As some of you know, I’m attending the Blog World Expo this year so I’m currently here in the beautiful and tempting city of Las Vegas! What I noticed is that there are many people who’ve no doubt lost all their money in the casinos as many people are living on the streets. (You will see all of them if you drive to the side streets) This definitely reminds me to not cave in to the temptations of gambling!
With all this temptation surrounding me, I’d like to ask you – What Motivates You to Make Money?
I Will Share First
Before you answer this question, let me share with you some of mine.
Provide a Comfortable Life for My Family
Emma is so great to me and deserve all the best. I need to pull my weight and provide her with everything to make her comfortable. As I sit here typing away late night while she is sleeping, the feeling is extra strong. I know that making more money often means longer hours, so I will need to be extra careful in juggling between work hours and family time.
There’s also my future children which I need to plan for and also give them a comfortable (but hopefully not a spoiled) upbringing. I need to teach them the importance of money and finances but also separate them from all the stress that money (or lack of money) can bring.
Then of course there’s my parents. My loving parents gave me everything any parent can ever give. They taught me all my core values, showed me unconditional love and cared and nurtured me from the moment I was born to this world. I need to earn a comfortable living to
- Make sure I take care of myself so they don’t worry about me
- Have extras so I can take care of them too
Early Retirement
Retiring early is still my goal! I remember being 18 years old when I told my mom that I wanted to retire by the time I was 40. A decade has passed and as I matured, I realized that retiring that early might not be that great because there’s not much to do if I truly retire! Right now, I don’t have a specific age I want to retire at but it definitely is not 65!
Some of It is Pride
I have to be honest here because there is a part of me that want to make good money because of pride! I want to be successful and feel a sense of accomplishment at whatever that I do!
Give Back
Right now, I’m quite young and still worry about my finances as there is no way to predict what might happen in the future. I hope that one day, I will be at a point where I don’t really have to worry about money and I will be able to spend most of my time volunteering my time or donating some of my money to charity!
Mentoring is also something I’m very interested in doing so as I become more experienced and more comfortable about my finances, I will be pursuing this further!
Your Turn
It’s time for you to share. What motivates you to earn more? Are the reasons similar to mine or are they completely different?
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It is very interesting topic! In fact, I have never thought about it into deep and I have felt “somewhere in my heart” very similar reasons as you. Early retirement is not so easy in my country, but I would add to create more free time for me, my family and friends by making some sources of passive income.
What motivates me to want to make or have a lot of money is how badly I want to move back to my home state. If I could make enough money from home (or win the lottery), I could move back and finally be with my family again… 1100 miles is too much, and the phone just doesn’t cut it.
MoneyNing,
I think what motivates me in terms of money is security. Honestly, there is no such thing as job security anymore. In unless you can sustain yourself over a 6 month period or more you are really hanging yourself and your family out to dry.
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A sense of self-responsibility. To do my share. To keep my own roof over my head as long as possible. To not be a burden to others. Being able to take care of myself, and my loved ones if needed. Peace of mind – to know that if I lose my job I’ll be fine
for years and years 
I always figured 55 was time to retire – which is within a year for me. But, I have such a ‘cushy’ job, and they pay 100% of the health insurance and allow me whatever time off I want, and allow me to babysit the grandkids at work if needed, or take off on school field trips with them, plus I’ve lowered my hours to only 32/wk, that I’ll probably just keep working for awhile longer for the free health insurance
I can even read, scrapbook, do internet, and sew at work if wanted, and I just started a little garden outside the office. So as long as I am there, and keep the door opened, the phones answered, and the paperwork done, the bosses are happy! As I said, pretty cushy job, for which I am thankful 
We share the same reasons but I would also like to add that having money is freedom. You are not chained to a desk or having to work at a job you hate because you have bills to pay. If you have financial freedom, you have a little more control over your life.
The rewards of making a good deal and the satisfaction of my clients drives me. I enjoy when my hard work pays off and I’m able to provide nice things for my household.
Not having to make bad decisions or make personal compromises because of the need of money. To enjoy my time as I want, doing the things I like. To be the master of my time.
I will make money just for my beloved family and also to keep my hobbies running well
I share a lot of the same reasons as well including security and freedom. I have been in debt so long that the freedom of not owing someone else money is really appealing.
I have a beautiful wife and six children. For most of our marriage she hasn’t had to work to help bring in household income. And we prefer it that way.
However, some bills for medical and schooling brought unwanted debt and she is doing daycare to help pay it down. My goal is that she will be able to stop in about 8-months.
Early retirement isn’t as important as being able to enjoy time with family now. I like my job and my internet and programming stuff. I could do both well past 65 if necessary.
I want to be able to help the kids with school and their first house. My family did and it was really appreciated.
I do like giving to worthy causes so having the ability to give more would be nice.