M-O-N-E-Y
January 11th 2007 01:56
Is money the root of all evil? Or, the source of all stress? How much of yourself do you give up so that you may enjoy the tangible benefits of the mighty money exchange? You know, the good life.
Abundance comes in many forms, and money is clearly one of those. When basic needs are a month to month, week to week, or day to day struggle, then money takes on a huge importance. Survival, after all, is primal.
You would think, then, when one achieves financial abundance such that survival (and then some) is no longer an issue, that the drive and desire for more and more money would dissipate. This, though, does not seem to be the case.
Like an addiction for some, more and more money is the daily standard. Driven by a stress that is different than the pressures one experiences when one is simply trying to stay alive with some modicum of comfort.
At some point, those driven by the need (?) to make more money beyond what seems necessary experience a sustained stress response that is for most a dangerous and deleterious thing. Toxic, physically and emotionally.
This, perhaps, is when it is time to slow down, be thankful for what you have, and re-think what it is that is valuable in your life. After all, what good is a bunch of money if all you ever do is spend time trying to earn it?
deorre
Abundance comes in many forms, and money is clearly one of those. When basic needs are a month to month, week to week, or day to day struggle, then money takes on a huge importance. Survival, after all, is primal.
You would think, then, when one achieves financial abundance such that survival (and then some) is no longer an issue, that the drive and desire for more and more money would dissipate. This, though, does not seem to be the case.
Like an addiction for some, more and more money is the daily standard. Driven by a stress that is different than the pressures one experiences when one is simply trying to stay alive with some modicum of comfort.
At some point, those driven by the need (?) to make more money beyond what seems necessary experience a sustained stress response that is for most a dangerous and deleterious thing. Toxic, physically and emotionally.
This, perhaps, is when it is time to slow down, be thankful for what you have, and re-think what it is that is valuable in your life. After all, what good is a bunch of money if all you ever do is spend time trying to earn it?
deorre
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Comment by MelissaA
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Tell me then what you think of this little recent anecdote of my life?
After being a stay at home mother for the last several years, I recently had a job interview with the only business willing to even talk to me, let alone hire me.
That night, my husband asks me how it went, to which I answer positively, and the one question he asks after that is "How much money are they going to pay you?"
I responded with "I don't know." which he invariably questions and thinks I'm ridiculous for not finding out.
My attitude? - I'm just so happy to have somebody give me a job and pay me anything that I don't particularly care. Plus it's 5 minutes from home and school and it's very flexible work!
Comment by Deorre
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Comment by Lilla
Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
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When our first born daughter was diagnosed with Cerebal Palsy, we had to downsize in the biggest ways possible. We both had to leave our jobs and go on welfare to care for her and that meant dumping the big cars, the mortgage and everything... were we sad?
No, it was the best things that has happened in my life..
now I only work when I need to and I do what I love to do and I have found people happy to pay me to do it. That is the secret.
As for abundance?
In my opinion, ther are about 10 levels of it before I need money... conservation and simplicity are the keys to unlocking true happiness and wealth ...
Lilla...
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Comment by Adrian
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Yep, "hedonic treadmill" this has been called, or "affluenza".
Epicurus used to say that one should eat plain bread and water -- in order to keep one's appetite within limits, so that one could more easily satisfy oneself, so that luxury would be that much more pleasurable on the rare occasions one experienced it...
$30,000-$40,000 a year is apparently all it takes to be happy, so say some psychologists. Any increase in salary after that doesn't significantly increase happiness -- not as much as other things, like free time.
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