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It's not clear what is financial security. Many things can go wrong (financial crisis, health problems). If we can earn some money now, maybe we should take it
by yodsanklai 7y ago
It's not clear what is financial security. Many things can go wrong (financial crisis, health problems). If we can earn some money now, maybe we should take it because our skills may not be worth much in a few years.
Money is also used to measure success, and this can have a huge impact on our self-esteem and happiness. It's very common that people choose a lucrative career simply to please their parents, and this makes them happy in return, even though their aren't materialistic.
- katzgrau 7y ago> Many things can go wrong (financial crisis, health problems). A developed (personal) definition of financial security should take that into account. You can't control all uncertainty but there are certainly things you can control for. > It's very common that people choose a lucrative career simply to please their parents, and this makes them happy Kind of irrelevant. And I personally don't think you should be making major lifestyle choices simply to please one's parents (perhaps a western view), but to each his own.