The financial lesson of staying happy with having enough
This is the most important lesson every individual should learn in their life. Especially the ones who are working on a 9 to 5 job or someone who is already an Entrepreneur. Human mentality is always towards getting greedy and wanting more even though we have enough. That's not bad I would say. Some amount of ego and greed is important for every human being and that's the base nature of human beings. The trick is in regulating it and having enough of that so that we live a peaceful life with fulfilled dreams.
Many wise people have always said that we have to dream big and then achieve big. Only if we dream big we will be able to achieve big. If we keep our dreams small, then our achievements will also be small. But dreaming big will also lead us towards greed. This is where an important lesson of having enough to stay satisfied with whatever we get and whatever we have comes into the picture. Life is all about balancing both aspects. Getting what we want and staying happy with whatever we have.
Money is a vital thing in today's world. We will not be able to lead our lives peacefully without the basic resources. In order to live a peaceful financially free life, we should already have financial backup to enjoy day-to-day life without having a need to run behind the money.
Stable passive income source
The thought of having enough will come only when you have a stable and proper income source. The only way to define our needs for having enough is to have this stream of income source which will give us answers as to how much is excess for us and how much is enough for us. Sometimes people might have this additional source of revenue, but the important thing here is to not exceed it. Even if we get enough revenue from other sources, we should be in a position to make up our mind saying that it is enough. That is where there will be a short need to fight our basic human greed.
I can quote myself as the best example here. 5 years back I was thinking that having close to 130k $ worth of money should be enough for me to attain financial freedom. But today my requirement has changed. I want to build a new house and there are a few more financial commitments that are coming my way. But I really wish I can stop earning at one point and start focusing on living with whatever I have. That is when I will be able to explore my area of interest, spend time with my family, and have a fulfilled life. Running behind the money is not going to do any favor in terms of mental and physical health.
Satisfaction with whatever we have
This can look like a philosophical truth but it practically works too. I have seen my friends always stay happy with whatever they get. Starting from job to even marriage, they went with the flow and did not demand much. Even today these guys don't even think about financial freedom and just focus on their current part of life. I used to wonder if they are wrong or I'm wrong. But two different perspectives and I felt that life should be a balance of both extremes.
Staying happy with whatever we get and whatever we have is absolutely an amazing thing. But at the same time, staying like that shouldn't prevent us from taking initiatives and steps. We have to stay satisfied with whatever we have but we shouldn't be just dumb to miss opportunities that come in front of us.
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Hello, my friend.
Your approaches are very interesting about how much money is necessary to live. Well, I think I have understood your arguments.
Yes, greed leads us to want to have more to satisfy more than needs, wants and apparent comfort.
Others hoard as much as they can to try to meet future requirements, even to the point of dreaming of the plancentric life of the golden years.
I think the secret is to live with just enough and save something for the future while enjoying the here and now as a priceless gift.
It is foolish to waste the only thing you have without having asked for it and worked for it. Life itself.
It is enough to see around you how the work of a lifetime can be destroyed in an instant as a consequence of natural or anthropic catastrophes such as war.
Enjoy doing what you like as much as possible.
Sometimes having more is a heavy burden that can spoil your life to the fullest.
Greetings.