Wanting is good for providing goals to strive for and achieve. What if you never wanted again? What then?
What if you could simply buy whatever you needed or wanted because you were financially that secure? Would life be as satisfying? What would you strive for except for more? Is that a worthy goal?
There is an old saying that having to labor for your bread makes that bread taste all the more sweet. Because we appreciate it more. When I was young I really never thought I would be able to have the things in life I now have. Not even my own home. So I think important to appreciate what we have whether a lot or not that much. Sometimes we buy a lot of things because we can and then we think OK why did I buy that when I did not even want it or like it? When we bought our home though we had to start some furniture we decided we would not get anything just to fill up the place but only things we really wanted and liked. Result is eight years later some of our rooms are still only partially furnished!
But if a lifestyle works for you and you are content with it then it just makes sense to continue with it. My husband's business is the most important and vital thing for him so he will continue until he loses interest or until declining health no longer permits. Although I am not really a "career woman" I do have a good job I have learned to do well and I like that what I do here at work is appreciated and remunerated so no reason for me to stop working. Most people who are more wealthy live the same way except they just have more investments. One couple we know are very wealthy and they buy whatever they want but they are always fighting with one another and carping at one another so does not make their style of life appear very attractive at all.
People handle their circumstances in life very differently. Some who have not so much are happy and bring joy to those around. Some who have everything in life the could want because they have to money to make it so are very unhappy and spread that around whever they go. Appreciating and being grate for the doughnut you have rather than focusing on the hole is the secret to being content in my view. My dad was a doughnut guy and my was always focusing on the hole...what we didn't have. Fortunately my sister and I take after our dad. Which why we are both very happy in our lives through our financial situations are not awesome. In fact I'm gonna ask a question about it. Thank you for your reply og.
If one goal is reached, it is wise to set another, no matter how small. This keeps us vital and gives us purpose. Life is fluid, but inertia is solid; to me they are incompatible, because challenges abound, and our lives are enriched by overcoming them.
[Poor] people who drone on about money not buying happiness, miss the point. Affluence is not a destination, not a universal cure for anything, it alone doesn’t make people better (or better people). Wealth is power to aid us in our journey, and a mighty ally it can be, when carefully applied. Clearly not everyone who has wealth is smart enough to use it effectively, but many do, and you will seldom hear their complaints.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at May 1, 2019 6:44 AM MDT
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