Topic: You can't meet all your needs/desires at once, even if you spend all your salary - page 3. (Read 1684 times)

The one thing that keeps me going is the thoughts about tomorrow, I have always think more about tomorrow than the present because this is what wakes the awareness in me and get me prepared for tomorrow, all what I have achieved today is because of how good I am in preparing for tomorrow, I used to tell my siblings that whatever you want to do it's not always about today, erase the present and plan towards tomorrow, some plans starts today and you won't see the result until later in the future and such plans are always better than quick results that majority of people in this world today are looking for.

Human needs are endless because we can never feel contented with what we have, some people chooses to avoid preparing for the future because they are satisfied with what they have, they don't have any goals they are chasing and they look more younger and healthier than those chasing dreams, but people who think this way are not many in the world today, I am not saying it's the right thing to do but some people found peace doing so.

If you hear some words from the mouth of Shaolin monks in China you will realize that some people already gave up on the desires of things in life, the are so peaceful and care less about having some money or increasing their worth, I could decide to be like them but I don't want to go on that path, because I have a different mindset when I was growing up, all I am saying is some people found the real peace and they don't care about needs and desires.

It is true that human needs are endless the opportunity to meet the demand is limited so it is wise to limit the demand. Perfection of everything is not possible in earthly life those who want to get everything in life become depressed sometime therefore, it is wisest to be satisfied with the extent to which the need is fulfilled and its benefits are considerable. It is also good to budget so that it becomes easier to save some for the future. If you just earn and meet your needs there will be nothing for the future that will cause problems in the worldly life.

Whereas if the income they get is limited and they force a luxurious lifestyle, of course this will burden them, the other side of people who have limited income but live simply they can live their daily lives calmly and happily. Forcing a luxurious lifestyle in my opinion is also not good because it will affect more important basic needs.

Some people who live a luxurious life are like that, maybe they can still manage their income well so they have debts that they can pay off in installments from their income. I agree with you, I prefer local goods and don't like to buy branded goods at high prices.

nowadays even with earning of $100k a year, it will still not sufficient if someone lives a luxury, a luxury brand like supreme, dior and the likes are giving price tag to their products at really high prices while usually you can find same functioning goods at significantly lower prices. its matter of how someone contend against their own desire for luxurious goods, i've seen many that lived a simplistic life and be more happier.
but i also know someone that lives a luxury life and happy despite having debt which sometime make me confused how that didn't grow anxiety in their life but I guess some people just really have the mental aptitudes of having debt and still fine with it.
I personally would never buy something like those brand above and just prefer to have some local goods thats just cheaper while also have the same function.

It is clear that it will be affected because I have also seen some people who don't care about their basic needs apart from only caring more about their own luxurious lifestyle. I also don't know how people like that think, because they are so willing to endure hunger just to be able to fulfill a luxurious lifestyle and they will even be very happy when other people praise their lifestyle. But they are not aware that by continuing to do such things they are causing damage to their own health, because perhaps they do not have a commensurate income to continue to indulge their desires in this lifestyle.

You can think about this now or in the past if the goal is to save so that you don't experience economic difficulties when economic conditions start to get worse. And what's more important is that you also have to know how much you earn each month so that you can balance your own expenses in several ways. This includes lifestyle because daily needs are things that are very important so everyone will definitely prioritize these things before prioritizing their own lifestyle. Except for people who are not wise in using money and are willing to endure hunger just for the sake of their lifestyle.

There's no wrong on pushing up yourself considering that it would really be acting out to be just like a motivation or inspiration for you to do hard work and be really that persevered on the things that you've been doing or something that would really be that making you move forward and as long you dont make yourself that getting desperate then i dont see any issues on it but on the time that you are already making actions which do shows that you are overexerting things which it do really ends up on being that desperate and making actions which arent supposed to be done then this is the time that we could really be definitely be able to say that we should really be stopping and just live the way on what you do have or simply being that contented. We do know the issues on pushing up yourself on living on an extravagant life or lavish ones if your income isnt really that enough or doesnt really fit out or simply just being less? There comes a time that you would really be doing actions like trying out to take some loan just because you do want to buy something that you cant buy with your own salary which it would really be a huge disaster with your finances.

Live on your life which you should really be contented on what you do have, its not bad to have ambitions or goals in life and just like been said that as long you arent crossing into those boundaries then it should really be just that fine. Live according into your means and dont wish up on things which you do seem that you cant really be able to reach out for now. Set goals and targets
and make those decisions which you would really be gradually be able to reach up those dreams but of course dont make yourself that to be assure that things would really
happen because we know in this life that there are things which arent for us no matter how hard we do try.

