Making Money Online, Finance, Business, Spirituality, Obsession, Mindfulness

We Know We Are Obsessed With Money, Yet We Still Don’t Realize What’s Happening

The Stress Towards This Resource Has Reached a Critical Mass

It’s like we’re all playing this giant game, where the score is kept in dollars and cents. We know, deep down, that it’s just a game, yet we’re all in, hearts racing, eyes glued to the scoreboard.

But here’s the kicker: even as we play, there’s this quiet voice inside, whispering, “Hey, isn’t there more to life?”

About The Loop We Are Stuck In

This obsession with money, it’s like a fog that’s settled over our lives, thick and unyielding.

It’s like we’re stuck in this loop, fully aware yet somehow unable to press ‘stop.’

We wake up to it, we work in it, and if we’re not careful, we lose ourselves in it. It’s gotten to the point where the stress about this resource, this man-made concept of wealth, is pushing us to the edge.

Money, for all its usefulness, has morphed into something else in our lives — a measure of success, a ticket to happiness, a band-aid for our insecurities. We tell ourselves that if we just had a bit more, we’d be happier, more secure, more fulfilled. But deep down, in that quiet space within us, we know that’s not entirely true.

I am not saying I have mastered all of this. I certainly currently do not.

“For example, my struggle regarding money is that I hope more people subscribe to the paid version of this substack, because it would give me the time and energy to do what I love, such as writing those articles, helping our collective, and helping individuals who struggle in this modern world.

I want to build stuff that empowers, connects and helps people and groups to stand up for themselves, but currently, I can't do that if I don't have the financial resources (and time) to work on this vision.

But I will work hard to do it anyway.”

But then, in those rare moments of quiet, my inner self gently reminds me, “This isn’t it.”

It’s in those moments I realize that the constant stress about money, about having more, being more, is just a distraction from what truly matters.

What if, instead of obsessing over our bank balances, we tuned into our inner selves?

What if we listened, really listened, to that voice that tells us that joy, connection, love, and peace aren’t things we can buy, but things we already have within us?

Late Stages of Capitalism: More Collective Stress and Questioning

The stress towards money has indeed reached a critical mass. It’s affecting our health, our relationships, our peace of mind.

It’s like we’re sacrificing our well-being at the altar of wealth, forgetting that the best parts of life aren’t transactional.

So here’s a thought: let’s try to shift the balance. Let’s start valuing our peace of mind as much as our portfolios.

Let’s invest in moments, in people, in experiences that feed our souls.

Because at the end of the day, the richest moments often cost nothing at all.

Keeping the Balance While Not Giving up on Financial Development

This isn’t a call to abandon all pursuit of financial stability. We live in a world where money is necessary, no doubt about it. But it’s a plea to reassess our relationship with it. To question why we’ve given it so much power over our lives.

To explore what it would mean to find balance, to make space for listening to our inner selves. It’s a tool, a resource that, when used wisely, can bring about a lot of good.

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But it’s not the end goal. I don’t say don’t work on yourself, develop a sustainable business and work on your finances. I say don’t obsess over all of that. Don’t get attached to this ressource.

Don’t get too obsessed over it so you can’t even see what’s in front of you.

You do not need to spend every minute of your day maximizing profits, leveraging all you can, searching for opitimization and problem solving 24/7..

And yes, that’s what I am also telling myself because I know it is the truth.

Sometimes it is needed, but we also need to detach, relax, do something else we love, and forget about all the business stuff.

Our happiness, our sense of fulfillment, shouldn’t be tied to something as volatile as currency.

Wrapping It All Up:

Let’s start listening to our inner selves more. Let’s trust that voice that seeks more than just material wealth.

In this chase for financial success, let’s not forget to live.

Because, in the grand scheme of things, we’re more than just players in this game. We’re the creators of our own stories (individually and collectively), and it’s time we wrote chapters that resonate with who we truly are, beyond the numbers in our accounts.

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