To buy the freedom of doing what we want...
There is a scene from an anime movie ("Monster"), that somehow, I find very inspiring...
There was this mafia leader who, after got himself at the very top, being very rich an influent, he lost everything and almost got himself killed in this process. He lost his wife, his kids and everyone he loved. Now he was hiding in a secret mansion and, recovering from his injuries, he was confessing to his doctor.
They were sitting at a sunday dinner table, all sunny and nice, and he was telling the doctor, how this was exactly what he wanted in the first place. To have a nice dinner with his family!
But he always thought it takes more and more money to get that kind of happiness. Now he realised how wrong he was, but unfortunately, everything was too late.
This scene made me think a lot, because I somehow feel that way. And probably a lot of people are in this situation. We always think we need just a little more money, so we can do what we want. We think that if we stay employed a little longer, we get to pay or buy a house, or we make enough money to start our own business. We keep thinking of what business to start, to bring us the money we need to do what we wanted in the first place.
Of course, if it would be so simple to just let go of all this trouble and just do what we want... But it isn't. We always keep telling us that we need to pay the bills and afford to buy food. But the problem is, we don't know when it's safe to stop.
For example, I can now go live in the countryside, from rent on my appartment. I can probably make a basic living from that. But would that be enough? What if I work a little more, and buy another appartment and go live from two rents.
And from what I see, this fight will never end this way.
Alex
P.S. My thanks to Steve, for trying to help people making their right decisions.
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