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Ask HN: How to stop my greed for money?
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Re: Ask HN: How to stop my greed for money?
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sorry, unrelated, but where do I get $5 clothing delivered to my doorstep (USA). I am not aware of this and I hate clothes shopping, sounds like something I could use.
That might well be a $5 pair of socks or underwear from Amazon or eBay...
Somebody ought to make a Dollar Shave Club for men's business attire.
Re: Ask HN: How to stop my greed for money?
#53Pay off the mortgage ASAP then worry about it. Debt is the devil’s passion.
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#54I won't ever tell you to not chase money - one of the world's most prominent lies is that "money doesn't buy you happiness" I come from a heavily Buddhist culture that preaches disconnect from materialism, and I can truly say that it hardly holds. Please LOVE money, because no matter what anyone says, wealth gives you: 1. Independence 2. Confidence 3. Ability to solve problems by throwing money at it. This one's supe…
This resonates so much with how I feel. Thanks for sharing!
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#55Start traveling. It will give you a lot of different perspective on how big the world is and what an abstract thing is the concept of money.
I completely agree. You must travel! It's a cliche but it's true: the happiest people are those who live in poorer but highly social communities. Think, latin America and south east Asia. Try southern Mexico, Belize, Peru, Ecuador, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia - you won't regret it for a moment.
But don't stay in a resort: find a high-rated AirBnB with a local host where you feel safe (all of those countries have very safe areas to travel through) and get to know the pace of life for a few days. Personally I find I need 10 days in one place to feel like it's familiar and I can start to understand the rhythms. Visit the local markets and restaurants, stay away from the multinationals like Starbucks and the tourist blackholes like Cancun.
I know for Americans time is valuable, but even a few days flying as far south as you can get will be insightful and energising.
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#56As a person who had the same obsession, I’d suggest FIRE https://qz.com/work/1274905/understanding-fire-financial-ind... - save enough and retire. It’s great to have time for yourself, your family, friends and just take a rest from a competition and stress at work. Dropping a job it’s a difficult, especially if you’re like I was workaholic. The first 2 weeks are the most hard time when you don’t know what to do, you feel yourself lost and broken. I’d suggest to plan this time ahead with 0lanty of things you wanted to try or to do but you never had t8me for those stuff. I hope it will help.
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#57Find a counselor to talk with about this. Ask your doctor for recommendations if you don't know who to talk with.
Re: Ask HN: How to stop my greed for money?
#58Start traveling. It will give you a lot of different perspective on how big the world is and what an abstract thing is the concept of money.
I completely agree. You must travel! It's a cliche but it's true: the happiest people are those who live in poorer but highly social communities. Think, latin America and south east Asia. Try southern Mexico, Belize, Peru, Ecuador, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia - you won't regret it for a moment. But don't stay in a resort: find a high-rated AirBnB with a local host where you feel safe (all of those countries hav…
> the happiest people are those who live in poorer but highly social communities. Think, latin America and south east Asia. Try southern Mexico, Belize, Peru, Ecuador, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
I'm highly sceptical of it. If they're so happy, why so many of people in those countries make desperate efforts to emigrate to a developed country?
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#59What is it about the millionaires that makes you want to be one? Freedom from having a boss? Not having to work? Fast cars? Flash apartments in trendy locations? Bragging rights? Feeling of "winning the game". Ask yourself honestly will you still have some kind of obsession even if you made millions. Its a cliche the 70 year old billionaire businessperson still working their ass off. In a nutshell get to know yoursel…
I'm not the OP but I _love_ cars and for me being a millionaire would allow me to enjoy cars properly.
I don't want a garage of Ferraris, McLarens or Lamborghinis. I want a garage of hot hatches, track cars, Caterhams, Lotus', fast coupes: a nice collection of "affordable" fast cars that I grew up aspiring to own.
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#60Ask yourself: WHY do you want money?
You'll find the answers here.
Rich people usually value time >>>>>> money, as time can never be recovered. Money can be lost and earned at any point in time in masses, and earning money is not hard. Every second and day you live you'll only experience once, then it's gone. And the time you live here is FINITE, thus inherently short. In the last 25 years (or however old you are), did you already do EVERYTHING you wanted on this planet? Are you ready to go?
These kind of questions should help you figure the "why" behind money.