We live in a society that rewards handsomely someone like P.Diddy and gives peanuts to the caring nurse.That's a fact.
Most people would agree that the nurse's value is, on the human level, higher than P.Diddy's.
Most people would rather spend $ 17 on P.Diddy's c.d than giving it as a token of appreciation to the selflessness and caring of the nurse.
I love this line from FREAKONOMICS:"Morality, it could be argued, represents the way that people would like the world to work, whereas economics represents how it actually does work."
Right now, I am getting more and more at peace, because I have stopped being around well meaning friends who, fueled by the anxiety generated by lack of money, constantly monitor the way I spend mine.
The other day we went shopping during the sales ( funnily, it was their idea, even though they keep on complaining they have no money) and I saw something I really liked. It was a bit pricey, to their standards, and immediately, when they said:" oh you're buying something." , I said:" No I'm not, it's too expensive."
Truly,it was not too expensive for me, but right away I went into scarcity mode and reasoned myself that the money was better used to pay bills. I felt
bad to buy this piece of clothing when they couldn't afford it .
Shopping is supposed to be something fun, but with such company, all the pleasure was sucked out of the experience.All we did was trudging along from one shop to another, looking at nice things that were "too expensive".
In the end,they spend much more than I did!
but nobody had fun!
Is what Anthony Robbins says factually true: if you combine the income of your five closest friends and divide it by 5 , the number you will get is roughly your income?
Lately, I have started carrying twice as less cash as before, in an effort to cut down my spending. However, I do not feel deprived at all. As a matter of fact, I have cut down a lot on my spending, but that's in order to afford not to work as a 9 to 5 admin job, and to me: that's something positive because having time for myself, taking care of my health,listening to my own voice is a form of wealth.
I will try carrying more cash at all times and see how it affects my finances. This will get me to the next level of cutting down on my spending so I can go for my bliss!
Funnily, since I have started on this path of intolerance towards my own and other people's naysaying,I sold stuff on ebay for twice as much I thought I would get! Hmmm!