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