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[quote=BARONTWANGLE,279487]Jimmy.  I too wonder why some people work so hard.  Personally, I only work to get as much money as I need to support the lifestyle I desire.  Luckily I am not a materialistic person, so I can live a fairly modest life, and be content.  However, I know many people who have enough money to retire tomorrow (even though they are still fairly young), but they continue to work, often moaning about it.  Some people need to work hard just to support a basic living, especially of they have dependents.  What I think most people don't even consider, is the value of their time.  Sure it is nice to have a new car/tv/house/computer/etc, but how many people consider the time they will have to work to earn the money to pay for it?  Take a new car costing 150,000 Yuan - if a person earned 15,000 per month, then it is easy to do tha maths.  However, if this same person spends 4000 Yuan per month on rent, 2000 on food, 1000 on clothes and other necessities, and 500 on transport, then their disposible income is only 7,500 Yuan per month. To buy the car now means working for almost 2 years.  If someone offered you a "free" car but said you had to work hard for 2 years to qualify to get it, then it doesn't seem so appealing does it?

Personally, I value my time far more than I value money.  Each of us only has a limited time on this tiny planet, so why waste more than you need to working?  When you die, you can't take money with you, so there's really not much point in having huge excesses of it.  Of course, some people love their jobs, but I think most people who say this, only love elements of their jobs.  They still have bad days, and still hate getting out of bed some mornings to go to work.  I think that if you ever get to the stage where you don't want to jump out of bed to go to work, it is time to look for a new one.  Unfortunately, some people don't have the luxury of this option, and that is another debate.

I know many people who work hard every day, doing jobs they really don't enjoy (although they may have done at one time).  They commute to work and home again on crowded busses or trains, and work in bad environments.  The only reward they receive is money, and they say they are saving for their retirement.  However, to me it seems really stupid to sacrifice the happiness of your working years in the hope that you will live long enough and be healthy enough to enjoy a happy retirement.  Surely it makes more sense to enjoy your more youthful years?

Then there is the element of competition.  People love to compete with each other (especially friends and family), and prove to everyone how successful they have been.  But why do these people measure success by wealth?  Shouldn't we measure success by happiness?  I'd rather die a happy man than a rich man.  Money doesn't buy happiness, it merely pays for the search.
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