Topic: Is money for survival or luxury? - page 3. (Read 559 times)
Money is actually a medium that can satisfy you needs, the needs varies from one to another so the money needed also can be different. If you have money then you can live better life or you will have the basic and struggling life even it can be uncertain for the whole life. I would like to say the more money you can earn then you will have lesser to worry about your future so its for security but don't forget how to keep the money for long term which is different called investment.
It depends on your expectations. A child who grew up in poverty will have different standards than a child who had rich parents.
I'll give you an example. My aunt lived in socialism in the 50s and she had no running water. Every day they'd have to go to the well, bring water, boil it on a coal stove in a giant pot and that was their water for bathing, laundry and washing dishes. There was almost no cars, people were riding bicycles or horse carriages. You were lucky if you had a motorcycle.
As an adult she worked hard as a teacher and was able to afford a normal house with 2 bathrooms, running water, central heating, a garden. This was luxury for her as she had a washing machine, an electric oven, even her own car. That's all she wanted as a child and all her mother wanted but could never afford.
I have even more than that. A computer, a mobile phone, fast Internet, a big, flat TV... I don't feel like I need my own jet, a Lambo. An expensive car is just another thing to worry about. I also don't need a bigger house. Cleaning this one already takes a full day if you want to be thorough. I don't want to be a slave of my own dreams.
I'll give you an example. My aunt lived in socialism in the 50s and she had no running water. Every day they'd have to go to the well, bring water, boil it on a coal stove in a giant pot and that was their water for bathing, laundry and washing dishes. There was almost no cars, people were riding bicycles or horse carriages. You were lucky if you had a motorcycle.
As an adult she worked hard as a teacher and was able to afford a normal house with 2 bathrooms, running water, central heating, a garden. This was luxury for her as she had a washing machine, an electric oven, even her own car. That's all she wanted as a child and all her mother wanted but could never afford.
I have even more than that. A computer, a mobile phone, fast Internet, a big, flat TV... I don't feel like I need my own jet, a Lambo. An expensive car is just another thing to worry about. I also don't need a bigger house. Cleaning this one already takes a full day if you want to be thorough. I don't want to be a slave of my own dreams.
Of course, money is for survival because you can live without any luxury just to have enough in your pocket to fill your stomach is a great blessing. As for luxury, it is optional and only people that already secured their essential needs will purchase it. We have our own personal needs and desires at the same time and each one of us has different tastes but most people looking for money is trying to survive to put some food on the table. I rarely heard someone stole for luxury but in most cases, we hear he stole because he needs to survive.
money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
Money is for both survival and luxury, but first for survival before luxury. Before using money for luxury, It is expected that the person has already satisfied the basic needs they have, But if someone chooses to use their money for luxury when they are still trying to survive and cannot afford it, they are already preparing for hardship which will lead to depression and make someone begin to hatch criminal thoughts.
Money is for survival,to survive in this world,man needs to have money bacause with money all things are possible,and without money all things are impossible.But the pressure that comes with money, is what makes people commit blunders,make mistakes that they ever live to regret,and when there is excessive money,it's also another problem because the pride that comes with too much money,it takes the grace of God to be able to remain cool when a man is rich,instead of him to use the money wisely,he will choose to spend it extravagantly on things that dont really makes sense.Thats human being for you.
In my country most people believe that you are rich when you have money to provide your basic needs and also afford some luxuries. To be classified as rich, you must own a mansion or different houses, drive expensive cars, go on vacation abroad, afford expensive schools for your children, wear designers cloths and consume expensive dishes. If one can only afford the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, education and moderate, such person is poor.
But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are. The orientation that money is for luxury is the cause of the high rate of crime in my neighborhood. Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
I think and I believe that there is a wide difference between riches and money and refer to both of them is not right. Riches has also notting to do with happiness but been rich can afford you things that create happiness in you. Money on it own is just a means of exchange and also doing things that made you afford much of it can create riches. But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are. The orientation that money is for luxury is the cause of the high rate of crime in my neighborhood. Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
Money is for spending, I would say. Seriously, you don't earn money just to horde it. Not only does that make it useless, it actually lose value if used that way.
I wouldn't consider being able to simply fulfill your basic needs as being rich, you're simply getting by. Sure you are not poor (which meant lacking in certain needs) but you're not rich either.
The problem is not the luxuries per se but if you put all your efforts for chasing after luxuries. You can only get so much joy from something before it get stale and then you'd have to move on to the next thing.
I wouldn't consider being able to simply fulfill your basic needs as being rich, you're simply getting by. Sure you are not poor (which meant lacking in certain needs) but you're not rich either.
The problem is not the luxuries per se but if you put all your efforts for chasing after luxuries. You can only get so much joy from something before it get stale and then you'd have to move on to the next thing.
Do you as well know that money attract more evil to you in a sense that in your province most especially insecure countries, it can be calls for adoption and robbery. Arm of money is for establishment and i believe if one strongly invested his or her money wisely then you are set to be rich. basically it's not to influence others or showcase how rich they are.
There are deep down Billionaires whom you don't know but are secretly living, though who are under competition doesn't know the value of money and i believe they are fraudsters most living expensive life to influence others making being impatient in life.
