Earning or Being given a Gift

I know if we are asked to pick between earning some amount of money or being given a monetary gift. Almost everyone, if not everyone will go for the latter. I saw a post related to this on noisecash but skipped it. A few minutes later I started thinking about it but I couldn’t find the post again.

Money can have a huge impact on someone's mood , whether earned or being given as a gift. It takes away all (maybe not all) worries in a second. I can remember an elder once saying "Give food or money to an hungry man and not words and see how his mood will change suddenly "

Being Gifted a monetary gift

It’s something great to be given money without you doing anything. The joy that comes with this is incomparable. Suddenly the things you plan on doing for months become possible.

Money is one thing that people, on the whole, crave for, but it is also one of the most dangerous things on earth if not handled properly.

If you are given money, then the onus is on you to trace the source of that money before you can safely accept it without raising eyebrows. Personally, I hate taking gifts from people even if I know them well, and even then I prefer to give gifts than accept them. It's something a lot of friends complained about and I'm still working on changing.

I am given money occasionally by some friends. But given our present economic situation, where there are so many con-men around, I want to be safe than sorry. If giving me gifts, then my friends must know that my sense of humour is very peculiar. When I say gifts I'm sure you know what I'm saying. A friend selling and delivering food or any product offering me one as a gift, is quite different from the gift I'm talking about.

Some people will offer you incentives to do things for them. That's dangerous. When someone says "I will give you this on one condition..." . Listen to the condition well before pledging.

The danger of accepting a monetary gift is that most times there are things attached to it. the giver might expect some things in return for the gift given to you.

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Earning your own money

There are many benefits to working for yourself, besides that it is a dream come true. It could also be one of the most rewarding experiences because you are not tied down to someone else’s goal, instead, you can set your own goals.

To understand the benefits, the first thing to understand is the value of working for yourself. One of the most common reasons people work for themselves is because they want to have more control over their income. After all, ultimately they want to have more time to enjoy life.

Besides being able to have more control over your time, you can also have more control over your own goals. If you want to achieve big goals then you should be working towards them at all times.

Because getting paid to do something you enjoy is the true definition of earning. Imagine if you could work for yourself, setting your own hours and your own. And the best part is not depending on anyone when you need money. Being at the mercy of someone is something distasteful and unpleasant. I don't want to be in that situation, ever again.

Conclusion

I've come to realise that the joy derived from working for your own money beats that from being gifted. The way you spend also differs. You spend the money you earn with caution while there's the probability that you will spend the money you get freely loosely.

It's hard choosing between the two, but I prefer both. Who doesn't love a gift? Lol. Likewise, I will love to work for my own money and not feel indebted to anyone.

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