LUH 3417
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Why are rich people sick? Because money does not buy friends, love, character, or wisdom despite what everyone believesI never understand people who are rich but poor health. Yeah money doesn't directly make you happy but there are some immediate changes I would make which would have DRASTIC effects on my health positively
- Undergo a battery of blood tests and metabolic marker tests probably valued in the $k's, and repeat these tests at least twice a year if money was not an issue
- Move to a perfect climate like Hawaii or other sunny warm place
- Hire someone to grow crops for me, so I can eat totally fresh fruits and such
... Just to name a couple things I'd do with huge impacts to health. Maybe inheriting money is the real issue though, because if you inherit it you probably don't appreciate money as much as if you've had to struggle to earn it. Also most people, rich people as well as poor people, are not very health minded.
Back to the OP, I can share the negative sentiments. I think most 9-5 jobs are soul sucking. I have been wanting to retire from my job almost from day one LOL to be 100% frank I only stick it out because of the pay. I wouldn't be able to convince myself to switch to a different job unless it paid at least as well. Keep in mind I suffered a LOT to get this job, 6-7 years in college, lots of sleepless nights, excess alcohol and caffeine to get here, so I'm not gonna be quick to ditch it even if it's soul sucking, simply because the pay is good. But because it is soul sucking I do look for ways to accelerate the retirement plan.
A comment was made earlier disparaging mortgages but long term I think they are smart as long as you get a mortgage well within your means. I bought a house about 33% of my means, so it doesn't hurt too much, although I think I still paid too much. I'm down to only 80k owed on it though, which is not bad at all. I only have a few years left on the loan and I'm still young (32) will have it paid by 40, which is great, because then I'll have "Free" housing at 40. I put free in quotes because yeah I still pay taxes etc.
The thing is that housing is required unless you like being homeless. So yeah, housing is usually a "waste" of money, but it's like food - kind of necessary lol. You can either rent for the rest of your life and literally throw out money, or at least increase capital by putting it into a house.
In your ideal fantasy world you could still hypothetically be alone and loveless in Hawaii feeling guilty about having people labor for your fruit with a bunch of lab tests you are clueless about