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i'll try to keep that in mind as i am stuck in my viscous cycle of desire, attainment, and boredom...</p>
<p>The trick to breaking that cycle is to find things that don't require a large input of capital.</p>
<p>thanks for all the advice/criticism everyone, but i have a pretty good handle in what i want for the future.</p>
<p>Most feel a sense of accomplishment when they make or accumulate massive amounts of money. :)</p>
<p>i just love you futurenyustudent.</p>
<p>If you're willing to work for your money, you should be able to do whatever the hell you want with it. No one should dictate to you that you cannot buy that third vacation home and you must instead donate it to the AIDS cause. Well, except for the gov't, but thats out of our control. </p>
<p>I would ideally like to make simply as much money as possible, as fast as possible then retire to enjoy it. I have to ask, which lines of work do all of you realistically anticipate making $300k+ per year??</p>
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<p>I disagree. That doesn't take into account the VERY large number of people who go into jobs that don't pay, like research, teaching, writing, art, etc.</p>
<p>I think most people feel satisfaction once they can afford a decent, secure lifestyle, then quickly find the marginal returns on income diminishing. They then tend to look for more esoteric forms of satisfaction, like children, hobbies, and travel.</p>
<p>generally I don't agree with this nyu person, but I do have to say I don't think he was trying to say that people ONLY feel a sense of acomplishment from accumulating money, he was just saying that those who accumulate money tend to feel accomplished. I know I would feel pretty damned proud if I had 8 figures in the bank.</p>
<p>Ah, gotcha. </p>
<p>If that's the case, then he's not wrong. Just incomplete in his model. :p</p>
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<p>Unless your passion happens to be horseback riding, which sucks up money like a blackhole sucks up (or in?) light.</p>
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<p>awwwww I love econ! Just thinking about models warms my heart. . . thank you for making that comparison!</p>
<p>edit: hm comparison isn't quite the right word. I can't think of what it is at the moment, but it is not comparison. It is similar, but not quite that. I'm sure you all know what I mean, but I felt I had to let it be known that I see that it doesn't quite fit. OKay I ramble. Kathryn must go sleep sleep now. . .</p>
<p>Y'know, I have a friend who rides and manages to do it without a HUGE capital investment; of course, your mileage may vary.</p>
<p>do you truley know how much they put into it? Have you ever number crunched? I suppose it COULD be done cheaply, and by cheaply I mean maybe $200/month if you live in the middle of nowhere and do all of the work yourself. where I live, the most basic care for a horse would be a minimum of around $500/month, and that's for one horse. I would be happiest with a few, and this is just basic upkeep, not counting new blankets (which horses love to shred) or tack or supplements (like vitamin pills for horses, but they cost like $50/lb, rediculous when a horse eats like a cup a day). . . yeah, this could go on forever so I'll just leave it at that.</p>
<p>Edit: oh yeah that also excludes the cost of the horse itself, and any insurance (which is stupid not to have cause a horse could just die like overnight and then you lose a $10k horse or something), and a horsetrailer and truck, yeah, $$</p>
<p>K, here's the picture I saw... maybe this will temper the storm of collecting material items just to try and make yourself feel better than your neighbor:</p>
<p>the economist in me also cringes with the use of "capital" as a term for money, as capital could be anything from a pen (for an artist) to a bulldozer (for construction), not just money. If you mean money just say money.</p>
<p>hehe, not trying to be an english nazi, I just get a little bit ticked over this one ;-)</p>
<p>311 Griff,</p>
<p>I understand your point and all, and I agree that not all things are necessities of life, but what are you trying to accomplish? Are you saying that everyone should donate all of their money once necessities are met to charities? You have got to know that that simply will not happen, so what are you trying to accomplish by posting something like that? We all know there are starving children in the world, but if we make money for ourselves we should be able to spend it to make ourselves happy. If we give away money it is good of us, not required. Should people not try to make money? How would that any differently affect these starving children? There will only be other people there to make the money we don't. </p>
<p>eep, I'm stuck playing devils advocate, except I don't think the devil here is a devil, maybe just a lack of angel. . . again, tired, I should stop talking. I love argueing, no wonder I want to be a lawyer... I could do this all night long.</p>
<p>I can see wanting a lot of money--provides security, freedom to do things, etc. What I find hopeless is thinking the accumulation of "things" (cars, houses, stereos, whatever) is going to get you anywhere. I recently read an interview with Robin Williams, and he said he has about 50 bicycles. That's the sort of ridiculousness I'm talking about.</p>
<p>When I was a grad student at the U of Toronto, I had a nice small studio apartment near campus. The only furniture I had was a metal folding chair ($9) and a metal folding table with a computer on it. No bed, no dresser, no bookshelves, no nothin'. It was great. Easy to dust, easy to vacuum, no bed to make, etc. PLENTY of time to study. Less is more.</p>
<p>because money is everything of course</p>
