| I wasn't really meaning the As-Seen-On-TV "rich and happy". I meant "happiness" more as the opposite of "pain and despair". If you are not in a place mentally to have a partner and children, don't do it. Same with "health". If you aren't healthy, either by circumstance or by choice, you probably aren't ready for a partner or kids. "Money" is relative. I really mean, if you have enough resources to provide for more than yourself. If you can't provide anything for a relationship, or kids, you aren't ready. You could draw this as concentric rings of self-control, and only once you are in control of the inner ring, can you progress to outer rings. You must control your mind, body, environment, relationships, and offspring. If you lose control of one of the inner rings, then you cannot control the outer rings. |