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nice1returns
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Why money doesn’t bring happyness 3
#23953975 - 12/24/16 11:14 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Why money doesn’t bring happyness
I had a reasonable amount of income and money in the bank at one point 20 thousand uk pounds in savings and a income of over 2000 per month buinlding websites in the seo revolution.
We tend to believe money will make us happy but I want to tell you it doesn’t. When I had my money I goit a short happyness. A temporary high from the belief the money gave me but this rapidly fades and you realise you are still just you. Money can’t buy you happyness and when the initial buzz goes ad you realise the truth that it was all an illusion it can hit you badly and you can become depressed. You realise that happyness was always inside you and that you chased a dream. You wasted your time ultimately when you could have been enjoying life here now. Enjoying a sunset. Enjoying a flower. Being here now. I had to go through this to realise I don’t need money. It was a false measure of happyness that my culture and parents taught me to believe in.
The worst thing about money though is that the illusion can increase your desire and greed. These character traits are extremely negative. To become an insatiable greedy person is not good and this is what the money belief system ultimately results in. We all tell ourselves it won’t happen to us. This isn’t true because by the time you’ve done what it takes to get that money you will be trained in aquistion AKA greed and desire. To change this greed once its built up slowly over time is not easy.
Some people who go with the greed for extended time develop another issue on top of this which is discrimination. They hate the poor and respect the rich. They believe in and spread heirarchy. They buy into brand names and status. The are egotistical and self centered. They believe that people that don’t fit into their class system or have the same money or jobs as them are bad. They create an imaginary ranking system in their head based on money. This is what they call status. They lose their humanity and ability to connect with and respect other people. This is deeply saddening to see. Especially if its your friends and family.
When you get money you become more afraid. You want to buy a safe. Buy a bigger meaner looking car. Buy a bigger house. Buy a CCTV and a guard dog to protect it. People fail to realise what they are doing. You are isolating yourself from other people. From reality itself. Only negative beliefs can result from this. People become so afriad they will only socialise with a small click of similarly wealthy folk.
By the end of it all I didn’t want any money. I still don’t. Money is a false measure of ones own happyness. I know what a negative force it is on people and it saddens me deeply when I see the people around me wasting their lives working 9+ hours a day or gambaling or shopping compulsively.
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns] 2
#23953999 - 12/24/16 11:22 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah, live in a hut made out of sticks to keep you warm in the Winter and eat raw snails for breakfast lunch and dinner. It's all you'll ever need
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nice1returns
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: Sheekle]
#23954008 - 12/24/16 11:24 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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That sounds extreme
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns]
#23954027 - 12/24/16 11:33 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Youre not familiar with sheekle?
Great post
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns]
#23954167 - 12/24/16 12:44 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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you call that money?
Thats getting by, barely at that
I agree with you though. But I also think people have this romanticized view of what "real happiness" actually is, in a practical way. Yeah you should enjoy the little things and be in the moment and all but what are you doing the rest of the day?
You cant sit in blissful wonder for 12 hours a day and be a functional member of society
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: Tripsurfer]
#23954174 - 12/24/16 12:51 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yeah It's a necessity for sure. It's how you integrate it into your life, I guess.
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns] 2
#23954257 - 12/24/16 01:31 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Uhm, it's been proven that money does indeed buy happiness
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns] 6
#23954315 - 12/24/16 01:54 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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When you need a liver transplant or (insert medical emergency here) that insurance won't cover (because you don't have it) and have to pay out of pocket, lost your job due to said medical emergency and your house is about to be foreclosed on and you are starving to death, then tell me money can't buy happiness.
Regardless of how you feel about it, money in modern society buys security and survival and that equals happiness to a lot of people. Money is just energy. It's neither good nor bad.. how you use it or perceive it is up to you. If you become consumed with it that's you.. Have you ever been homeless for an extended period of time? It fucking sucks. The total lack of money in a society that runs on it can buy unhappiness and suffering. So therefore......
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: Shroomism]
#23954324 - 12/24/16 01:58 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Whoever said that didn't have enough enough money
Give me a few billion and let the happiness begin
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Good credit can sure buy some "happiness". Got a new car with zero down and I mean nada, and zero percent interest for 4 years. Can't argue with free money. Not everyone gets that deal.
Then, time to borrow on a mortgage, same thing. Even your insurance rate depends on your credit.
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns]
#23954357 - 12/24/16 02:11 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I agree with some points, but the last time I was on an all-inclusive cruise, or spending the night in a nice hotel, I was pretty happy
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns] 2
#23954392 - 12/24/16 02:32 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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You can always buy happiness for other people if your such an unhappy little bitch
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: trees]
#23954421 - 12/24/16 02:46 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I hope one day we move past money, it seems impossible when we are shackled to it but I have hope eventually helping each other out will take priority over profits and greed.
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: musiclover420]
#23954664 - 12/24/16 04:49 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I hope one day we move past money, it seems impossible when we are shackled to it but I have hope eventually helping each other out will take priority over profits and greed.
Money is practical, anyone with anything that is considered valuable can become corrupt as a result, but thats more of a greed and power thing
I agree that money can't buy happiness as its been told to us by society, but for food and shelter at least
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns] 2
#23954676 - 12/24/16 04:53 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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nice1returns said: Why money doesn’t bring happyness
I had a reasonable amount of income and money in the bank at one point 20 thousand uk pounds in savings and a income of over 2000 per month buinlding websites in the seo revolution.
That's shit money bro. You didn't have enough to buy happiness at all. Because trust me on this, money definitely buys happiness
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns]
#23954717 - 12/24/16 05:14 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Money bought my son's tricycle. I can't make a tricycle. He likes it, he's happy to have it. That makes me happy.
Money is the means to an end. Happiness so too variable to simply say every end is the same. If it were so I would agree but it's not so basifying your needs enough to generalize something so broad just seems like you're trying to validate some insecurity.
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nothing is wrong with currency...it's what is done with currency....
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: akira_akuma]
#23954733 - 12/24/16 05:23 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I could say the same about a lot of things, judging things is part of the human character.
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Re: Why money doesn’t bring happyness [Re: nice1returns] 2
#23954741 - 12/24/16 05:27 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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nice1returns said: Why money doesn’t bring happyness
it doesnt bring you happiness because you want to be a miserable cunt
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Quote:
ergoticmandala said:
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I hope one day we move past money, it seems impossible when we are shackled to it but I have hope eventually helping each other out will take priority over profits and greed.
Money is practical, anyone with anything that is considered valuable can become corrupt as a result, but thats more of a greed and power thing
I agree that money can't buy happiness as its been told to us by society, but for food and shelter at least
Yes but Money is a key part of the system of putting a value on everything which is where a ton of greed comes from.
Money only seems practical becouse that is the system we are stuck in. Years from now if we ever find a better system people will probably look back in shame at the amount of terrible things that have happened simply over a currency and the value people give it. Money is a mental shackle of sorts that twists how people think about and view things.
-------------------- Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free
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