tranquil43
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Everyone here is obviously interested in becoming wealthy. I definitely am. But to be honest, the amount of money I desire has substantially reduced today compared to the amount I wanted when I was younger.
When I was younger, I dreamt of the big houses, fast cars, beautiful women, all that "good" stuff. The prestige and adulation that accompanies wealth seemed enticing as well, almost as a validator of sorts. My "why", the reason I wanted to become extremely wealthy was so I can enjoy really nice things and be held to high regard by society.
Another part of my "why" back then was to avoid corporate drudgery. I grew up in a household with a mother who worked for a very large investment bank, but practically made peanuts as lowly data entry clerk. My mother used to to come home crying because she was denied a small raise because office politics dictated she receive an average review. Her life was forever altered (for the worse in my opinion) when she got laid off in 2000. I never wanted to be part of that world. So that was my "why", wanting the adulation, the nice toys, and the avoidance of corporate drudgery.
However, I can tell you that today, at age 30, my "why" is a lot different. My "why" in wanting to become wealthy has a lot less to do with wanting adulation, really fancy stuff, or anything like that. I'm not knocking any of those things, but I don't think I personally need them in order to find joy in life. I still despise corporate drudgery (which I am unfortunately part of) and want to become wealthy so that I never have to deal with it again. But the other part of my "why" is wanting to have freedom. Freedom to spend time with the people that I love, freedom to spend more of my time truly helping others in a meaningful way. The freedom to donate a lot of money. The freedom to see the world. The freedom to look back at my life and think to myself that I had the privilege of building something great, something that helped people, and something that put me in a financial situation that allowed me to surround myself with those that I love. I honestly couldn't care less about big mansions or status symbols anymore. As long as I have a decent place to live and have enough money to spend on gadgets like digital cameras or video games, I'm happy.
So that's my "why". What is yours?
When I was younger, I dreamt of the big houses, fast cars, beautiful women, all that "good" stuff. The prestige and adulation that accompanies wealth seemed enticing as well, almost as a validator of sorts. My "why", the reason I wanted to become extremely wealthy was so I can enjoy really nice things and be held to high regard by society.
Another part of my "why" back then was to avoid corporate drudgery. I grew up in a household with a mother who worked for a very large investment bank, but practically made peanuts as lowly data entry clerk. My mother used to to come home crying because she was denied a small raise because office politics dictated she receive an average review. Her life was forever altered (for the worse in my opinion) when she got laid off in 2000. I never wanted to be part of that world. So that was my "why", wanting the adulation, the nice toys, and the avoidance of corporate drudgery.
However, I can tell you that today, at age 30, my "why" is a lot different. My "why" in wanting to become wealthy has a lot less to do with wanting adulation, really fancy stuff, or anything like that. I'm not knocking any of those things, but I don't think I personally need them in order to find joy in life. I still despise corporate drudgery (which I am unfortunately part of) and want to become wealthy so that I never have to deal with it again. But the other part of my "why" is wanting to have freedom. Freedom to spend time with the people that I love, freedom to spend more of my time truly helping others in a meaningful way. The freedom to donate a lot of money. The freedom to see the world. The freedom to look back at my life and think to myself that I had the privilege of building something great, something that helped people, and something that put me in a financial situation that allowed me to surround myself with those that I love. I honestly couldn't care less about big mansions or status symbols anymore. As long as I have a decent place to live and have enough money to spend on gadgets like digital cameras or video games, I'm happy.
So that's my "why". What is yours?
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