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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
I agree.
If someone who could see the future told me that I would never be able to go away on vacation or ever afford luxury items for the rest of my life, I wouldn't be concerned about my happiness or the happiness of my family. It's people that create happiness, not anything you can buy. This is not to say you can't have happy experiences using lots of money; but I do say having lots of money isn't necessary to a happy life. There are many examples of this.
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I'm pretty happy most of the time and by most people's standards, I'm monetarily poor. I have enough to make my ends meet, no more, no less. And that's good enough. Why waste time chasing after those things when what's really valuable are the people around you and the time you spend with them, or the time you spend doing things you truly enjoy? I get far more satisfaction out of cleaning up my garden than purchasing a material possession. To me, those kinds of possessions are just chains. Happiness is not consumerism.