connection it had occurred, the motive was promptly found. He related that he had conversed with his mother after luncheon, shortly before leaving the house. She told him that an irresponsible relative, who had already caused him much worry and loss of money, had pawned his (the relative’s) watch, and, as it was needed in the house, the relative had asked for money to redeem it. This almost “forced” loan affected our man very painfully and brought back to his memory all the disagreeable episodes perpetrated by this relative for many years. “His symptomatic action therefore proves to be manifoldly determined. First, it gives expression to a stream of thought which runs perhaps as follows: ‘I won’t allow my money to be extorted this way, and if a watch is needed I will leave my own at home.’ But as he needed it for the evening to keep his appointment, this intention could only be brought about on an unconscious path in the form of a symptomatic action. Second, the forgetting expresses a sentiment something like the following: ‘This everlasting sacrificing of money for this good-for-nothing is bound to ruin me altogether, so that I will have to give up everything.’ Although the anger, according to the report[Pg 271] of this man, was only momentary, the repetition of the same symptomatic action conclusively shows that in the unconscious it continued to act more intensely, and may be equivalent to the conscious expression: ‘I cannot get this story out of my head. That the lady’s watch should later meet the same fate will not surprise us after knowing this attitude of the unconscious.’ [68] “Yet there may be still other special motives which favour the transference on the ‘innocent’ lady’s watch. The nearest motive is probably that he would have liked to keep it as a substitute for his own sacrificed watch, and that hence he forgot to return it the next day. He also might have liked to possess this watch as a souvenir of the lady. Moreover, the forgetting of the lady’s watch gave him the excuse for calling on the admired one a second time; for he was obliged to visit her in the morning in reference to another matter, and with the forgetting of the watch he seemed to indicate that this visit for which an appointment had been made so long ago was too good for him to be used simply for the return of a watch. “Twice forgetting his own watch and thus making possible the substitution of the lady’s[Pg 272] watch speaks for the fact that our man unconsciously endeavoured to avoid carrying both watches at the same time. He obviously thought of avoiding the appearance of superfluity which would have stood out in striking contrast to the want of the relative; but, on the other hand, he utilized this as a self-admonition against his apparent intention to marry this lady, reminding himself that he was tied to his family (mother) by indissoluble obligations. “Finally, another reason for the forgetting of the lady’s watch may be sought in the fact that the evening before he, a bachelor, was ashamed to be seen with a lady’s watch by his friends, so that he only looked at it stealthily, and in order to evade the repetition of this painful situation he could not take the watch along. But as he was obliged to return it, there resulted here, too, an unconsciously performed symptomatic action which proved to be a compromise formation between conflicting emotional feelings and a dearly bought victory of the unconscious instance.” In the same discussion Rank has also paid attention to the very interesting relation of “faulty actions and dreams,” which cannot, however, be followed here without a comprehensive analysis of the dream with which the faulty action is connected. I once dreamed at great length that I had lost my pocket-book. In the morning[Pg 273] while dressing I actually missed it; while undressing the night before the dream I had forgotten to take it out of my trousers pocket and put it in its usual place. This forgetting was therefore not unknown to me; probably it was to give expression to an unconscious thought which was ready to appear in the dream content. I do not mean to assert that such cases of combined faulty actions can teach anything new that we have not already seen in the individual cases. But this change in form of the faulty action, which nevertheless attains the same result, gives the plastic impression of a will working towards a definite end, and in a far more energetic way contradicts the idea that the faulty action represents something fortuitous and requires no explanation. Not less remarkable is the fact that the conscious intention thoroughly fails to check the success of the faulty action. Despite all, my friend did not pay his visit to the meeting of the literary society, and the woman found it impossible to give up the medal. That unconscious something which worked against these resolutions found another outlet after the first road was closed to it. It requires something other than the conscious counter-resolution to overcome the unknown motive; it requires a psychic work which makes the unknown known to consciousness. About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Sigmund Freud (2022). Psychopathology of Everyday Life. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved October 2022 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67332/pg67332-images.html This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org , located at https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html .

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