Having enough

I stumbled upon a very clickbait-y Twitter thread this morning. Some passive entrepreneur grifter was selling his book, but had a viral thread where he posted videos of this one guy (not himself) going around and asking 70-100 year old folks what matters in life. It was one of the few times I’m glad I watched a grifter’s thread.

I had been feeling a bit uneasy about money recently. I haven’t been struggling by any means as Sophia and I have everything we need and live a good life. But after two bad market years combined with the potential that we’re starting a family soon had me perhaps nervous about money for the first time since right out of college.

Of course, this was all in my head. Sophia and I make more than enough to live comfortably. We’re not rich by any means (and probably not close in the spectrum in SF), but we both work good jobs and bring in enough that we have everything we need and then some.

This thread of videos really brought me some positive thoughts and energy back to my brain when it comes to money. Nearly every one of the people interviewed mentioned that in their older age, the thing that felt like it mattered more in the early years was money. At their age, they’ve realized that there’s a lot of things money can’t buy such as love, relationships, and time. You can’t buy more time with someone.

While money will be important in the aspect of being able to provide for my family, the most important thing in life is love and relationships. At the end of the day, this thread was an amazing reminder that enough is all we really need.