Life isn't all about money, or is it?

Would you be willing to live without money? Would you be willing to share with others? Would you like more money?

Where does one draw the line and how far does one go to survive?

Not to me it isn't however, not having any money is not in anyone's interest either.
The difference is between need & greed !

Unfortunately we are born into a money success system where people value everything in terms of $$$$.

I strive to live just comfortably where I don't need much money to do so and leaving me time to concentrate on being what I have always wanted to be: one of the most educated people in Australia, which I have achieved. And I wouldn't give that up for all the money in the world.

I would most certainly not object to have my bank account boosted by more figures but I most certainly wouldn't spend my waking hours trying to figure out schemes to help me achieve that !
Although quite limited by average standards, my resources do allow me to pursue the interests meaningful to me.

I have lived on a thousand dollars a year, on my yacht in the Pacific Islands. I traded a couple of the things they wanted, tobacco & fishing gear for food, & caught a lot of my own. Perhaps that is why I don't eat fish EVER today.

Money was still required for yacht maintenance. Engines & sails etc. deteriorate, & a boat won't survive long in the tropics without lots of paint & varnish, expensive stuff thousands of miles away from industrial civilisation.

The locals did not need much, fishing gear, cloth for a simple sarong, grass skirts look good, but are not nice to wear. Batteries for a radio or tape player, & to buy pots & pans. They did lean on the local plantation owner for much. Someone had to run a power house, or no power tools or radio to call for help in a medical emergency. You needed to build & maintain an air strip for those emergencies & to get kids to boarding school, unless you were going to own & maintain an ocean capable boat of some description.

It did cost a lot to acquire a log from a high "volcanic" island suitable to make a canoe, but otherwise life was cheap.

Back in civilisation it is foolish to even talk of living with out a lot of money, when housing costs from $400,000 to $1,000,000 & renting costs over $350 to $600 a week for very modest accommodation.

Today for me again living is cheap, I own everything I really need, & that will see me out if I don't live too long, but if I was in my thirties I would need everything I could earn to set myself up for retirement & old age

A good life is when you do more, need less, smile
often, dream big, laugh a lot, and realize how
blessed you are.