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Originally Posted by Dusty  I have a better question... why do you want to be rich in the first place?
For me, it was to enjoy security, never having to work for anyone else, enjoying all the fun toys (cars, yachts, vacations, etc etc) The main reason for me right now is security. |
All right, here's one answer to the better question:
I'm pretty much in agreement with you here. I hope to become quite rich in my future, basically in order to eventually be freed from money worries (and, which may very well be related to money worries for us all later in life, health care worries), and to be able to enjoy some things in life (living in desirable areas in desirable housing, vacations, some types of hobbies and experiences, even some personal vanities, etc.)
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Originally Posted by Dusty Money doesn't equal security though... because when you have it, you'll always be concerned about guarding it. |
I think we should ask the questions of "what sorts of security?" and "security from what?".
Security from further money problems and from possible spiraling caused by, say, an immediate unexpected problem requiring cash or the like, such as a car breakdown, personal emergency, or the like? Security from worry about that sort of thing? Or being able to buy one's own physical security by being able to afford living in a safer neighborhood? Or some other form of security? (My education cost a lot of money; as a result of having had it, I was able to be employable in a field where the labor is not hazardous [computer programming], for an example.)
I'd say that generally the problem of guarding money is a better problem to have than not having money, though.