Comments on: your quickest way to wealth: dissatisfaction http://aridni.com/2006/05/your-quickest-way-to-wealth-dissatisfaction/ People are cashing in all around you. Don't you think it's your turn? Fri, 16 May 2008 19:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Katie http://aridni.com/2006/05/your-quickest-way-to-wealth-dissatisfaction/#comment-467 Katie Thu, 04 May 2006 04:54:23 +0000 http://aridni.com/2006/05/your-quickest-way-to-wealth-dissatisfaction/#comment-467 Being discontent isn't only about wanting more money or stuff. Why do people go to college? Run for an election? Sew a quilt? Read a book? I find these things enriching--satisfying and rewarding. Most people who do these things don't stop there. They keep pushing. They take a quilting class, run for another office if they lose or try again at the next election, or continue to take classes or learn new skills. The purpose of Aridni is to figure out how Todd and I can build the financial ability to continue to enrich ourselves with the things we enjoy. Anyone dreaming of a trip to Antarctica better be able to pay $5,000 per person-- and that's after your airfare and visa reperosity taxes you'll have to pay to get to Chile where Antarctica trips all begin! The job I currently hold and find dissatisfying right now only makes me want to work harder and reach higher so that maybe, just maybe I can join the masses able to glimpse at our coldest continent... maybe even read a book there or bring along a quilt I made. Being discontent isn’t only about wanting more money or stuff. Why do people go to college? Run for an election? Sew a quilt? Read a book?

I find these things enriching–satisfying and rewarding. Most people who do these things don’t stop there. They keep pushing. They take a quilting class, run for another office if they lose or try again at the next election, or continue to take classes or learn new skills.

The purpose of Aridni is to figure out how Todd and I can build the financial ability to continue to enrich ourselves with the things we enjoy. Anyone dreaming of a trip to Antarctica better be able to pay $5,000 per person– and that’s after your airfare and visa reperosity taxes you’ll have to pay to get to Chile where Antarctica trips all begin! The job I currently hold and find dissatisfying right now only makes me want to work harder and reach higher so that maybe, just maybe I can join the masses able to glimpse at our coldest continent… maybe even read a book there or bring along a quilt I made.

]]> By: Debt Hater http://aridni.com/2006/05/your-quickest-way-to-wealth-dissatisfaction/#comment-464 Debt Hater Wed, 03 May 2006 15:43:57 +0000 http://aridni.com/2006/05/your-quickest-way-to-wealth-dissatisfaction/#comment-464 Ardini, dissatisfaction and the desire for better things are important to make improvement in our lives - not just financially, but in social justice, in the environment and just having more and different kinds of fun! But there must be a balance here. How much do you have to have before you are content? How much are you willing to sacrifice to get more money or more "stuff?" In the world of physics, a major rule is every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In the world of money, I think the same is true. Whenever you gain one thing, you lose something else. Someone said to me once that "Your money can't hug you at night." We should never be content when things are bad or could easily get better, but I think there's a line that we can cross and it's debatable whether it's worth crossing... Ardini, dissatisfaction and the desire for better things are important to make improvement in our lives - not just financially, but in social justice, in the environment and just having more and different kinds of fun! But there must be a balance here. How much do you have to have before you are content? How much are you willing to sacrifice to get more money or more “stuff?” In the world of physics, a major rule is every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In the world of money, I think the same is true. Whenever you gain one thing, you lose something else. Someone said to me once that “Your money can’t hug you at night.” We should never be content when things are bad or could easily get better, but I think there’s a line that we can cross and it’s debatable whether it’s worth crossing…

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