I have observed lot of people and the only people who I find to be happy or content are the ones with least ambition or those who create something (no matter the size of their creation). So my suggestion to you is focus your energy into creating something.
Having a hard time getting over being not rich
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#42God, this board is strange sometimes. The very idea of having a million dollars and simultaneously complaining about not being rich enough is bizarre to me. But then, to the OP, I'm probably a crazy person (or worse, below some threshold of being a worthwhile opinion) because my bank accounts' savings are only measured in thousands.
Beyond that, if you're still willing to listen to the opinion of a thousandaire, you should talk to a psychologist. You have set yourself some unrealistic goals, and they are apparently torturing you. I think, personally, that you need more socialization outside of a work situation. The world isn't a lie, but you're cutting yourself off from a huge part of it. Go do a bunch of things that involve other people as much as possible, and money as little as possible.
But hey, bonus points for me: There's a millionaire out there with my Meyers-Briggs type.
Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich
#43Anyone else have a massive P300 wave about the 3rd paragraph?
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#44God, this board is strange sometimes. The very idea of having a million dollars and simultaneously complaining about not being rich enough is bizarre to me. But then, to the OP, I'm probably a crazy person (or worse, below some threshold of being a worthwhile opinion) because my bank accounts' savings are only measured in thousands. Beyond that, if you're still willing to listen to the opinion of a thousandaire , you…
1 mil is not rich in 2013. That won't even buy a mansion.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
It really has everything to do with not being rich. A million dollars is not rich. 100 million is. When you have a million, you make passive income of 60-70k per year. When you have 100 million, you make passive income of 7 million per year (but probably much more), which gives you almost 600k per month. You can do anything and you really don't care about saving money at this point, so you can spend all of it. As opp…
"A million dollars is not rich." How do we mark threads as trolling, again?
He is actually correct if you define rich as being able to buy big ticket items. 1 mil cannot buy a luxury mansion. Let alone staff it. You can't have a luxury yacht. No private jet. It is not rich by a long shot.
Re: Having a hard time getting over being not rich
#46God, this board is strange sometimes. The very idea of having a million dollars and simultaneously complaining about not being rich enough is bizarre to me. But then, to the OP, I'm probably a crazy person (or worse, below some threshold of being a worthwhile opinion) because my bank accounts' savings are only measured in thousands. Beyond that, if you're still willing to listen to the opinion of a thousandaire , you…
1 mil is not rich in 2013. That won't even buy a mansion.
At >$1 mil, you never have to worry about any of the basic fundamentals of survival pretty much ever again. To me, that's rich. Quibble about "what constitutes rich" all you want, it's not going to help the OP.
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#47None of us will know if Mark Cuban is truly happy. And we cannot tell for sure if you will ever be happy. What is clear from all you have said, is that riches will not make you happy. You have studied and worked to get where you are. You do not live in isolation so there must be others who have benefited from you being you. I do not doubt your temptation to give up, but I hope you choose to improve. Losing someone who has made such an impact would surely be painful to those you touched.
Though you should not strive solely for wealth, you do not have to refuse that which comes to you. I believe, along the way you can find happiness.
Hang in there.
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#48Whenever these kinds of useless and idiotic thoughts come to my mind (they often do), I think of the following quote by Steven Weinberg
The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.
The important part is to understand that this human life is a farce and it does not matter what you do or do not do. So enjoy this farce as long as you can and don't overthink it.
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#49If you were rich enough to have a jet to fly to Vegas you might just shift perception, and be jealous of the people building space craft or deep sea vessels or hyperloops. There's always going to be people richer than you. To me, $1m is a fantastic amount of money. If you want to give 0.1% of it away send me an email - it would be very very useful to me and my son. There are almost certainly local groups who need vol…
> This is very troubling. Please see a doctor. Please consider seeing a therapist. Thoughts of suicide are worrying signs of depression, which can be a fatal illness. Modern treatments are getting better, especially if you have the money to access medication and therapy. And early intervention helps. This is the appropriate response to this post and it is worth repeating in order to help it be viewed by the poster.
I'm seeing a therapist right now. I'm not chemically depressed or have any disorder, other than being raised by completely psycho, narcissist parents. But I got through that fine. The only reason for my depression is that I don't have a way out right now. Once I find something to work on and enjoy, all the 'depression' will go.
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#50Surely this is entirely a perspective issue? Absolutely no disrespect or anything, but I think this is about more than just money, and perhaps you should try talking it over with somebody significantly more qualified. I mean, just a little perspective, The average (median) US household income as of 2011 is $50,000. Inflation adjusted, it's never passed $60,000 1980-2011. [0] You make more in passive income than most…
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this page tells me otherwise. Never will I be able to afford something like this. I get that I'm well off. I'm GRATEFUL for that, whether or not it seems that way. It's just that I want more. A lot more. And there doesn't seem to be a way to do it. I see all these entrepreneurs living the lives of dreams, and here I sit, twiddling my thumbs, spinning my wheels. I feel like I'm about to go off the deep end.