dood dont u no fiddlr on teh roof?!
If I were a rich man la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
dood dont u no fiddlr on teh roof?!
I agree with Eileen. When we were in Jamaica there are way more, what we consider poor, than middle class or rich. Those "poor" people are outwardly happier than people in America will ever be.
Simpler lives make happier lives. Yes, money can help... But it's not always the solution.
I think you hit the nail on the head. People for the most part have a difficult time dealing with changes in their lifestyles. It's like what happens when you have kids. Some people can adjust and others cannot.The issue seems to be more if you had money before and become poorer. When you've lived a life accustomed to a certain lifestyle, it's hard to change it. The same thing can (not definitely, but possible) happen when you suddenly get money. Lots of people who made money by themselves appreciate the value of a dollar and still spend way below their means even when they receive a ton of cash. Those who inherited money or won via lottery, not so much.
I think you hit the nail on the head. People for the most part have a difficult time dealing with changes in their lifestyles. It's like what happens when you have kids. Some people can adjust and others cannot.
I think we place way too much emphasis on the fancy car, designer clothes, bigger houses, better electronics to make us happy. I'm just saying that's not where it's at. I'll take the people I care about over a big house any day. I'm not saying that having a lot makes you a bad person incapable of love either. I'm not saying it makes you a better person or more enviable either. Happiness comes from inside you. You choose to be happy. Money has nothing to do with it.
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
- Edwin Arlington Robinson
I just want the money cause working sucks. Not to cure some inability to be happy with out it.
too many people working jobs that they hate.
too many people working jobs that they hate.
+1 on bothI'm working on trying to fix that.
+1 on both
All this time in IT and I absolutely hate it. I have 2 jobs in the field and of everything I do my upholstery sidebusiness is the only work that I enjoy. I'm tired of being someone who produces nothing tangible while drawing a paycheck. Creating textiles and leather goods from nothing is incredibly rewarding. I love the looks and emails I get from people excited about what I've made/repaired for them.
Being a man whore isn't legal, so I must trudge on.
You know it. Don't forget goodsie also.etsy your way to freedom from IT.
I agree with Eileen. When we were in Jamaica there are way more, what we consider poor, than middle class or rich. Those "poor" people are outwardly happier than people in America will ever be.
Simpler lives make happier lives. Yes, money can help... But it's not always the solution.
There are wealthy people who live simple lives every single day. The difference is that they don't have to worry about any of their basic needs, whereas the poor always have to worry about their basic needs on some level.