I prefer your opinion and I want to say that there is no end to the needs of people, whose lack of people is infinite Living a life that reconciles infinite scarcity with limited resources is real work Even if other animals get a lot, they cannot keep it in themselves due to lack of coordination, but humans are a little more advanced creatures who know how to balance and use the relationship Part of the salary should be saved and invested so that there is less reason to worry about the lifestyle in the days to come But it is not a bad idea to always earn more income but it should be done regularly then there will be more improvement and chances in life and you will help to meet many more needs.It's a natural process that a certain amount of salary can never make up for being successful or that the more money you're paid, the more you'll lack.For this, it is necessary to balance the salary through budgeting, separate the salary through the I&O process and use it for investment and expenditure.

I totally agree with you that it's better to live within your means and not to overspend in order to keep up appearances. Social media can give a false impression of people's lives. It's easy to focus on the curated images and carefully crafted posts that people share and to forget that real life is often more complicated. The influence of media has caused more harm than good in some people's financial life. There's nothing wrong with wanting a comfortable or even luxurious lifestyle but it needs to be balanced with financial responsibility. Although we can not deny the fact that you would start spending more money as your income goes up because this can happen gradually without you even realizing it but, it's also important to be mindful of your spending regardless of your income and set financial goals that are realistic and sustainable.


You're right, some time it's difficult to distinguish between what we actually needs and what we wants especially when it comes to things like technology but one way to make the distinction is to ask yourself whether you really need something or if you're just buying it for the sake of buying it. It's also necessary to know your values because once you identify your values, you can use them as a guide for deciding whether something is a need or a want. If it aligns with your values, it might be considered a need while if it doesn't, it might be more of a want.

It is not only a matter of what a person really needs. It is about who he wants to be, or even more correctly to be said, whom he wants to look like. We are living in the epoch of consumerism. People`s desires are not always true, the can be fake, because almost everyone wants to meet the image of a well-off human being, satisfied with life, who can afford all the new things at any time. And this is exactly what makes people take reckless financial actions. Although this image is unattainable, and it more often leads away from the goal than brings it closer to it.

You are right that many people can't afford to live a luxurious lifestyle but they push themselves to do it or as you said sometimes they push themselves too hard. And the condition of forcing themselves is because they cannot assess and measure their own financial capabilities. Or they know that they can't afford it financially but they want to still appear cool in front of their friends who are rich people.

And yes, this is where we need life principles and remain ourselves and don't be easily influenced by the people around us. We have to be smart in choosing what we can do and what we can't do. Which ones we can follow and which ones we cannot follow. We cannot limit our social life. But we must know the limits in our financial life.

We must have a life goal that can motivate us to always manage our finances well and make us more diligent in saving and investing.

By only thinking about following a luxurious lifestyle, of course this will drain our financial income, I myself think that I am more concerned with basic needs than following a luxurious lifestyle, because even by fulfilling a luxurious lifestyle it will not necessarily make me happy. The income earned must be balanced with the needs, if for example the focus is more on the lifestyle, I am afraid that the basic needs will be affected.

Yes, I agree with you, I will balance my income and basic needs, then the rest is to be enjoyed more, even if the income I get is limited, in my opinion it is very mandatory to save even if it is in a small amount it doesn't matter. Because if we don't save, what I'm afraid of in the future is that suddenly there is a problem and our financial situation is bad so it is difficult to deal with it, Nakmun, if with the savings we do at such times we will not be too confused and will not borrow here and there to deal with problems that suddenly come.

Every human being certainly has their desire to make themselves look luxurious in front of other people and if we follow our desires like that of course we will have great difficulty in finding money to meet our needs and also we will not be able to save some of the income we have because our income is spent on the luxuries we desire.

Enjoying what they have earned is indeed a natural thing to do, but we also need to consider and also look at the income we have so that the income we have will not be enough for the needs we need. You are right, we need to prepare good finances for our future because it is not certain that we will be able to work until we are old.

Yes, it is true that they will fulfill their lifestyle instead of basic needs with the latest products and brands attracting them to buy them because it is a condition of life now. to meet these needs they will try as much as possible so that they can buy and have them. Lifestyle expenditures that are greater than basic needs will certainly be a problem later, but they themselves will feel it and they will also run it. But they must be able to limit spending beyond the basics. sometimes they buy just because they want to, not prioritizing function.

The current lifestyle budget is so luxurious that some of them are even desperate to be able to fulfill it because the environment encourages it. The prestige that exists in themselves cannot be hidden naturally they will try to buy the latest products, that way they will be accepted in the current lifestyle environment that is all luxurious, maybe not all like that but in my opinion at this time most of them are like this. if they can have the latest products then they will be considered in the hangout and vice versa. It's true that you said they have to reduce budget expenditures that are not too important because it will damage their finances in the future, of course the future that must be prepared cannot just be ignored. So they have to manage their finances well so as not to be too wasteful.

