Life is all about money, if you think money means very little you're delusional

Oh great, so now nagoya is posting dumb topics under multiple names?

Everyone I know who is "comfortable" financially spends way too much time working. They hardly know their kids and end up having affairs because they never spend any quality time with their spouses. All of their "friendships" are very transactional. They go have drinks with so and so because he is high up at Dynacorp and might bring in some business. Even charity giving is transactional. They want to get on the board of the charity so they can get to know higher ups at other big companies. And they NEVER have enough and are never satisfied. If they have a Porsche 911, they spend all day trying to get a 911 GT RS. If they have a 50 ft Beneteau sail boat, they can't wait to upgrade to a Jamadhar 98' catamaran.

Money certainly does matter, but there are diminishing returns. Having enough to not have to worry if the water heater goes out is really about all you really need. A Subaru Outback gets down the road just as well as a Volvo V90 XC. Camping out at the state park is just as much fun as spending $400 a night to go to a local resort hotel. The real difference is that people who are happy with the Outback and the state park also are spending plenty of time with their families and have time on the weekend to just sit around the house and relax.

There are other purposes besides making money that very good people dedicate themselves to, with little or no financial gain.

The person who stays home and raises children is not earning money. Housework is a similar situation. Not for profits dedicate their life's work at reduced wage becuase they believe in the purpose of those causes. And many occupations like social work or teaching might accept lower average wages because the practitioners either like it, believe in the need for that work, or place higher value in the inherent act of what they are doing than the financial reward.

Compare the office suite of a bank president with the principal's office of your child's school. Do you think the bank president's job is any more important? But they get a lot more compensation. Well, someone felt that doing the educating of our children was important enough to not just go around living their life like "Life is all about money..."

Thank goodness that there are people in our society that know this not to be the case.

This conversation is all about perspective, brah. You say “life is all about money” because that’s the most common solution to problems. If burpees got everyone out of their problems the way they can get you out of a DQ when you can’t flip a tire at a Spartan race, life would be about burpees, bro. That doesn’t meant evwryone’s life has to be about burpees because some people find things they enjoy that don’t involve burpees.

Stop being so close minded and do some pull-ups, dudemeister.

Rich person

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Poor person

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Craig88 wrote:

The only reason you can truly smile is because you are financially secure...poor people can try to tell you "money doesnt equal happiness", but in reality it is them that are constantly crying, fighting, arguing, their life is a huge struggle, while the rich people just cruise along and feel good.

If you have money, you have life.

I think it's different for every person. I think there's a certain level of having money that definitely increases your happiness. After that, who cares. I would say life is all about freedom.

If you have enough money to exercise your freedom, you have enough money. If you have to sacrifice too much time to acquire money that you don't have freedom with your time, you'll be miserable. If your health is so poor, that you can't go do the things you want, then you won't be happy. Etc, etc.

Craig88 wrote:

The only reason you can truly smile is because you are financially secure...poor people can try to tell you "money doesnt equal happiness", but in reality it is them that are constantly crying, fighting, arguing, their life is a huge struggle, while the rich people just cruise along and feel good.

If you have money, you have life.

But what’s your weekly mileage and 5k PB?!

if you think money is important, then it is.

if not, not.

the guy that's free of money concerns however has an open playing field to run.

Absolutely correct! 51 years old been retired for 10, Money is insulation and allows you to do the things you enjoy. I like people from a distance, money keeps it that way. I love my life, but when I was busting my butt working and saving, and balls deep in all the nonsence it wasnt always this way. Money makes a happy person happier and remember you can't fix sad or stupid. You can only enjoy life and all its wonderful gifts. Life is an IQ test for sure.

Yes, it's insulation from the harshness of life and the ability to take in as much as you want, when you want. One of the biggest things it gives you is the ability to keep away from people you dislike - and there are plenty of them out there .

Earlier in my life, I'd agree with the OP in that money provided me with my house, car, etc. that made up major components of my life at the time.

But once all of that stuff had been achieved, I've found that more money has provided me more happiness, in that now I can give lots of it away to help others or provide good/services to others who need a little help during a rough patch.

That's the true benefit, to me, of having more money. Sure, there are people who just want more and more stuff - but, I see lots of charity every day; of people who are better off than the average joe, helping out others.

Also - having more money and developing businesses that can keep people employed at a living wage - that's also goodness coming from money.

So, yes, it can provide some happiness in the world, if used correctly.

Well done! Everyone is so over the top today, people are emotional about everything all the time now. Irrational and needy. This only insures the fact they will struggle. Mostly with things that do not matter. Emotional people are fat, broke, and stupid. Then they become angry and are completely useless to themselves. I really wish these people would make the decision to take on their predicament head on. Life is to short to waste. Money should motivate us to become better.

A car is not my idea of happiness at all. In fact it's the opposite. I infinitely prefer a quality bicycle. So the amount of money doesn't always matter.

Don t advertise it.

Kevin O'Leary (Sharktank) advocates not owning a car if you can get away with it - bicycle or use a rideshare provider - or public transportation. Owning a car is a money suck.

I wonder how happy this guy has been recently...

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Just Another LRC Idiot wrote:

I wonder how happy this guy has been recently...

Fitting handle.

Posting pics of rich dudes who screwed up is really looking at the purely negative aspects of having more money.

And, really what got them in trouble wasn't the money, it's usually related to power and the abuse of that power to use it for illegal purposes that causes the problem.

I would say I am upper middle class with 300k income and you know what I am not pining for more money. My job allows me flexibility, 5 weeks vacation and time with my kids.

Yes I can go on lots of vacations live in a nice house and not worry about bills. I am fortunate but I don’t buy expensive things. I drive a Honda, Ride a used bicycle, eBay shop for deals and like to keep it so my kids can go to college debt free and a down payment on their house.

With money not an issue though everything else in life is amplified more so it’s not all rainbows and unicorns. Issues with family, parents, and the lack of community you get when living in semi wealthy neighborhoods. I often wish we lived in a poorer down to earth place where people know each other and money is not a status thing. But you live where the jobs are.

All my rich friends making 600k work all the time and have no family life. Thy got addicted to top money early while I worked up to it but had 5x more family time they them

There’s some study on the whole money - happiness thing. Conclusion was something like money played a key role in happiness until you had all your major needs and comforts taken care of. After that not much of a difference.