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I'm like you, but I'm 30 and don't want a family or kids. And travel sounds incredibly boring. I've been investing 90% of my income the past five years. When the article or any coworker says "enjoy your hard earned money" it makes no sense to me. What does spending money have to do with happiness? And yet, more money is all I want. If you gave me a billion dollars tomorrow my first thought would be "how do I turn that into two billion?" I might become a monk. Serious. Ever thought of that?

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There are some studies out there (too lazy now to go search for any) that mentions that money is related to hapiness up to a point that it can get you out of poverty and make you stop thinking about it.. Then, the relation is mostly none.

Seriously, what would you do with those 2 billion?

That pretty much fit my philosophy on money. I always wanted to make enough to not have to worry about it (and I do).

All my bills are on autopay and generally speaking the only money I think about is just in terms of long term budgeting.

Doesn't eat up mindshare.

That research has been called into question [0]. In my opinion it's like anything else...there is no absolute answer. Some people will be happier with more money. Some won't.

[0] http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2013/...

Turn it into more billions, I guess. There really is no point, but then again, a lot of things seem pointless to me.

I might recommend you start Qi-Gong, or some authentic energy manipulation art. After 20 years of practicing or so (If one has a good teacher/school), things can get pretty interesting internally. This type of hobby is a prerequisite for shaolin monks who want to go further into the depths of zen meditation. (which would be quite dangerous at advanced levels without qi-gong allowing them to control their internal organizational cell energy (or Qi/Prana in Asian terms))

Do you have insight into why you want to corner the market on money?

Yes. I'm insecure about myself and I feel like having a lot of money might solve the issue. At least let me walk around confidently, comfortable in my own skin. At least, that's the hypothesis.

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