I remember a post here before saying that it was better to just not aim for experiencing luxurious things because you will get used to it and it will be difficult when you go back to not being able to afford them. It made me think of whether there is a difference between people who grew up poor and people who grew up rich when it comes to their dreams and aspirations and goals.
Are poor people more prone to staying poor because they have become complacent? Or maybe because they are just not aware of the greater things in life since they have never experienced it ever? As opposed to someone who grew up rich but later on in life became poor, since he has experienced what it is to have a better life maybe he will be more motivated to get there.
Are poor people just working for mere survival or with the hopes of living a better life far beyond what they can ever comprehend?
Wow! What a reflection!
I think that those who grow up poor tend to have a very limited expose to luxurious living standards, so their dreams start out more pragmatic, such as paying basic bills, achieving stability and especially getting out of debt. If they have
anysome motivation at all,
it'sits driven by immediate need, as everything else is stifled by the exhaustion of simply
survivingsurvive your life.
On the other hand, those who grew up rich (you know this concept is very relative, right?) have very high standards of comfort and easy access to various things, so when they lose everything, they face a major shock of scarcity that will certainly generate an urge to try to recover what they lost. But... I don't doubt that there are those who, out of frustration and shame at the drop in social standards, take the opposite path: they spiral into discouragement and stagnation.
Of course, these two aspects
cannotcant be generalized to everyone
;... there are many exceptions, but I believe this is the "standard."
I'm still a poor person trying to change my life with Bitcoin.