5 Things To Do Before You Lose Everything

Enjoy both the highs and the lows in your life.

Listen. Money’s nice.

As a matter of fact, I’d say that money opens doors to a higher quality of human experience.

But, I distinctly remember that despite being relatively poor and devoid of luxurious assets, my family and I were rather happy.

You know how the saying goes, “More money, more problems.”

Huh.

Well, you’d think the opposite would be true. Wouldn’t I have fewer problems if I had more money?

Theoretically, yes, if your problems result from having less money than you need. Then again, who determines how much money you need?

You do, silly!

When you have more money, naturally, you’ll also have a higher standard of living. Which elevates what’s required to maintain your happiness. Having lots of money puts your brain in a state similar to that of a drug addict.

Eventually, you’re gonna need more drugs — uh, money!

And you may not want to think about what things will be like if you don’t maintain your income, but the higher you climb, the harder you’ll fall.

Unless you wanna end up as an injured drug addict, you might wanna make some changes. Luckily, I got your back.

5. Have Humility

The more money you have, the greater your likelihood of becoming successful. Likewise, the more humility you have, the least likely you are to become greedy and self-serving.

Think of humility as the only thing keeping you from becoming a blood-sucking vampire, as you move up in income level.

It’s alright to make money and do well for yourself, but don’t let it transform you into a leech. The Earth and humankind as a whole, can’t take many more of those. Instead of seeking how much more you can extract from people, use the excess you have to provide for others with less.

4. Give Everything Freely

You’d be surprised how good it feels to just give someone something for free. This feeling of fulfilment is addicting (the good kind), and more often than not, it costs nothing to be kind. Just listening to someone rant about their problems is enough to make their day.

3. Build Relationships

You ought to be involved in the lives of others. Your family, your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers. Get to know them, and know them well. Help them when they need it, within reason. And when you need help, don’t be ashamed to ask.

You won’t survive without the support of the people in your life, ready to catch you if you fall. Humans weren’t designed to be alone. We need each other.

2. Invest In Your Community

Your time and your money. It’s amazing how simple this is, yet only a few people do this. Imagine if your entire neighborhood was doing its part to improve the community.

Repairing houses, organizing school events, planning town festivities, voting on state projects like improvements to infrastructure and government. You may already see this type of community involvement in small populations. Truly, it’s a beautiful thing to behold when done right.

1. Value the Present, Greatly

Our time is precious. All of us are aware of this. After all, this worldwide realization caused The Great Resignation.

You should also know that you won’t be able to buy back your time no matter how much money you make.

Since you don’t know when your time will be up, there’s no guarantee of it to begin with. So…

Stop making your life so busy! Quit all that hustle and bustle! Being more productive is making you less available to the people that matter the most, when it matters the most — right now!

You might be thinking, “Well, how do I know when I should work and when I shouldn’t?” You might not like the answer, but…

You won’t. You’ll never know when it’s “the right time”. And not knowing is scary.

Therefore you don’t want to lock yourself into a lifestyle that controls your time and sucks up all your money. You don’t want to maintain a lifestyle that will leave you homeless if you lose your job. All that fancy living is nice when you’re living it, but makes it harder to live without.

As each day comes, you find a balance. Then it will always be the “right time”.

Life’s a roller coaster.

Buckle up, baby! Enjoy the ride!

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