3 ms·
People become acclimatised to 'new wealth'. One thing I learned from life experience, and then actually understood after studying Buddhist philosophy, is that i
by mb_72 13y ago
People become acclimatised to 'new wealth'. One thing I learned from life experience, and then actually understood after studying Buddhist philosophy, is that it's very easy to enter a repetitive cycle of desire, some achievement, then more desire ... one yearns to make more money, makes it (via payrise or other successful project), gets used to having that money, wants more, makes more, and so on. The trick is to be satisfied / happy with what you have; it's not practical or very likely that your income will keep increasing 'forever'.
I can honestly state that I'm happier now making less money, not owning a house, nor having many of the trappings of 'success' that I had 10 years ago. I admit, however, some ill-placed desire to see if I might be happier now 'making money' than I was in the past; my healthier (IMO) life outlook might be simply as a result of more wisdom rather than less money.
- oscargrouch 13y agoGreat point. The perspective you have for life, its what matters the most.. to do this research well they should detect different "life philosophies" or paradigms.. like "materialist type", "spiritual type", "dionisiac type", "apolinian type".. etc.. and also measure them in diferent points in life.. for instance, when younger is cool to be dionisiac.. you will be happy than.. but as you grow up.. different things matter most.. and or you will shift paradigms or you will get more unhapier with time. As a example of why do periodic research based in paradigms is important.. I think this is a complex matter to be viewed so trivially.. i dont think it proves much anything of value, in the way this research was conducted.
- foobarian 13y agoI like the whole ascetic lifestyle philosophy but I find it harder to follow with a family and kids. At this point I'm perfectly fine with doing a number of distasteful materialistic things such as taking on debt or owning a house, because it benefits the kids and they don't have to know about the decisions.