Comments on: My Money Story

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:47:49 +0000

Thank you Recessionista for sharing your personal experiences with us, it’s great to have a different voice on the blog sometimes.

@aaron although I was not the author of this article, I too have had very similar experiences with money.

I think this story is a great example of what I have said early about money attitudes coming from your early experiences.

By: Recessionista

Recessionista — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:15:54 +0000

Thank you everyone for your feedback. Of course I agree with all of you and I hope one day I can be in a place in my life so that I can regard money as just a means to an end and not an end in itself!

By: LeanLifeCoach

LeanLifeCoach — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:57:49 +0000

Thank you for sharing your story. It does make one think twice about what most of us take for granted in the free world is but a dream to millions of poor and oppressed people around the world.

In many ways I share this view, but from my perspective money does not provide the happiness, it provides the opportunity for some happiness. My grandmother gave away virtually every dollar she has ever had to charities and is one of the happiest and blessed people I have ever met. We have also read many stories about those that have won lotteries only to regret it.

Maybe it would be better to say that money can buy us choices. Make the right choices and you can leverage the money to create a more fulfilling life, make the wrong choices and …

By: Aleks

Aleks — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:31:37 +0000

Very nice post. In my opinion it is definitely true, that money creates freedom and possibilities in life. However, from my own experience, there is a major difference between seeing money as a goal in life (having money in order to use it for one’s own benefits at the cost of other things), or as a feature (having money in order to be able to better enjoy the possibilities life has to offer). Myself, I went from the first to the second a few years ago, and I don’t regret one single moment of it.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:57:12 +0000

Nice guest post and always interesting to hear another story and someone else’s views. Like Aaron says, money it basically directly related to freedom, sucks but thats the way it is.

By: Aaron @ Clarifinancial

Aaron @ Clarifinancial — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:50 +0000

Ray, it wasn’t until the second to last paragraph I realized this wasn’t written by you. Still, a compelling story and frankly a sad reminder that money is too often linked to independence and freedom.

It seems that in times of abundance and in times of need, there are other things that hold us together and keep us persevering. But that moment of refinement and clarity often comes through struggle.