Comments on: The Unattainable Goal of More Money

By: youdate

youdate — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:58:58 +0000

I still wish to make at least $10,000 per month/year someday but this year if I could even make a 1/3 of that and finally get my student loans paid off that would be the coolest thing.

By: Lee Zamastil

Lee Zamastil — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:42:11 +0000

Just to add… regarding “Who cares, really?” I just looked at a newspaper online and saw the heading “MORE: TV stunts: Were you duped?”

Now that’s a Who cares, really?

By: Lee Zamastil

Lee Zamastil — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:32:15 +0000

I don’t understand making money as a conditional situation. Unless we were born into wealth, mustn’t we all make money? Don’t we all have basic needs (water, power, heat, food, et al.) that only money can fulfill?

If one means “I wouldn’t mind making a lot of money” then that’s something else. Though it would help to specify—at least roughly—what “a lot” is.

And who cares about making $X a month? Me. I do. I have utility bills, insurance to pay for (of several kinds), education for my children and, happily, recreation to pay for. This all requires a certain minimum amount of income each month. So… I care! I care how much I’m bringing in each month! It’s important.

Does this mean I’m chasing money? Perhaps yes, if you equate chasing money with a animal chasing its prey so that it may eat. And who is going to tell that animal to stop chasing its prey and instead pursue happiness?

The two are not mutually exclusive. In fact, there is likely a bond.

By: Car Insurance Guy

Car Insurance Guy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:04:31 +0000

Chasing money is always a bad idea. “I make $X amount a month!” Who cares, really?

I wouldn’t mind making money, but only if it’s because I started my own business and the money followed success. There are a ton of ways to make money illegally if that’s your end goal.

By: Cash Advance Alliance

Cash Advance Alliance — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:09:41 +0000

It seems that now, more then ever, people are addicted to money. I’d like to think that advertising plays a big part of our consumerism economy in that it feeds our addiction. We need to have the latest and greatest items because we see the benefits in commercials, print and now – the internet.

By: Yuva

Yuva — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:40:53 +0000

Cool post!! Also people who were able to make good amount of money makes them even more inclined to amass money and they never get satiated. That is the flavor of money.. it calls us to make MORE MORE!!!

By: Lee Zamastil

Lee Zamastil — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:39:38 +0000

This is silly. An easy answer to the writer’s quandary is to set a real goal. A real goal is, granted, not to strive for “more”, but rather to set a definite dollar amount for which you will work.

Behold: a goal of earning $35,000 in one year of gross income is, by most accounts, a truly attainable goal. Earning $135,000 is also an attainable goal and is, by definition, more.

If earning these numbers—more or less—is one’s only desire in life then that one individual is pathetic. However, pathos is not “unattainable”. And to write that one should seek happiness because it is “a much easier goal” is almost as pathetic as to write that money ought to be your number one goal. Seeking something in life because it’s “easy” is as much sucker’s game (to put it mildly) as anything else.

By: DDFD @ DivorcedDadFrugalDad

DDFD @ DivorcedDadFrugalDad — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:59:01 +0000

I am with you. Just chasing money leads to disappointment. There needs to be a balance:

1) Family
2) Happy pursuits
3) Making more money and spending less

By: CashAholic

CashAholic — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:03:56 +0000

Well written post. I agree money should not be the most important thing in your life, but if you don’t have enough, or are in debt, money does seem very important. Once you have money, you realize it’s not that important. I personally would like to have enough money to come to that realization.