Having options. If I'd like, I could buy the house, buy the car or travel the world. I didn't because it's not financially the right decision, at least it wasn't at that moment.
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And I see this everywhere. The four of us in the room all came from the same school. Same age. Same opportunities. Three wheeling in heavy debt, trynna keep it up with side hustles. One with a positive balance who never needs to be a corporate slave again.
You can't say you're not successful when your situation is not just the norm of our society. Your friends view of being wealthy is through material things while you is freedom.
Having freedom for is more better than owning luxurious things. You're not living in debt and can do whatever you want anytime. You're not living to please other people and just doing what you want. Being wealthy is not measured by the amount of money a person earns but how he appreciates it in the end.