I hate inconveniences of travelling and after I have travelled I quickly forget almost all of the things I've seen or experienced. Nearly same amount of memories remain in my head regardless of whether I've been into 3 or 30 places.
I don't want a house. I prefer flats. While living in a flat you just have to bother with what's inside. House is much greater burden.
You don't buy kids. Kids happen. If I had kids then probably I'd need more money than I do now, but kids didn't happen to me yet.
Every hobby also requires time. And time is neatly eaten up by all my hobbies that don't require money and by some work I do. If I wanted to take up some new hobby I'd have to reduce time I devote to my current hobbies so that wouldn't be a huge gain. Especially because to fund the new hobby I'd have to increase time devoted to work and reduce time devoted to current hobbies further.
My freedom does not require a lot of money. I'm 33 and I never had a boss.
I could travel much more than I like. I could get a house. I could replace my hobbies with new paid ones. I could have kids. But isn't this a bit much to just get "money hunger"? I want to increase my motivation but not at the cost of doing things that would tire me to tears.
Let me respectfully suggest you do not need a hunger for money as it looks to me you have a type of wealth which mere money cannot buy. There is a saying (which I cannot find) to the effect that real wealth is about not being needy. I would also suggest that there are downsides to being rich a la the song line "I've got dozens of friends and the fun never ends, that is as long as I'm buying." I tend to have a yawning disinterest in money. I am currently homeless and deeply in debt...etc...and thus resolving my financial problems is currently a very high priority. Yes, it is okay to want to make money. But I see no reason to think a hunger for wealth is pure virtue. All things have both good points and bad points.
"I hate inconveniences of travelling and after I have travelled I quickly forget almost all of the things I've seen or experienced. Nearly same amount of memories remain in my head regardless of whether I've been into 3 or 30 places."
Not me. Are you traveling to the same areas? I can certainly say traveling through China gave me many new and interesting memories.
"You don't buy kids. Kids happen. If I had kids then probably I'd need more money than I do now, but kids didn't happen to me yet."
yeah, well, that's not a good way to think. The people that I know that just let kids 'happen' now have very little options because they have an extra mouth to feed without thinking about the extra income that this requires. It's also not a good thing to bring a kid into the world only to live at or below the poverty line. Another consequence of letting kids "happen".
"Every hobby also requires time. And time is neatly eaten up by all my hobbies that don't require money and by some work I do."
So you your work is your hobby. This is fine. But it's not the case for a lot of other people. Work has also been my hobby for 15 years, but there are so many other things that I've found in the last couple of years that require money.
Aside from programming and exercising, most hobbies require money.
"Especially because to fund the new hobby I'd have to increase time devoted to work and reduce time devoted to current hobbies further."
This is why I only get into businesses where my time is not directly proportional to the money I make. It's a losing battle.
"My freedom does not require a lot of money. I'm 33 and I never had a boss."
It's because you're living like a 21 year-old. It's fun, but loses it's appeal after awhile.
"I could travel much more than I like. I could get a house. I could replace my hobbies with new paid ones. I could have kids. But isn't this a bit much to just get "money hunger"? I want to increase my motivation but not at the cost of doing things that would tire me to tears."
I feel like this is like trying to describe an emotion to someone that has never felt one.
In addition to the freedom that money provides, I also want to help out people in my family that are less fortunate/don't have as many opportunities.
> "I hate inconveniences of travelling and after I have travelled I quickly forget almost all of the things I've seen or experienced. Nearly same amount of memories remain in my head regardless of whether I've been into 3 or 30 places."
> Not me.
Not most people. All the people I know love to travel. Some even consider it to be the best use of their money. I tend to forget a lot of what I've seen and remember a little and mostly bad things.
> Are you traveling to the same areas?
Hungary, Florence, Amsterdam various places in Poland. Surely there are vastly different places than those I've been but I remember feeling that I gather new experiences during my travels. But after few years almost nothing remains.
> It's also not a good thing to bring a kid into the world only to live at or below the poverty line.
I don't think having a kid would push us below poverty line. I can triple my income just by getting a job. I experimented last year and had no trouble getting hired by pretty big international corporation.
> So you your work is your hobby.
Unfortunately it is not. My hobbies are mostly learning stuff, reading news, playing games, experimenting with software and small, cheap DYI and reading books. My work is building websites and helping people with maintenance of their web applications.
> It's because you're living like a 21 year-old. It's fun, but loses it's appeal after awhile.
Since I was getting master degree in my home town I lived like 16 year-old when I was 21. Maybe that's it. Maybe I'll just have to wait till I'm, 40 and live like 30 year-old and the the money hunger will come along with that lifestyle. :-)
I don't want a house. I prefer flats. While living in a flat you just have to bother with what's inside. House is much greater burden.
You don't buy kids. Kids happen. If I had kids then probably I'd need more money than I do now, but kids didn't happen to me yet.
Every hobby also requires time. And time is neatly eaten up by all my hobbies that don't require money and by some work I do. If I wanted to take up some new hobby I'd have to reduce time I devote to my current hobbies so that wouldn't be a huge gain. Especially because to fund the new hobby I'd have to increase time devoted to work and reduce time devoted to current hobbies further.
My freedom does not require a lot of money. I'm 33 and I never had a boss.
I could travel much more than I like. I could get a house. I could replace my hobbies with new paid ones. I could have kids. But isn't this a bit much to just get "money hunger"? I want to increase my motivation but not at the cost of doing things that would tire me to tears.