when you all come out of college and have had some years since you obtained our Bachelor's, will you be content making enough salary that covers your primary and essential yearly expenses (such as your home, car, etc.) as well as even some things in life WITHIN REASON that you might've always desired??
OR...is it important you make MORE than just enough...as in WAY MORE...so that you can pay for and afford to buy all of the above in addition to things you might've wanted in life (or want at that time) that aren't everyday items that perhaps everyone possesses...
me, personally...i fall under the first category....i feel like, when i reach the point where i am making enough to pay for everything that NEEDS to be pay for, first and foremost....in addition to being able to afford a few extra things for myself that aren't necessarily necessities....PLUS...i really love, enjoy, and do best at what I do for living at that time...then, everything else'll just be leisure or maybe bonus activitiy/achievements, ya know? but maybe that's just me...
okay, the reason this question came up...was because, today in my Media History class, my professor happened to mention wealth as a very important factor in America's history...of course, most already knew that...
but something she said kind of got to me....ok, keep in mind she's been all over the world & back...all over the nation, etc. etc...so she has a much broader mind than us lil' undergraduate students trying to obtain our first (bachelor) degree...
anyways, though...she said pretty much that, "for those of you who in life are making $50,000 after a few years out of college and think you're doing something, you're not...because there are many people your age across the country who are making $200,000, $300,000, and up...and i'm not talking about those rapping, acting, etc."
& this one girl sitting across from me shook her head like, i hope that isn't me (only making $50,000 a year)...now i'm thinking to myself...
okay, if i want to live in some place like NEW YORK for my whole life, then yeah....$50,000 ain't gonna do a dag on thing....but if i really stayed in NC for the majority of the rest of my life....especially if i'm not even considering the family factor...wouldn't $50,000 be enough?
& yeah, today's $50,000 won't have the same worth as maybe 10 years from now...but ya'll know what I mean....i guess what i'm saying is wealth is not all that important to me....if it happens, great...if in the midst of doing things i love in life and things that are important to me, I achieve it, then great....but as far as those who aren't satisfied with just making enough to live life comfortably & still have some change left on the side...that just isn't me....
I'll have spent time and money to get just a few pieces of damn paper. I'll be damned if I'm content making just enough. I won't be content until I have enough that my wife and kids are more than content and I live in an absolute PALACE. :evil:
In no way am i obsessed with money and greed....however....im the type of person that needs to have more than enough....just the fact that i know i have it...makes me feel safe and secure....i guess im that way because of the money situation in my household now....which is why im headstrong on being an independent woman...and earning my own money....so i can take care of me.....with or w/o a husband
I calculated how much I was going to need to live the life I'm living right now and it came to 60,000 before taxes (housing + food+ etc.) I can imagine if I have a family I'll need a lot more than that. That's just me .
Yeah, I know I'm spoiled :twisted: So What?
The teacher was right. There is a neighborhood in my town ( and every town) with 600,000 to million dollar + houses. No athletes, rappers, entertainers. People who go to work everyday.There are some black people there, not many.They are doctors, corporate lawyers, VP's. So in a way it's something everyone can aspire to. Major in the right thing. 60 Minutes did a story on Black subdivisions in Atl. living like that.
I need to be prosperous, which means that I need to be productive to the point where I am not just surviving, but accomplishing something.
I don't feel that I have been placed here simply to support myself and be comfortable. I believe that I have a duty to make change while I am alive, and to do that I need resources. I can't be much help to anyone if I am busy keeping my head above water.
This is why I think it is important for me to plan to be wealthy, and to find ways to invest my money to maximize my return on investment. I think that real estate is the best vehicle to allow me to be independent from being tied to a 9 to 5 job and producing the kind of returns I need to fulfill my goals. Holla!
okay, I definitely feel everyone who said they'd prefer making more than enough...
the thing is...I don't want it to seem like I'd just be settling in life.....
#1...if I have a family...that's different...I want to be able to give my family the best, ya know...so when I say "content," i don't just mean enough for myself and i DEFINITELY don't mean "barely making it," as some of the previous have implied....
it's more than just survival about me...I DO want to be able to live life to the fullest...but my point is, you don't have to have an extreme salary to do that....unless you just want Bentleys, Escalades, $20-million houses, & whatnot, I think my point of view is very reasonable...
and like Neo mentioned...I do want to fulfull my utmost potential in life, but money for me doesn't play an important role in that factor...if I become the most successful and prosperous one could be, that's great...if I end up being ridiculously rich, that's great too...but really, doing much for many people and whatnot won't have to do with finances for me...it'll just be something extra that I'd like to do....does that make sense?
lol, 'cause half of ya'll (if not most) r makin' it seem like I mind just barely making it in life...that's not what it is...I aspire to excell, but I don't have to be rich to be there...& by just making "enough," that means that I can well-afford everything necessary and everything I want, but I don't have to have EVERYthing...
so umm...yeah, anywayz tho...
