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My latest goal for myself is to understand and reprogram the greed that has been instilled in me since birth.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to go out and sell all my possessions and give away all my wealth. This is more about a life goal of total awareness of why I do things, how I think, and how I came to be this way.

The fact that I (and so many other humans) are so motivated by the concept of “more” is really interesting when you think about it and it guides so many of our life choices and day to day actions.

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[ARCHIVED] Jay 2y ago

What I started doing was transforming my mindset from greed into investment. Spending time, money, and energy on anything is an investment into your future. Learning, growing, and building for yourself and your loved ones is better than accumulating, signaling, and spending your life into the hands of others.

Bill Cypher 2y ago

For me, greed feeds on uncertainty. The more uncertain the future feels the more I feel that I need. The more you have the more escape from trouble that you can buy. I don't think it is irrational to get stuck in that loop.

That said, most of the anxiety and uncertainty comes from living in future problems in my mind even though they aren't here today. Being more present allows me to disengage from that thought loop.

Once I'm not trapped in that loop, I can make more rational decisions. Should I be saving? Yes. Am I saving a good amount given income and expenses? Yes. Are my expenses kept reasonable and focused towards my long term goals? Yes. Am I making a reasonable effort to increase my income? Yes.

Once I know all of those are true, it is time to get back to the work and more importantly the fun of today and stop stressing about the future.

Now if you'll excuse me... Time to put away my phone and go play Legos with my kids.

Not my name 2y ago

As usual, a thoughtful and well reasoned reply. Thank you Sir.

And I agree, legos represent time well spent. :)

🇩𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 🇼𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪 2y ago

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201410/is-greed-good

Not my name 2y ago

Thanks for the link. Greed can certainly be an effective source of motivation. However, it is mostly a subconscious one, and for whatever reason, that kind of thing bothers me. Perhaps it’s the fact that subconscious sources of motivation are easily exploited by things like advertising, marketing, etc. I personally don’t have anything against being consciously greedy as, in this sense at least, it represents more of a personal choice.

I’m still working all this out for myself, but so far it’s been a good thought exercise.

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