Peace of mind is priceless.
At a certain point you can only eat so much, drink so much, rattle around in your massive home so much, etc.
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Even a massive home isn't that necessary, IMHO.
My parents live in a massive house and, as they age, it's more of a nuisance to keep it all clean than anything. The pool and the BBQ areas are barely used, same thing for my brother, but he's way younger.
If I had like, 3~4 kids, I can see the idea of living in a 2-story house with lots of space, but since it's just me and my partner, I'd settle around at living in a place with 100-120m² of built area. The garden could be about that size as well. That's enough and makes it cleanable without having to depend on housecleaners to maintain the house organized. Again, just my take.
How much is the rich exactly? I'm in the top 10% earners of my country and still:
- cannot afford house even with a loan
- unpaid leave is risky
- having kids is almost complete drain of savings
- vacations I can afford are vacations where I stay home and do renovations myself
Rich is more like top 0.1%
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"Not worry" and money do not coexist
Money is the thing that was invented to MAKE you worry
Even the billionaires I've known are CONSTANTLY worried about money
That’s what rich people say to us to keep us quiet.
Money would most certainly fix most of my problem and would improve the rest
You‘ve personally known billionaires? I hope you told them how disgusting they are /hj
I have money and I don't worry at all.
I'm 50/50 on this.
I strive to live well under my means and keep a VERY healthy emergency fund (like a year's worth of typical expenses). I have autopay set up for all my recurring bills. I don't worry about the total at the grocery store (which is usually Aldi, so even splurging there isn't actually spending a lot).
But...I've been laid off twice in the past two years. During the jobhunting phase, I pretty much constantly fret about being able to pay bills. "What if I can't find something before unemployment runs out?" Etc...That part of my brain won't stop until I can afford to retire.
I have money and everyone tells me I'm mentally ill because I am not worried about getting more.
Or they just call me a loser.
“You are making me think if the rat race is worth it or not, and that makes me very uncomfortable. Now I'm a bit self-aware and annoyed. How dare you make me think. Loser!” /s
Yeah, people are a much bigger cause of worry than money is.
You realise the goalposts move right? We compare ourselves to our peers. It's why people that win the lottery become bankrupt.
yep.
i grew up poor. my dad made about 1.5 poverty wage. when i got out of college, i thought I was rich making 30K a year. but as i got older and went up in income... the goalposts move. they are also defined by the people around you. I only figured out I was poor when my co-workers were SHOCKED that I paid my own rent, food, and had student loans. because they didn't pay for any of that, their parents did.
if you live in a town where the average income is 50K and you make 150K, you feel rich. but if you make 150K and the people around you make 500K, you feel poor. not to mention other people will treat you accordingly.
and our peers look down on us when we have less than they do, and look up to us when we have more than they do. I have family that have 50million in assets, but they don't think they are rich, because they live in a city where that's chump change and their kids friends parents have like 500million in assets, so they feel like they are poor, because they are rich, but not as rich as other people around them who have 10x or 20x the money they do. in their community they are 'average', and the poor people in that community are the ones who only have 5 million.
the poorest people in that community, have 10x what I have, and to them I am living in poverty because I only have 500K. and for someone who only has 50K, I seem rich. so on and so on.
I want to be rich; I have an evil bimbofication fetish. Its why all my plates and stuff are lead.
You wanna bimbo urself?
But only if I become evil at the same time. Yes.
If I get disability I'm honestly going to just never do money work again. I don't care if it's a tiny amount.
Ironically, billionaires probably do worry about money a lot. Just not in the same way everyone else does.
Hoarding disorder doesn’t count in this scenario. They need to get treatment for their mental illness but they have no ability to self reflect because they also have a lot of narcissistic and psychopathic traits.
it's not a mental illness. it's human nature.
So is cancer.
I endorse this.
Having enough money to not worry anymore is called being rich
Eh, there are levels.
- Rich enough that you can fill your cart at the grocery store without agonizing over whether you can pay for it.
- Rich enough to afford a mortgage.
- Rich enough to have a yacht.
- Rich enough to buy your own island.
Some people wouldn't call the first two "rich".
Got a job making good money then boom the price of things keep going up 😞
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