Since I completed my move, I don’t have to shop so much now. Buying necessary items is not as exciting as spending money on entertainment. Today, I will talk about richness related to that.
How to be rich
Sometimes, we want to be rich, especially when unsatisfied with the current situation.
Although we want to break through this stagnation, we don’t know how to make it happen. That makes us want wealth because we can easily improve our lives. Spending money is a typical example. Money can solve many things.
However, we sometimes cannot make money, no matter how hard we try to be rich. We were not always born with the gift of earning. That depresses us.
In such a case, changing our mindset about being rich might work. Spending a lot of money is not richness. Today, I will explain why.
Which is rich, spending money or not spending?
We can have two different goals as follows:
- A state we spend a lot of money is not ideal for a goal. It means we are not satisfied with the situation. In other words, this state indicates we are unsatisfied, so we spend a lot of money.
- A state we don’t have to spend so much money is ideal for the goal, especially for people who want to live peacefully in the countryside. We are satisfied with the circumstances and can live naturally.
If you want to live naturally, I recommend you apply the latter as your goal.
Let me explain the details below.
Modifying the definition of wealth
Many people want to be rich because they can spend a lot of money. It allows them to play around and have an exciting life. In other words, they want to spend money. They believe that is wealth.
However, I recently changed my definition of wealth after my move last month. My wealth is a state without the necessity of using money. This is because it indicates I am fulfilled.
Imagine a state where we have enough food. In this situation, we don’t have to spend so much money on food. This is because we are satisfied. As long as we can live healthily, we don’t need too much food.
On the other hand, the state we want to spend a lot of money on meals implies we are not satisfied with our meals or something else.
Making satisfaction a goal
Not just food, this can apply to many things, such as clothes, items, living places, or entertainment. Spending a lot of money is not a healthy state.
If we set such an unsatisfactory state as a goal, we will never be satisfied.
That is why we often cannot be rich if we try to spend a lot of money.
Two purposes for spending money
Perhaps a lot of commercial marketing caused this misunderstanding. Although a new experience or convenience creates excitement or comfort, they don’t always fit our lifestyles.
We use the money for two purposes as follows:
- To buy necessary things: When we improve our lives, we use money this way. Although we take pleasure in improving our lives, this is often not exciting. We buy it because we need it. The cheaper, the better, as long as it meets requirements.
- To buy excitement: When we want to distract our stresses or satisfy our emotions, we use money this way. Excitement refreshes our minds. However, we often ignore the root problem. We don’t know the quality we need. The more exciting, the better.
Problem-solving thinking when improving our lives
When we improve our lives with our creativity, we become problem-solving thinkers.
Investment is an example. Assume this situation: we find we can reduce energy costs if we purchase an induction cooktop and use it for at least 1 year.
In this situation, although we are happy to be able to improve our lives, it is different from emotional excitement. We buy it because we need it. We don’t need more performance than we need. Investing is not exciting.
On the other hand, using money to feel emotional comfort has no limitation. The more exciting, the better, such as expensive wine or a luxury hotel room. Perhaps we want to forget or escape from our current bad situation. It often makes us wish we had unlimited money while ignoring the root problem. This is not problem-solving thinking.
In other words, we can buy things calmly when we try to solve the problems in our lives. It is the same feeling as investing. Even if we fail, we can learn new things and not regret spending money.
Setting an appropriate goal to be rich
That tells us an appropriate goal: a state we don’t have to spend so much money. In such a state, we use only necessity.
In my case, I don’t have to go shopping so often now. After I moved to the countryside, I lost my desire for shopping even more. Perhaps this is because I can manage my items and have come to live more naturally.
Of course, we have to be honest with ourselves. When we lie to ourselves, we often disguise distraction as a necessity. That is why solving our mental problems allows us to improve our lives steadily.
As long as we are honest with ourselves, we can improve our lives without wasting money.
Conclusion
That is why changing our mindset about being rich might work to be wealthy.
A state we spend a lot of money is not rich. A state we don’t have to spend so much money is an ideal.
This knowledge might allow us to improve our lives steadily.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
