Money What is enough?
How boring is personal finance
penny pinching
miser
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Ugly side of money
in it for the mo
Good
freedom
excitement
value
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bad
unfair
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taboo
lessen our attachment to the middle needs like status and glamor in order to concentrate on higher things. This doesn’t take more money; it takes more independence of mind. envy
envy
Beyond our basic needs
money fits with the rest of my life when
hedonic treadmill
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money isn’t a cause of flourishing but an ingredient in it, a mere resource with which to build the life we want,
worship money
proxy for sucess
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price and value
value
life energy
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14k
value
PERMA practical flourishing
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take the $1 a day challenge - adjusted for UK
reset
mounting
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Freedom, desire, power, status, work, possession: these huge ideas that rule life are enacted, almost always, in and around money.
This blog is about worries. It’s not about money troubles. There’s a crucial difference.
Troubles
excessive debt
not $500
shame
silent
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the secret shame of middle class america
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humility
hear no evil, see no evil Danes
quiet respect for others
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the quickest way is to hand around with poor people
reinforce the good stuff
Friends
journalling
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questions about why money is important to us, how much money we need to achieve what’s important to us, what the best way to acquire that money is, and what our economic responsibilities to others are in the course of acquiring and using that money
oppotunity
opportunity to follow whatever desire one might happen to have is the enemy of the effort, concentration, devotion, patience and self-sacrifice that are necessary if we are to achieve worthwhile ends.
how we keep score
game
tangible progress
performance review
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Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W’s you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it