- Money is the root of all evil
- Money can't buy you happiness
- Make that money, don't let it make you
- Money talks
- There's no such thing as a free lunch
- Life is a game. Money is how we keep score
- A penny saved is a penny earned....
We shouldn't worship it, but we can't live without it. LITERALLY. You can't buy necessities, food, clothing, shelter, etc. without being able to generate those funds. How MUCH funds? According to a study done in 2014 by CNN facing off all 50 states against 10 categories, New York was lucky enough to top the list as the most expensive state to live in followed by Hawaii, Connecticut, and California. If you want to move to the state with the best cost of living rating, you're moving to Kentucky by the way. ;)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101758236
My discussion though, isn't focusing on determining the best places to live or even money, but your WORTH. Your value, and how that's determined.
In my real estate class, we were discussing the value of the dollar and how that has continued to decline over the years. A bad thing for us since that is our form of currency so our money is worth less each year, which means we need MORE of it, to buy the same things. SO, if you aren't receiving raises at a higher rate than the descending value of the dollar, you AREN'T really making more money. But the dollar is our measure of 'success'. The more you have, in other people's eyes the more successful you are. He continued to compare the value of the dollar to precious metals and laid the two against a graph to show how their values have changed over the years. As the dollar continued to drop, the value of precious metal, ie gold, silver, continued to rise. So, why don't we utilize gold coin as a currency? A totally different conversation...But what he said next was what I found interesting.
" Something real against something real, never changes..."
When you compare something real and truly tangible like gold to something equally tangible, oil for instance, they move together.
The statement was fascinating to me. And it made me think about who I am lined up with, in my life. Who do I have walking 'with' me that are truly real and are they going in the same direction that I am going. Or, do I have people surrounding me, walking 'with' me, wearing faces and clothes that LOOK valueable, but aren't worth 'the paper they are printed on'. People who put on the face, but have no value.
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