Salary is a big deal for a lot of people. In fact its such a big deal for some people that they will sacrifice themselves or their coworkers to squeeze just a little more $/hour. In general I think its safe to say that most people work for money. Right? Generally, people work to make money, and by that what I really mean is that people work to make enough money so that hopefully someday they will not have to work anymore; at that point they hope to enjoy living off the interest accrued from whatever retirement package they choose to use when they started working.
Well, what is money? What are those greenish
photo credit: hickoryhollow113 pieces of paper or numbers on a bank statement? They are just a means to achieve an end; in other words, retirement. Sure you go on vacations, buy big houses, marry someone, but if you take a step back and look at the purpose of these little bills to any civilized human being on the planet you will see that it all leads up to the point where all of a sudden there is no reason to continue working anymore because you have enough invested that even 4% return will pay your salary each year.
Ultimately these pieces of paper are your retirement, nothing more. They certainly do not represent any real wealth, as millions found out last November. Do not get me wrong I am not going to discuss what some call “The Federal Bank Conspiracy.” Which includes theories explaining the devaluation of the dollar, global government, criminals in fancy suits (although you would do yourself a favor by learning a little bit about the origin and meaning of those green bits of paper). I am just going to explain some of my own reasons for not defining my life by my eventual retirement.
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