Lastly if you can raise breakfast, lunch, dinner for your family also able to pay any bills that comes across your way then consider yourself being a Rich man because you are not poor. Poor man is someone who can't even afford to pay any of his bill nor complete square meal.
There are deep down Billionaires whom you don't know but are secretly living, though who are under competition doesn't know the value of money and i believe they are fraudsters most living expensive life to influence others making being impatient in life.
Lastly if you can raise breakfast, lunch, dinner for your family also able to pay any bills that comes across your way then consider yourself being a Rich man because you are not poor. Poor man is someone who can't even afford to pay any of his bill nor complete square meal.
Money is a medium for economic exchange. It's concept has nothing to do with how and on what it is being spent, so money is neither for survival nor is it for luxury, especially as those terms are not universally defined. Money is just an economic concept for exchanging goods, nothing more.
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But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are.
We will always have a different perspective about things because what determines our understanding of things is the things we have experienced in the past, the people we associate with, and our own personal desire.But mainly money is used for buying/paying for things and it could be house, travel, pay for tuition, etc. However, being rich is being able to finance yourself and your family's needs without debt. This means money is for both survival and luxury. It depends on what you spend it on.
Meanwhile, being could also be categorized into many areas.
What has happened nowadays is that people have become so ambitious that they don't even care about lying, stealing and killing other people, all they want is to be able to also go on social media and post that they are in dubai. It is sad, very sad, what we are currently witnessing, in my country, for example, young people want expensive brand things, they want expensive drinks and the most deplorable thing is that they steal, prostitute themselves in order to have these things. the person just sleeps and wakes up and suddenly he will only see your neighbor showing up with a luxury car, luxury suits even throw a big party with dozens of guests, they stay making noise until dawn, the crime of kidnapping has increased a lot in my country, because young people don't have a job and they want expensive things. I believe that having love and basic conditions to live is enough
I guess I'm on team survival. Personally, I think of money more like security. I want to know that I won't have to eat cat food when I'm older and I think the best way to ensure that doesn't happen is to have a lot of money. That's why inflation is a terrifying thing for aging people. It requires people to become owners of companies and thus have to become financial experts in order to ever have the opportunity to retire comfortably.
It would be nice to think of money as a tool for luxuries though. Maybe I just don't have enough.
It would be nice to think of money as a tool for luxuries though. Maybe I just don't have enough.
In my country most people believe that you are rich when you have money to provide your basic needs and also afford some luxuries. To be classified as rich, you must own a mansion or different houses, drive expensive cars, go on vacation abroad, afford expensive schools for your children, wear designers cloths and consume expensive dishes. If one can only afford the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, education and moderate, such person is poor.
But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are. The orientation that money is for luxury is the cause of the high rate of crime in my neighborhood. Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are. The orientation that money is for luxury is the cause of the high rate of crime in my neighborhood. Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
Remember that there is difference between poor and hungry. Poor means, you have money but it is not enough to feed yourself and the immediate family, but hungry means you don't have money to eat at all. That is there is no money to feed yourself and the immediate family. So someone that has money is also a poor person if you are not eating to satisfy yourself. Who is a poor man and who is a rich man is unknown base on disease diplomacy ideology. A country's president is classified as the category of a rich man but disease still kills such magnitude of wealth. In my own understanding or in my field of study, wealth is not measure by the things you acquired in life but by the lives you touch (helped). How many people have you raise up to become somebody in the society. Luxuries lifestyle is also part of the characteristics of wealth or rich because when someone has gotten money the next thing is to spend them. In the process of survival which the necessary part of money or rich, you also luxuriously enjoy yourself but do not forget to help the needy.
Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
I fancy good life and I think that's the essence of working hard to make more money so that one can have an investment that will multiply your money in time to come so I see no wrongs if people work and make good money and buy whatever cars or luxury life they want to live. I don't like the word contentment because it will make you think you have gotten to your final destination when you have nothing to show for it.
Money is used for survival when you have little or nothing but it is used for luxury when you have above the required amount for an average man which is for food, clothing, and shelter. So do not consider yourself as a rich person when you only have what to eat because your investment determines your level of wealth or financial capacity.
I think money is for the both, to eat good good to survive. After affording food if their is enough money one will think of getting things thats makes him to be happy and live comfortable. It impossible to be rich and only spend money on food. Sometimes you can even spend money on things that people will see as not important.
In my country most people believe that you are rich when you have money to provide your basic needs and also afford some luxuries. To be classified as rich, you must own a mansion or different houses, drive expensive cars, go on vacation abroad, afford expensive schools for your children, wear designers cloths and consume expensive dishes. If one can only afford the basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, education and moderate, such person is poor.
But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are. The orientation that money is for luxury is the cause of the high rate of crime in my neighborhood. Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
But for me, if you can afford your basic need, you are rich. Riches is not determine by how much you spend but how happy and fulfilled you are. The orientation that money is for luxury is the cause of the high rate of crime in my neighborhood. Most young chaps now want to ride a Mercedes, live in luxury estates or hotels and showcase his designers clothes and accessories. The virtue of contentment, moderation and patient is gradually becoming archaic and obsolete. But for me, money is for survival and if you can provide your basic needs, you are rich.
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