Venting Money is everything

[LucifersIntrovert]

Money is everything in this world from luxuries for us to our necessities. I'm currently 20 and full time college student with a law major. I don't think can wait that whole time for my Juris Doctorates around another 6-8 years depending on time. I love law and everything about it and wish to become a family law attorney. But I don't want to wait until I'm 40-50 to make it big. I'm doing school full time so I don't work and have no money for my social life. I've been trying to pick up day trading and it's interesting you just have to be really smart with it. It's not a get rich quick scheme but more a less a way to make money on the side or until you become fully profitable. Which is something I'm striving for and if I don't become profitable within a year or two I feel as if I'm roads ended. Even though I feel like it's ended already with my SN always no more than 6 feet away from me. But personally I live by this quote and I can't be strayed away from it and I hope I'm not alone with this but. Money can buy happiness, don't let anyone tell you it can't because I know if I had money my anxiety, fear, and depression would dwindle at least 60% in all of those places whilst my happiness sky rockets to levels I haven't seen since I came out the womb.

 

[itsgone2]

At least you realize it now. Never forget it. It's all that matters. I've known it but didn't make the right choices in life. If you like law just keep at it. The years will pass.
Sorry you see the other side of this world too.

 

[boredandoverboard]

Isn't that the truth? I certainly would be happy if I died in some place where I liked rather than only wanting of it. Also, buying many useless things and collectibles, there's a fleeting happiness to be had, like a child who had gathered pretty shells and stones from the shore.

And, not to mention the connection you could make with an excess of money. "Money can't buy happiness" always seemed to me wisdom parroted by the rich people to make the poor contented at being poor.

 

[Macedonian1987]

You can have all the money in the world, but if your health—both physical and psychological—is messed up, money won't mean anything to you.

 

[android]

Isn't that the truth? I certainly would be happy if I died in some place where I liked rather than only wanting of it. Also, buying many useless things and collectibles, there's a fleeting happiness to be had, like a child who had gathered pretty shells and stones from the shore.

And, not to mention the connection you could make with an excess of money. "Money can't buy happiness" always seemed to me wisdom parroted by the rich people to make the poor contented at being poor.

I have all the money I could ever need and don't feel an inkling of anything doing anything. I've always envied poverty because the poor at least have some reason to live, something to fight for. Everything is on my side, and I am nothing.

 

[boredandoverboard]

I have all the money I could ever need and don't feel an inkling of anything doing anything. I've always envied poverty because the poor at least have some reason to live, something to fight for. Everything is on my side, and I am nothing.

I am on the other side. I don't have the money, and if there comes a day that I ever felt of doing anything, I won't have the means. I envy the rich for being free, freer than I, but not that of a chair. I am nothing, and nothing is on my side.

Whether one is rich or poor, we both envy the one who lives unconsciously, the people who can marvel in monotony.

 

[Ashes of a Dreamer]

No, it isn't. But I understand that living without or with little amount of money in a capitalist society is gruesome. Here's the thing: poverty is a mess, but richness, by itself, doesn't guarantee you a satisfactory life.

 

[Afflicted]

I have all the money I could ever need and don't feel an inkling of anything doing anything. I've always envied poverty because the poor at least have some reason to live, something to fight for. Everything is on my side, and I am nothing.

I feel this 100% I am in the same boat. I'm completely free but without direction or motivation. Like what do we do now? Analysis Paralysis and genuine lack of desire for anything

 

[heydude56]

I personally think looks and personality are more important

 

[DeadManLiving]

It is

 

[socksnsandles]

i disagree with the title. i am well off but would trade literally every last dime to be in normal health. of course, this wasnt a concept i understood back when i was healthy. it is as humbling as it is depriving.

 

[DistraughtWolf]

Absolutely, poverty will be the end of me. I'd rather enjoy way shorter life with worse health than my current situation is, but actually having money and never having to worry about finances and the constant battle of surviving every day. Living in poverty to your 70s in "good health" is way worse and I will NEVER allow that to happen.

 

[death over slavery]

I have all the money I could ever need and don't feel an inkling of anything doing anything. I've always envied poverty because the poor at least have some reason to live, something to fight for. Everything is on my side, and I am nothing.

I'm poor and poverty robbed me of my reason to live

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

You can have all the money in the world, but if your health—both physical and psychological—is messed up, money won't mean anything to you.

Honestly, I think that my mental health would be fine if I had a multimillion dollar fortune and could just chill. No work stress, pay people to clean, etc.

 

[shiftingtendons]

ugh me too. im in med school and im in the same boat. if i were super rich i would be so happy

 

[android]

Honestly, I think that my mental health would be fine if I had a multimillion dollar fortune and could just chill. No work stress, pay people to clean, etc.

Grass is greener on the other side
Google search founder suicides. People who sell their companies for millions of dollars often spiral into severe depression and some even kill themselves. They can't stand the fact that they suddenly lose everything they cared about. People also treat you differently when you have money, so you actually are more likely to have very weak relationships.

People need the illusion of purpose, which is usually given through work, which is what brings money. Unemployment is imo the #1 cause of suffering in poverty- and it's not just money but also the lack of purpose. When it spreads around a community it creates a crisis of meaning. If you look at some villages in Africa or India that are well below the poverty line however, you'll see it's less of an issue - everyone has responsibilities and meaning in the work they do for the village (i.e., communal cooking, farming, and so on).

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

@android feel free to give me your fortune just in case ^_^

 

[Flubber]

Money isn't everything and can only go so far in the treatment of illness or poor health, sadly.

I believe money can increase overall happiness, to a degree. Financial security removes a lot of the burdens, anxieties and negative/depressive thought patterns that can be induced by the overly-expensive world we live in today. Too many people are struggling with housing, food, healthcare, childcare costs etc.

Just having some 'breathing space' to not have to worry about finances, or even having the cash to afford some social time in a public setting or an occasional break/holiday to recharge is an impossibility for so many people nowadays.

@android has hit the nail on the head there: having purpose is a massive part of being human and nobody (unless they're truly spoilt/entitled) needs to be a multimillionaire in order to be happy.

 

[Unknown21]

FR, if i had money I would not be here.

 

[itsgone2]

People need the illusion of purpose, which is usually given through work, which is what brings money. Unemployment is imo the #1 cause of suffering in poverty- and it's not just money but also the lack of purpose. When it spreads around a community it creates a crisis of meaning. If you look at some villages in Africa or India that are well below the poverty line however, you'll see it's less of an issue - everyone has responsibilities and meaning in the work they do for the village (i.e., communal cooking, farming, and so on).

Yes, we need a purpose.
It's not the current world. Employees are lines on a spreadsheet. Despair is about to skyrocket.
Too many layoffs. We're about to break

 

[Off_Switch]

I implore you to NOT to get into stock trading. ESPECIALLY day trading. 90% of retail traders lose money and never become profitable. The manipulation and algorythms that the hedge funds use make it virtually impossible.

But...

...if you still choose to go against my adivce, please do the following, at the very least:

1) Do fake paper trading for a few months first, so you can see how much real money you would have lost if you were just blindly jumping in with your real account.

2) Watch this entire video and don't EVER forget what the old man says from 5:26-7:17


3) Don't ever think it is easy money. Especially if you get a little bit of beginner's luck.

If anything, I would devote your time to mastering A.I. It will be of much more value to you than trading IMO. It pretty clear that anyone who doesn't learn it will be left behind.


Or just sit your cash on the sidelines, wait for the economy to crash (because IT WILL) and scoop up some real estate on the cheap.



Best of luck to you in whatever you decide to do.