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Originally Posted by txen

Tsyal Makto that is one line for the ages. I hope you don't mind if I use it elsewhere. It's perfect. You whole post is excellent. Very well done.

Indeed GREAT quote! And I completely agree. This describes what has happened.

As the saying goes money might not buy happiness, but it does make misery more comfortable. Not that I'm miserable, but for most of us some money is a necessary evil that enables many possibilities.

It is a balance, I guess. Many things that make us happy do not require much money at all - or actually no money at all. Others hold the promise of more happiness but they are past the point of diminishing returns - the investment in work to get money to buy these things just does not outweigh the gain. To walk out into a forest is free and it gives happiness. Do buy yourself a bus ticket to a national park and camp out costs little and gives high returns. For me investing some money in hanggliding promises to return quite a bit of excitement. But to save up €2000 for a weeks vacation is already beyond my personal point of diminishing returns. It would mean to work a lot more for that short moment - no way I am going to do that now.

The trouble is often, that one gets used to material things that provide happiness. And this leads to the need of a constant increase in these materials and a constant increase in the demand for money. A millionaire has most likely not really more gain in happiness in buying a yacht as I may have in buying a hangglider - but the absolute investment is much higher. It is a lot better to find happiness in ways that do not require money, as these are stable, they cant wear off in the same way.

Tysal you lament that you have burned 1/5 of your time here. Heck I'm more like 3/5's and counting. I've done a lot of cool stuff though.

Ah, same here. 1/5 would still be great. For me it is more like 2/5 - but yeah, I have dome some cool stuff but not as much as I'd like to have done (still more than some people I know). And hell yeah I am not finished yet either

One characteristic of "success" in this life endeavor is get to the point of "if I have to explain you will never understand" with some of the things you do.

Haha - "nobody can teach you how to see" - very true indeed, very true!

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