Unstoppable with human desire and needs although have more than expectation, its have been human attitude looking for their first target want to buy a car but after having car they want upgrade to be more luxury cars with most expensive values. But many of human can't make balance with their financial budget and prefer their desires or needs than which one more important for their saving funds as investment assets for future until how to manage good financial more increasing.

Its not problem when human enjoying with their hard work and spent for desires or anything needed depend keep spent for saving fund as investment or their assets not loss all for desires. I think need to prepare good financial for the future and don't waste all money for anything not profitable yet.

Human desires and needs will continue to increase, especially every time a new product comes out, people will try to raise money to be able to have a new product and it will always be like that. Shopping habits and spending money must be carried out by implementing a number of strict rules, the aim is to avoid breaking the monthly spending line.

In meeting every need, it needs to be minimized properly to prevent the potential for waste in the financial budget. There are many people who do not realize that they have made a certain amount of waste by buying whatever they think they need, this activity can result in larger expenses that can damage financial plans for the future. It is necessary to consider all expenditures or monitor each expenditure made to help control and supervise finances properly.

thats right, increasing of lifestyle is fine so long income can adjust, but many cases, some people out there just want to live luxurious life while not even wanting to increase their income which is quite silly.
thats why in this day we can find so many people that appear to be rich in social media but actually not that much in real life, because sometime they just want to build brand so that they can be more well fitted towards their social life.
if someone don't wanna get trapped into debt, then they could do minimal life, only but what they truly needs but honestly in this days of consumerism, i don't believe anyone would just stick with such simple life.
they definitely have the desire to live and own some luxurious stuff, even more so with all the technolgy advancement, it'd be a lie if they don't want the latest tech like newest iphone.

Yes this is true, human wants is much more unsatisfiable so no matter what you do, this life is very complex, I think the best way is to do what you know how to do at all time to make yourself and people around you happy, getting all you desired should not be part of the goal because it is a no no, it is practically impossible to meet your needs once as a human being, you just can't, sometimes I see people think this way but my stands have been, it is impossible, even the so-called world billionaires, there are still things wanting in their life, this is natural and we can not change it, to me I see some of this things as the way our creator has made it to be and there is nothing we can do about it.

That's right, and indeed environmental factors I think have a big influence on the nature and character and also the lifestyle of a person, maybe we have also seen many people like that and we have proven it. Quite simply, they are too pushy when basically they are not able to do it but because of the encouragement of environmental factors that are very large then it is like a mandatory thing according to them and must be done. Of course, environmental factors are very likely to change a person as well as his mindset, as I said above, they are too imposing even though they themselves realize that they do not have the ability to overdo it in their lifestyle. It's true that we must have principles that suit our lives, it's okay if you want to hang out with rich people but you also have to think and see what your conditions are including your finances, if it's not possible then it's better to have a normal style, after all it's just a lifestyle and there is no fully positive reciprocity for you.

It is quite difficult to distinguish, and sometimes it is not uncommon for some of those who like to misinterpret, they buy something that they think is a necessity when in reality it is just a desire, and I think it goes back to everyone's perspective because there will definitely be a defense even though they are basically wrong in interpreting all of that.

The relationships or environment in which we socialize and the people in them sometimes influence our lifestyle the most. If we hang around a lot with people who always prioritize a luxurious lifestyle, sometimes we will be dragged into doing the same thing. That is why we must have firm principles and must not be easily influenced in relationships.

Distinguishing between needs and wants is sometimes difficult in certain situations. But if we already have good financial management. Then we can easily differentiate between what should be a priority (basic needs) and what should not be a priority (complementary desires or needs that are not too important and can still be overlooked). So basically we have to be clever at managing our own finances. So that we can measure the limits of our own financial capabilities and so that we do not shop beyond the limits of our own financial capabilities.

Lifestyle inflation is a real, real issue, and it's something that many, many people fall victim to. When income remains stagnant, but the desire to "keep up with the Joneses" intensifies, financial chaos ensues. It's a trap, a very dangerous trap. People, people everywhere, are trying to live a life that's beyond their means, and it's not, not good

Let's talk about needs and wants. Needs are essential, wants are... well, they're just wants. And distinguishing between them? It's tough, very tough. But it's crucial, absolutely crucial. The desire to show off, to flaunt, to be seen as "living the life" is strong, very strong. But at what cost? Financial instability? Debt? It's not worth it, not at all

And associations? Surrounding oneself with the wrong crowd, the kind that pushes for extravagance when simplicity would do, is a recipe for disaster. Gratitude, as you rightly said, is the key. Be grateful, be smart, and save, save, save. Your future self will thank you, believe me