Can't you be free without wealth?

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Nowadays people are generally anxious , To a large extent, it is because the Internet is full of various ways to show off their wealth 、 Information about luxury life , It stimulates our nerves every day , Give us Everybody has a lot of money , Only I have no money Illusion , This society is becoming more and more material , Everyone's heart of comparison is getting more and more serious .

Why did people in the 1980s , Although there was a shortage of materials at that time , But life is much happier than it is now ？

The big reason may be , At that time, people generally had no money , They seldom compare with each other .

Comparison is the killer of happiness .

In this age of comparison , Everyone has a strong desire for wealth and freedom .

Many people regard wealth and freedom as the goal of life , Just to compare others , Simply think that wealth and freedom means there is endless money , Or more money than my friends .

According to my observation , Those who talk about money every day , Often happiness is not strong , If you only value money in your life , The mood is easily affected by stock market fluctuations , Impact of income changes .

Many people speculate in stocks , If the stock goes up , Still want to rise more , Will not be satisfied , If the stock goes down , Is even worse , I can't sleep well at night , Anyway, there are not many comfortable days .

Everyone wants wealth and freedom , That's certainly true , But I think that money can fix everything , There is a problem .

Money is very important , But not everything , We can't put money first . The most obvious thing is that money can't give you health , No amount of money , If you have a terminal illness , There's no way ; Money can hardly give you a happy marriage , The divorce rate of the rich is no lower than that of the ordinary people , Happiness is not necessarily stronger than ordinary people .

The core of wealth and freedom

Why should we pursue wealth and freedom ？

I guess it may be the following reasons ：

• You don't need to take salary into account when choosing a career .
• Don't think too much about the price when you buy something .
• You can spend your time freely , Do what you want to do .
• You can spend money on your hobbies , Like photography 、 travel round the world 、 No work, etc .
• You can be more generous in front of relatives and friends .

It can be inferred from the above examples that , The core of wealth freedom is ： Security and human freedom .

This is the purpose of wealth and freedom .

With money, there must be a sense of security ？

not always , Many people want to make more money , To do something illegal or criminal , But the most dangerous ; And if you have money , But he was born during the war , Burn, kill and rob every day , More money is more dangerous .

A sense of security is not just a matter of personal effort , Not just money , It depends more on a good social environment , A society with sound social security , Only a legal society can give us more sense of security .

Can't you be free without wealth ？

Let's talk about human freedom .

The only thing we won't be imprisoned is the freedom of our hearts ,《 Live the meaning of life 》 Victor, author of · Frank said ： Everything in life can be deprived , Only three things cannot be deprived , That's it ： dignity 、 Love and freedom .

Even in concentration camps , A person who is willing to , He can still have dignity 、 Love and freedom , This obviously has nothing to do with money .

How to make yourself more free ？

Of course, money is one thing , With money, we can buy whatever we want , Don't worry too much about the price , It gives us great freedom of material choice .

But there is still a lot of freedom , You can have it without money , For example, our freedom of love , Freedom of attitude towards others , Freedom to choose hobbies , Freedom to pursue health , Freedom of the mind, etc .

It has nothing to do with money , So even without wealth , We also have great freedom .

The road to wealth and freedom

If we know , The core of wealth freedom is security and human freedom , Then we can find the way to wealth and freedom more effectively .

I think The two most important things on the road to wealth and freedom are ： Exercise and lifelong learning .

Good health is always the most important , Whether we pursue wealth or freedom , No matter what our goal is , As long as there is health, there is hope . Health is 1, Everything else is in the back 0, Without health, we are all 0, It's no use having more money .

So whoever it is , Exercise is always one of the most important things .

To achieve wealth and freedom , The most important thing is to improve your earning power , Open source is more important than throttling , After all, the money saved is limited , But open source has no upper limit , Open source requires capability , And the most effective way to improve ability is to learn .

So whoever it is , The importance of learning is self-evident .

Fitness and study are very important things , Whether you have realized wealth and freedom or not , Whether you are a newly graduated college student , Ordinary white collars , Or corporate executives , Just keep exercising , It is right to keep lifelong learning .

Instead of expecting to make more money in a short time , Anxious to gain wealth and freedom , It's better to find something you like to do , Keep exercising , Keep learning for life , Try to do better than others , And then work with you to build a better society , It makes more sense .

This is the road to wealth and freedom .