Happenings and thoughts
Hello,
The car is sold. It's sold it's sold it's sold. And the good thing is, it's sold! Now, I should not sound happy, seeing that I'm a car freak and I love my car (I'll miss you etc etc), but huge financial headache has been eliminated. :D
I was arguing with Molly about money and hapiness. Money DOES bring hapiness. If not, it removes obstacles to one being happy. She argued that once you get some money you want more. I argue that there are people like me who are materialistic to an extent. Once I have the car and the house and the TV and the investments, I'll not worry so much about the money any more. Then I'd be free to go to Berklee (yes that's the spelling, fools!) the music school and learn actually how to play the guitar. Then I can do a B.Ed and become a professor at St. Xaviers. Then I could become a public rights advocate who asks for pavements and pedestrian zones and clean water and what not. I can be so many things, but I have to have money so I can get beyond my material needs FIRST! I give the example of an uncle with whom I stay everytime I go to Delhi. He has his house in Delhi and holiday home in Himachal. Today, if you ask him to stop working for the day, go out with you and have fun, he will. For him, work is work as long as there's no fun to be had. When fun time comes, work and money takes a back seat. It's only cos his financial security is, well, secure!
So whats the story? Money and hapiness correlated?
Life goes on. I'm reminded sometimes of the mistakes I have made. That sucks.
The car is sold. It's sold it's sold it's sold. And the good thing is, it's sold! Now, I should not sound happy, seeing that I'm a car freak and I love my car (I'll miss you etc etc), but huge financial headache has been eliminated. :D
I was arguing with Molly about money and hapiness. Money DOES bring hapiness. If not, it removes obstacles to one being happy. She argued that once you get some money you want more. I argue that there are people like me who are materialistic to an extent. Once I have the car and the house and the TV and the investments, I'll not worry so much about the money any more. Then I'd be free to go to Berklee (yes that's the spelling, fools!) the music school and learn actually how to play the guitar. Then I can do a B.Ed and become a professor at St. Xaviers. Then I could become a public rights advocate who asks for pavements and pedestrian zones and clean water and what not. I can be so many things, but I have to have money so I can get beyond my material needs FIRST! I give the example of an uncle with whom I stay everytime I go to Delhi. He has his house in Delhi and holiday home in Himachal. Today, if you ask him to stop working for the day, go out with you and have fun, he will. For him, work is work as long as there's no fun to be had. When fun time comes, work and money takes a back seat. It's only cos his financial security is, well, secure!
So whats the story? Money and hapiness correlated?
Life goes on. I'm reminded sometimes of the mistakes I have made. That sucks.