What is the point of having it if you can't enjoy it?
By Starmaiden
@Starmaiden (9311)
Canada
August 19, 2018 11:14pm CST
I was out earlier in the day and overheard a conversation between two guys. One was telling the other about a friend of his. His friend has a $400,000 house and a $50,000 car. He works two jobs to pay for it.
The guy said his friend was complaining about how little time he has to enjoy the things he works so hard for. He spends 16 hours per day at his jobs and the other 8 hours are spent sleeping. The only time he enjoys his car is when he is driving to work and back again. He can't enjoy his spacious house or take care of the property because he is never home, except to sleep. He eats on the run.
Would you say that this person is happy? I don't call this "Living the dream". I call it being enslaved by your dreams and ambitions.
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15 responses
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
20 Aug 18
@Courage7 Now There's a plot twist!
Most people pretend they are happy when they are secretly miserable. 
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
20 Aug 18
I used to have quite a lot of money...no debt no real assets just cash in the bank.
Now I have a lot less.
I would like to be on the same financial level I used to be on but I'd do things differently now.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Aug 18
do you ever think you should have invested in at least one real asset back then?
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
20 Aug 18
@hereandthere I had bonds and such but when they matured I spent the cash...I wish I'd bought a house.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
21 Aug 18
There are scores who belong to this category and then there is my older sister who has all the gadgets that her kids have given her but she does not know how to use them (lol)
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@Marilynda1225 (79772)
• United States
23 Aug 18
He doesn't sound very happy. Maybe he needs a smaller house, a cheaper car and less hours at work
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
23 Aug 18
Or one job that will fulfill all of his desires.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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26 Aug 18
@Starmaiden 
By then, they will begin to sing the Abba's song, Money,
"I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay, Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me, That's too bad...' 
By then, they will begin to sing the Abba's song, Money,
"I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay, Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me, That's too bad...' 1 person likes this
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
26 Aug 18
@YrNemo Excellent Observation my dear Watson! I never would have thought of that!
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
25 Aug 18
It's still new to them. Give it 10 years. The newness will fade away and real life sets in.
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@snowy22315 (170019)
• United States
20 Aug 18
Yes, I think there is no sense having money if you can't enjoy it.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
20 Aug 18
He will be very tired to live like this. No fun at all.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
22 Aug 18
So true- you have to take a good long look and see what you're doing. Most people will find it harder to give those things or part of those things up though.
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@kobesbuddy (74594)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Aug 18
You are right about your conclusion, the man can't possibly be enjoying life doing this! He's definitely enslaved, to his possessions.
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@dgobucks226 (34375)
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21 Aug 18
I would say he sounds conflicted? He has a need for expensive material possessions but cannot find a balance to enjoy these things. In his case time is more valuable than the money he earns?
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@ZedSmart (19753)
• Philippines
20 Aug 18
I think he can enjoy that later when he will realized that It's already time to take slow on working so hard. This time, I always tell myself that when I could accumulate a fortune during my older days, that would be too late because I could no longer enjoy that much especially when you have weak muscles and bones already.
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@domiwla (398)
• Venezuela
20 Aug 18
I think the same, we must work to get what we want but we also have to have time to enjoy it.
