Quote from: Dr.Bitcoin_Strange on Today at 01:53:42 PM

Quote from: Poker Player on September 21, 2023, 02:06:49 PM

There is a thing called contentment, which you haven't discovered yet.

I do, but sometimes one can do things out of ignorance, and later you just get to realize you took a wrong decision while you earlier thought it was a good decision you took.

Quote from: Dr.Bitcoin_Strange on September 21, 2023, 11:47:25 AM

I shared this based on some mistakes I made a few months ago when I took a lot of responsibility on my shoulder and took out a whole deal out of my savings to solve some problems, with the hope that I would start saving again to cover what I had taken out, but...

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Ok so learn from the mistake and don't make it again.

Yeah, definitely. One must not allow themselves to repeat a mistake again. I believe I have learned and also have a new idea for following up on things.

Quote from: philipma1957 on September 21, 2023, 09:01:21 PM

So needs are easy peasy for many people

wants not so much.

Boss, you know that human wants could even be something that is impossible to archive. An example is all the above wants that you have stated.

For example, let's say I want to become the president of my country within the next 48 hours; I want to buy 100 airplanes today; and I also want to perform a miracle and raise the dead. These are wants that are nearly impossible, but when talking about needs, let's say I need a car and I have the money to afford it; I need a shelter, and if I can't build my own at that moment, I can just rent one; I need food to eat; I could just buy food and eat.

But how about needs that concern one's siblings, parents, wife, and children? Perhaps if the person is in the right position to handle most of the bills for the needs of the family. Let's say you have your own needs to cover and those of your parents since they are old; you also have to assist your siblings with a few needs; and lastly, you have those of your own family (your wife and children). That's the reason I said, "You can't meet all your needs and desires at once, even if you spend all your salary." The person must have to attend to some of those needs gradually and must not just allocate all their salary or savings to them (at least still invest some percentage of their salary). There's no way one can solve all at once without others arising.

Boss, you are right; needs are easy peasy for some people, but not everyone. You have all you need, but that does not mean that some people do.

Quote from: philipma1957 on September 22, 2023, 03:23:25 PM

The title of this thread really is wrong as needs are easily satisfied.

Wants and desires can be next to impossible to satisfy.

I know a few people worth 10 to 800 million usd. Maybe six or seven people none of them have their wants satisfied and all of them have their needs satisfied.

No, boss, the topic is okay. I know that there are even some wants that don't need money to fulfill, and a typical example is when you are 66 and want to age back to 30.

You are right.

Some people have just not so much need, and it is easy to solve, but everyone is different, and we live in different countries where the economic system is not the same. Like I said in the previous comment, I insist that some people don't only have their own needs, but their parents' and siblings' too.

There are cultural differences as to what a need is.

My parents are gone.
My wife's parents are gone.

I have 2 brothers and 3 nieces .

They have most needs if no all taken care of. So feeding them financial aid is not needed to do.

My wife has a brother his finances are good. He does not need more money.

Now my bro-in-law has dementia he needs a new brain or a miracle cure. Money won't do it for him.

So yeah you can argue in his case he will not get what he needs.

A lot of times reading a thread on the net can help me expand my thinking.

As I now realize my wife's brother won't satisfy a need no matter what I do or she does or he does.

Trust me all people with dementia do need new brains or real cures and right now they won't get it.

So until I read what you had to say I was blinded to your idea. Thanks for the thread.