Quote Originally Posted by EyeKhan View Post
Whatever goal you identify for yourself in life, assuming its not an absurdity like suicide or homelessness, you can't achieve it without building your life meticulously around acquiring and managing money. Want to raise a family? You need money. Want to be a great painter? You need money. Want to be a scientist, an athlete, a movie star, an astronaut, a doctor, a lawyer, a garbage collector, a politician, a priest, you name it? You need money. Nobody can be safe, secure and healthy without money.
We all know it's a matter of degree. You're ignoring the "starving artist" or bohemian lifestyle, and even off-the-grid or self-sufficient lifestyle. Those are choices that don't require much money at all. There are blogs about people cutting up credit cards, growing their own food, living in micro houses, only buying used clothes or household goods, not being conspicuous consumers of energy or retail crap.

You seem to be caught up in your own consumer desires, and confusing them with needs. No one needs a house in the burbs with 1.8 children, 2 cars (with their own house), leather sofas, granite kitchen counter tops with cherry wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances, a flat screen tv, or a dog and a cat and fish tank.