Mad Doug Biker
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Yeah yeah, stating the obvious, but as others have said better you need to get yourself sorted, otherwise you will always be chasing things and never really be happy.
Not how I imagined it.
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Yeah yeah, stating the obvious, but as others have said better you need to get yourself sorted, otherwise you will always be chasing things and never really be happy.
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
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- Craggy Island
Also @Crandoggler, you said in your original post that 'Being content scares the Shoot' out of you and you don't want to be until you have experienced every luxury, etc etc.
So, when are you going to stop? Maybe age will catch up, but, but if it doesn't, you'll keep chasing that false summit, and you'll never be happy enough to stop in the first place.
Stating the obvious there again, sorry, although some never seem to learn this.
I see that, and really, we can give all the advice going, but really, it is down to him.
Personally if I find something decent from a charity shop then I'm happy, but it takes all types I guess.
So, when are you going to stop? Maybe age will catch up, but, but if it doesn't, you'll keep chasing that false summit, and you'll never be happy enough to stop in the first place.
Stating the obvious there again, sorry, although some never seem to learn this.
I see that, and really, we can give all the advice going, but really, it is down to him.
Personally if I find something decent from a charity shop then I'm happy, but it takes all types I guess.
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it all comes together in the end you just have to work at it.
This sums it up perfectly.
One day in the future it will all fall into place, just don't be in a rush to get there.
midlife
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Midlife posting slowed down by 1978 top of the pops on the telly which made me think about the "generation gap".
There is no doubt that my standard of living is better than my parents. I had an outside toilet and ate lard \ dripping as a kid.
However I don't think this is going to be the case for the upcoming generation who maybe expect more and more?
Shaun
There is no doubt that my standard of living is better than my parents. I had an outside toilet and ate lard \ dripping as a kid.
However I don't think this is going to be the case for the upcoming generation who maybe expect more and more?
Shaun
Billy Wizz
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[QUOTE 3855427, member: 259"]When i was 27 i was skint, mortgaged to the eye balls working seven days a week and the kids wanted the best of everything.
At 53 I am still skint,
mortgaged to the eye balls working seven days a week and the kids still want the best of everything, but I now have to pay £9000 per kid per year on top.[/QUOTE]
Ha Ha, good luck.
Slave on my friend.
At 53 I am still skint,
mortgaged to the eye balls working seven days a week and the kids still want the best of everything, but I now have to pay £9000 per kid per year on top.[/QUOTE]
Ha Ha, good luck.
Slave on my friend.
Billy Wizz
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Berk on a Bike
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'Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.'
Drago
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Or a more intense misery.
Billy Wizz
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This thread started out as light, it seems to me it is becoming dark..
I've just come in on this thread so forgive me if I've repeated but I think if you don't feel content with what you have now, you never will be, bcoz you're looking for happiness in the wrong place.. I know rich people and I know poor people and the unhappiest of the lot are the ones that can't live without the luxury. I'm not talking about all the rich ones, I'm talking about the ones that can't live without the money and the ones chasing it. The ones that, if they lost it all tomorrow, they couldn't go back to a normal life, or those that work 17 hours a day so they can have a posh car and house they never see.
Most people I know who can't live without it are either the ones in debt, who don't really own the stuff, just have it on tic, or the ones who were so busy making the dollar, they forgot to live. In fact I know some who's jobs are well paid but so demanding, they don't even get to enjoy what they have, and they've lost their nearest and dearest bcoz they chose money over love, and that is what it usually comes down to. Not only do wives get fed up and go but money attracts shallow people, so you rarely find genuine friends who would stand by you if you went bankrupt (simply bcoz you no longer can afford their lifestyle)
If material things are really what you want though I would suggest a career change. Lawyer or accountant might get you these things. But in my opinion they won't make you happy bcoz you are backing the wrong horse.
And when you're really feeling hard done by, remember you are richer than about 80% of the world's population. It's not becoming content you should fear, it's the love of money you should fear as it this that will imprison you, take your freedom and cloud your judgement about what is really important in life
Most people I know who can't live without it are either the ones in debt, who don't really own the stuff, just have it on tic, or the ones who were so busy making the dollar, they forgot to live. In fact I know some who's jobs are well paid but so demanding, they don't even get to enjoy what they have, and they've lost their nearest and dearest bcoz they chose money over love, and that is what it usually comes down to. Not only do wives get fed up and go but money attracts shallow people, so you rarely find genuine friends who would stand by you if you went bankrupt (simply bcoz you no longer can afford their lifestyle)
If material things are really what you want though I would suggest a career change. Lawyer or accountant might get you these things. But in my opinion they won't make you happy bcoz you are backing the wrong horse.
And when you're really feeling hard done by, remember you are richer than about 80% of the world's population. It's not becoming content you should fear, it's the love of money you should fear as it this that will imprison you, take your freedom and cloud your judgement about what is really important in life
Accy cyclist
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It's true about the posh houses, i used to clean the windows of plenty of them. Getting paid was a nightmare. Never in and when they were they didn't have any spare cash. Most of the houses were empty during the day, even in the evening when i went to collect the money. Brockhall Village in the Ribble Valley(posh part of east Lancashire)has more criminals living in it(granted clever not petty ones)than run down parts of Accy according to reports.
Dayvo
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