Okay breh.So the most realistic way of getting more money would be to work in an industry like sales and finance, and you were working in a stressful environment with cacs to earn a guaranteed six figure salary.Despite earning a good salary you will not be as happy as you think.sure you can look at the nice car,suit and the apartment but at some point those things will lose their appeal when the reality kicks in.
It is like saying I would be happier if I could pay off this debt which is x amount but I will not be happy about working x amount of hours to pay off the debt.
People only think about what they can buy now once they get the money but what happens when you get used to that lifestyle?
But when I think of the long term.That stuff just becomes the standard and you get accustomed to living like the one percent.Cool you can buy the watches,the houses and the cars but what happens when you get bored?
That shyt stimulates us because of the fantasy that the media has sold us and it is not the money itself it is the materialism.Money is just a number in your bank account.
Because you will eventually get bored without fulfilling a much greater purpose.I get the argument of having financial security but thinking you can just buy things to sustain your happiness is a lie.
-people becoming entitled to your money
- not being able to comfortably fit in with people who have money and people who do not have money
-becoming out of touch with the people you grew up with
-having to watch your back and your circle and your peoples back
-watching money expose peoples true character
-people treating you differently as if you are friends
-people will most likely look at me with envy and jealousy if they saw me in a ferrari or a wraith
-women trying to be get pregnant and claiming that the baby is yours
-buying stupid shyt I do not need
-knowing that you can only spend money on material things
-the difficult of managing wealth from a logistical perspective
I would rather be a self made millionaire as opposed to winning a crazy amount from the lotto because you will eventually become out of touch and lose respect for money.
In life you will always have debt breh.
All this.
And I if you are "broke" right now, you probably gonna be like "nikkah you ungrateful as fukk, if that was me...yada yada yada.", but once you hit a certain amount of income and security, you realize that life really ain't about money frfr.
Yes, it does give a access to good health care and take away the stress of providing food/shelter/clothing/transportation. But after your basic needs are met, the toys and trips do get boring eventually.
I was dead broke supporting my family ( 2 kids and my mom's at the time ) with plasma donations and working temp jobs and now we can pretty much do whatever we want. (My mom's passed once I got the $ tho #fukk cancer)
I was "happier" back then actually because:
a. I felt proud to do shyt people were ashamed to admit to doing because it proved to me that I really loved my family and could sacrifice my pride to make sure they were good. ( Side note I was never ashamed actually for the that reason itself )
b. I was studying DAILY for my "6 certs" and felt accomplished at the end of everyday witht he knowledge I was learning.
AFTER I reach my financial goals, life e got hella boring and now I really do have anything to strive for.
I take my kids to different states just for lunch and come back home.
Is it cool? Yeah.
Am I "happier"? No.
I make good money basically doing nothing all day but logging into a box and typing a few commands , so I kinda feel worthless and like a fraud now, because I'm not providing real value to the world, outside of the corporations I work for bottom line.
I honestly felt more proud of myself when I was a cook at Pizza hut...I was cold on that white board too lol.
Most of my friends and inner circle make the same income but alot of my old friends and family, who I love to death however don't, so it's hard to even tell them when I have life problems cause alot think since I'm good on the money, I shouldn't feel sad/depressed, and that I'm just complaining, which I understand because I was on that side before, but they don't get why I'm envious of them.
I sacrificed a good relationship to chase the bag, and she wasn't a materialistic person at all.
I envy them because, yeah they aren't taking in money, but they still have their girlfriends, wives, who love them for them and are there with them thru the struggle.
Ive fukked more women than I can count (before the money too) and that shyt empty as fukk.
Have pretty much unlimited access to things leaves you as a human really empty big you don't have TRUE WEALTH ( THE LOVE, RESPECT, AND COMPANY OF OTHER HUMANS)
That's what true wealth is to me at least.
