Juzi there was a wazuan who was telling us you need 800k net to live comfortably in Kenya

Then I heard some people in this country are paying 22M to educate their kids up to grade 13



Anyway, I think I'm the one who needs toi work on the CONTENTMENT part

http://www.nation.co.ke/...2/-/70re3qz/-/index.html

@Lolest! - One does not need anywhere close to 800k net a month to live comfortably. Yet for some, 800k a month is not enough!!! It depends with what you consider important.

I know there are private jets, helicopters, limited sports cars, private islands, private performances by Adele and Jay Z for kids birthdays, holiday homes all over etc. to buy/pay for but luckily for me, I don't think I need those to live a full/complete life. Some of them are nice things to have but I don't NEED them. I might WANT them, but NEED, No! And even once you get all of them, you will still want more. Someone will be owning a bigger private jet than yours, faster and rarer sports car, a more exclusive private island with perfect weather all year round etc. And the cycle continues.

What makes you happy, content and comfortable? If it is material possession, that is very sad!!! And how much material possession at that? Will it ever be enough??

Its funny guys are defending normal life as having a car, putting kids through school, having a 5,6,7 m house. That is rich by kenyan standards, majority of kenyans are poor and live on less than a dollar a day. thats like 3k per month.
Now imagine the 3k per month person saying, I don't want to be rich, a car is stressful with the parking menace, car jackings e.t.c, a house is stressful since you need metal windows and you can be attacked anytime, and you have to maintain it, have a house help, why put your kids to a school you pay 20-30 k per term that's like a ten year income.
There is nothing like comfortable 'riches' all assets or money generating ventures comes at a cost.

I should spend less time worrying about my wealth and spend more time on my health. If you spend much time on wealth my assumption is some diseases can catch up and feed on your health and you won't be there to enjoy the wealth .

Denmark as a country doesn't have much wealth like usa but it has the best Healthcare ,education and labor force . People work only 35 hrs a week .results is that they have the highest life expectancy and people are generally happier than any country in the world, not because of richness but people there persue happiness instead of wealth.usa on the other side is opposite of Denmark because people are driven by desire to have more and more and more at what cost? At cost of broken families, compromised food- pesticides and gmo,broken Healthcare system ,broken labor laws-ask most kenyans they work two or more jobs 65hr+ a week,has highest gun violence in the world, It's the country with the most cancer patients,has the highest infant mortality,low life expectancy,and many more .

So to prove your point every level of wealth comes at a cost as you put it is true BUT it depends whether you chose to be happy with your wealth and health or not. As mentioned some of these stinking rich guys live on medications sir-antidepressants ,anti-anxiety ,bipolar ,moods stabilizers call it. All in the name of worrying about my much wealth. Lakini wafula in bungoma with his 3 acres ya miwa uses his bonus to pay fees will never book appointment to go take all the above meds,except now that Mumias company is on turbulence .move around and you will see.


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Happiness in Denmark

UpcomingPaperChaser, you made my evening . Wewe u never get late to mention "mpango" kwani wewe u have too much testosterone hormones aje.

Two I'm happy all your ideas are based in kenya sio ulaya the way you had wanted earlier . I'm happy someone changed your mind somehow .

Why do you need 6 bedrooms unless you want to have 6 children. Unless u want your mipangos to inhabit those rooms

Have a trustworthy doc to help you with the antidepressants and bipolar meds .you will need him later when your mipangos start firing back

Thank me later

With this lifestyle the 100m will be finished in less than a year... Kwanza two wives and a mpango

I had to go back and check the topic of the thread, wazua

1. Am going Ulaya to look for money to satiate this lifestyle

2. Mpango na second wife lazma. Balanced diet, not just boiled cabbages daily.

3. 6 bedroom, u neva know, daughters might bear kids before getting married n fail to get husbands!! so it will be babu na wajukuu wake

4. Playing basketball is entranched in my blood, so no worries for blood pressure.

Absolutely, they play a critical role in ensuring that the social fabric is intact and ensuring merrier moments as asali ya kuchovya ni tamu kuliko ya nyumbani

You are not getting the message.

Money is not bad. The issue is the cost of getting it and the balance in life. If I am poor, then I will work even 15 hours a day because I am looking for basic needs!!! I will not work 8 hours for some balance while my kids are sleeping hungry, have been sent home for school fees etc.

BUT when I get to some level (And this level depends on individuals and is where most of us go wrong) I reevaluate the balance. If have a home, a functional car, can afford to pay all bills and sudden financial shocks will not put my family's welfare in jeopardy, I have assured/passive income (A few hundred thousands as most are quoting a month) then I allocate more time to my kids, family, friends, hobbies, health etc.

There is nothing wrong with one legally earning hundreds of thousands or even millions a month if the life-work balance is not upset (and is actually in favour of life).

If I am making 500k a month working 6 hours a day but can make 1 million working 15 hours a day and in the process sacrificing things I hold dear to - like kids - believe you me, I will not!! But if using my brain I can make a million in the same 6 hours a day or may be I need to add an hour or two, then why not!!!

Amassing wealth just for the sake has taken over our lives. You leave the house at 5:00am and you are working up to 10:00 pm for most of your life and for what? Your kids only see you on Sunday as you are taking them for the family outing/lunch where you spend half your time on the phone. You don't even know you kids' favourite food, music etc., you don't know the name of even one of their friends, you don't attend weddings, funerals, birthdays, get togethers etc ukitafuta pesa.