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by david-gpu 1771 days ago
This reminds me of the adage that most people don't want to have a million dollars, they want to spend it.

You don't become a millionaire by spending a million dollars, but by _not_ spending it.

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Maybe when you are young... I always wanted a lot of money not to spend it but to do whatever I want. So freedom. And for me freedom is cheap so I have always been rich in my mind. I want to work with people I like, take off when I want to etc but I do not care, at all, about having stuff or luxury.
> most people don't want to have a million dollars, they want to spend it.

Had not heard that one, that's very good.

god damn i actually agree

all i thought was ways to spend it