Quote: (02-24-2013 01:08 PM)brianmark Wrote:
Quote: (02-23-2013 02:32 PM)Wool Suit Wrote:
Quote: (02-23-2013 02:18 PM)TheCaptainPower Wrote:
Why do you need to be happy? Men aren't supposed to be happy, I haven't been happy since 3rd grade.
I'm sorry to hear that. Duty is important, of course, and much of life isn't happy, but I can't disagree more with your statement that we aren't supposed to be happy. In the end, nothing else really matters.
As to the minimalism, also disagree heavily. I'm 25, make a lower-range six figures, don't own a car, prepay everything, and all my worldly belongings could fit in two suitcases. I could clear this room in 20 minutes flat, walk out the door, and never look back.
The stuff you own ends up owning you.
If I were a deca-millionaire would I buy a bunch of expensive toys? Maybe, maybe not.
I came to realize it's experiences that are worth paying for. Not owning a lot of stuff makes me happy. To each their own, of course.
I’ve lived both ways: materialism and minimalism. Having a nice house, nice car, and beautiful things will always help anywhere in the world. I’ve never met a girl in any country that would prefer a poor broke looking guy. I’ve also lived the minimalist lifestyle and lived out of suitcase for long periods of time. If this lifestyle will allow me to live in an exotic country then it is certainly worth it.
Heaven: American salary, English house, Chinese food; Russian & Thai lovers, no wife
Hell: -----Russian salary, Chinese house, English food; American, Filipina, & Russian wives
Why would a Filipina or Russian wife be hell?
Looks like you just don't want a wife at all (though I agree with the American wife part).
Wald