tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504206354056186826.post6028476117636976434..comments2022-12-10T06:54:01.898-05:00Comments on SciWonk: EnoughSciWonkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01496445733314601390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504206354056186826.post-3561929933989026782008-06-10T11:20:00.000-04:002008-06-10T11:20:00.000-04:00I think everyone asks the wrong question. It's no...I think everyone asks the wrong question. It's not a matter of how much we need, but how little. <BR/><BR/>I work as a personal organizer, and every time I finishing working with a client and deal with their attachment to stuff, I just want to come home and give everything away. People get so wrapped up in things. I really try to live by the two mantras I use with my clients "love it, use it,or lose it" and "reduce, reuse, recycle." <BR/><BR/>I'm also in the position where my husband and I work very hard at building our law firm while (right now) making not so much money. For me, the less I have to spend, the more I realize I don't need all the crap. Checking out a book from the library is just as satisfying as buying one at Borders. Making a good dinner and sharing it with friends is just as satisfying as eating with them at a restaurant. Personally, my house could burn down, and as long as I got my family and pets out, I would be fine. Sure, I'd miss some of those possessions, but they're absolutely not what make me happy. And they're supposed to make life easier, not more burdensome.Not-So-Stay-at-Home Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978131865725682430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504206354056186826.post-54960013588086153872008-06-06T13:49:00.000-04:002008-06-06T13:49:00.000-04:00I'm slipping... only catching this now, five days ...I'm slipping... only catching this now, five days later!<BR/><BR/>As you may imagine, I've thought about this <B>a lot</B>. We should chat about it sometime. I'd go a bit further than Mike, and say in addition to asking what material possessions you need to be happy, you need to consider the non-material things that cost money. Namely quality of life (eating out, entertainment, etc) and security (a big bank account is a security blanket).<BR/><BR/>Ultimately the answer is different for everyone, as you indicated in your post. By the very fact that you are capable of taking a job that would earn double, and you choose not to, indicates to me that you have enough to meet your material, non-material, and security <B>needs</B>--at least for now ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504206354056186826.post-89494907008211121412008-06-04T11:56:00.000-04:002008-06-04T11:56:00.000-04:00Do you have enough money to live the kind of life ...Do you have enough money to live the kind of life you want to live?<BR/><BR/>If not, what would you buy if you had more money? Could you do without those things and be happy?<BR/><BR/>The question that lies underneath your question is: What material possessions do you need in your life to be happy?<BR/><BR/>And under that one is: What makes you happy?Mike Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176481173573522516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5504206354056186826.post-13002046767401199372008-06-03T15:16:00.000-04:002008-06-03T15:16:00.000-04:00How much is enough? $2.6M, that's enough.How much is enough? $2.6M, that's enough.lacochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122022168616822147noreply@blogger.com