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<blockquote data-quote="herofan" data-source="post: 1563846" data-attributes="member: 17843"><p>Isn't the very bottom line of having a job/career to first of all meet needs like food, shelter, and clothing, and at the same time, do it doing something you enjoy? Now, I realize we all probably want to shoot higher than just putting a bean on the table and having a shirt to wear; we all like financial comfort, physical comfort, and some shiny toys, but we don't all have to be filthy rich to be happy in life. As long as there is a "richest person in the world," or even in my county for that matter, and it's not me, I suppose I can always have an example to strive for more, but is that really what it takes to be happy? Not for me it isn't. </p><p></p><p>I have a public job that I consider a "good paying job." I have around 20 mama cows on 135 acres, and I don't owe anybody a red cent. It's always nice to say, "If I want to, I will……" I don't do it, but it's nice to be able to. For example, if I wake up in the summer one morning and it's a nice day for farming, and I decide I'm going to sit on my lazy butt in the porch swing for a day, it's not going to have a negative effect on my lifestyle one bit. I don't do it, but it's nice to know I could. Why would I want to risk all that to "expand?" What am I expanding? As far as I'm concerned, I've got it made in the shade, and it has nothing to do with being filthy rich, 'cause I ain't. </p><p> </p><p>Is my farm dripping in new equipment and new barns? No. Do I always drive a relatively new vehicle? Not really, but that's never really pushed my happy button too much. Do I have financial stability? Yes. Do I get to have a diverse existence that's not totally consumed with work? Yes. </p><p></p><p>Even if a person is very rich and running an operation that's the envy of the country, nobody ever got there because they spent too much time with their family or spent too much time with their aging parents, or stopped to smell the roses along the way; roses that are not related to work. For me, that stuff is more important than money.</p><p></p><p>I realize what I just wrote isn't everybody's cup of tea, but the point is, we all have our own ideas. What makes people happy isn't the same for everyone and not always wrapped in a dollar bill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="herofan, post: 1563846, member: 17843"] Isn’t the very bottom line of having a job/career to first of all meet needs like food, shelter, and clothing, and at the same time, do it doing something you enjoy? Now, I realize we all probably want to shoot higher than just putting a bean on the table and having a shirt to wear; we all like financial comfort, physical comfort, and some shiny toys, but we don’t all have to be filthy rich to be happy in life. As long as there is a “richest person in the world,” or even in my county for that matter, and it’s not me, I suppose I can always have an example to strive for more, but is that really what it takes to be happy? Not for me it isn’t. I have a public job that I consider a “good paying job.” I have around 20 mama cows on 135 acres, and I don’t owe anybody a red cent. It’s always nice to say, “If I want to, I will……” I don’t do it, but it’s nice to be able to. For example, if I wake up in the summer one morning and it’s a nice day for farming, and I decide I’m going to sit on my lazy butt in the porch swing for a day, it’s not going to have a negative effect on my lifestyle one bit. I don’t do it, but it’s nice to know I could. Why would I want to risk all that to “expand?” What am I expanding? As far as I’m concerned, I’ve got it made in the shade, and it has nothing to do with being filthy rich, ‘cause I ain’t. Is my farm dripping in new equipment and new barns? No. Do I always drive a relatively new vehicle? Not really, but that’s never really pushed my happy button too much. Do I have financial stability? Yes. Do I get to have a diverse existence that’s not totally consumed with work? Yes. Even if a person is very rich and running an operation that’s the envy of the country, nobody ever got there because they spent too much time with their family or spent too much time with their aging parents, or stopped to smell the roses along the way; roses that are not related to work. For me, that stuff is more important than money. I realize what I just wrote isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, but the point is, we all have our own ideas. What makes people happy isn’t the same for everyone and not always wrapped in a dollar bill. [/QUOTE]
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