February 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm (Money, Uncategorized)
In 1933 George Orwell stated in a short essay, “In all the modern talk about energy, efficiency, social service and the rest of of it, what meaning is there except “Get money, get it legally, and get a lot of it”?
Well it seems to me that we have not moved to far from there in the last 75 years. The question foremost in my mind now is if an economic downturn helps us focus differently, towards other things then money. Or on the other hand does it instead focus us even more intently on money as the root of all. From what I am seeing all around me people are focusing more then ever on how to “get there”.
I personally am going to take this oppurtunity to align what I really believe in with my feelings about money. It will be a challenge, but I will get there.
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February 10, 2009 at 5:21 am (Money)
Money matters whether you like it or not. This might fire someone up that is choosing to live voluntarily on less. In fact many amazing people are choosing life paths that include less money, on purpose. They figure out all kinds of creative ways like bartering, free cycling, charity and more to avoid money. They want nothing to do with it because it creates so many problems. So does money matter to them, obviously it matters a lot, they are doing everything they can do avoid it.
I am not total satisfied with my personal relationship with money, but I know it matters. I refuse to hide from its light and dark sides. Is it possible to define a right and wrong when it comes to earning money or is it all shades of gray. What do you think? I am sure I don’t know.
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