Wealth and Riches

How much is enough?

Going thru a midlife, the thought came up.

How much money is enough before we stop or do we ever stop?

We work, we save, but the amount just keeps growing.

Used to be that 100k is a big sum in the olden days.

Now, even 1 mil people are saying is insufficient to retire.

I once read a book on wealth and they mention that after the first 200 million, the rest becomes a number.

How many houses, planes, cars etc... can you buy?

Of course, if you are buying your own starship, 200 mil might seriously be not enough.

Yet, there are places in this world where we can retire on 200k, semi third world countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia (countryside and not the capital cities).

So seriously, guess it's a matter of to each his own.

Penny for thoughts. 

What do we want from our life

Wow, it's been a while since I had the time to come back to this.

Taking a break between jobs currently and thoughts just come back.

What do we want from our lives?

Having a lot of time and not much money lead me to the question above.

A friend asked me if what I currently go thru (no work, no pressure, essentially a fairly carefree life) is what I want.

A lot of people will actually say yes and admire what I am going thru.

I once thought that yes, this is what I want, to be free, to do nothing or things which I just like etc.. but in truth some of it can be slightly boring.

The days fly by and before you know it, it's nights, weekends, month ends etc...

I do think that each person will have their wants and needs.

For me I am ready to start doing something again.

Of course, that might once again change with time....  :P