What's more important in life???

Question

Money or Happiness. Now I don't mean this in the same way a teacher would mean it. I'm a 14 year old kid, who looks at the future a little differently than most 14 year old kids would. I don't want to be super poor, living on the streets. I don't want to be rich, and live in a mansion in California. My dream in the future...is just living on a farm, driving a 2000 Ford Pick up truck, waking up 4 in the morning every day, just to work on the farm. All I hear from adults is that they all want to win the lottery and get rich. I guess it does make a big difference if you have kids or not. So the question is....Am I better off going for the 100,000 dollars a year business man. basically making that money to buy stuff that i'll never use cause I'm never home...or say 30, 000 dollars a year. but living where i wanna live, not working hard at my real job, but working my *** off at home, having fun?

Also Some more detail---I live in Texas, so when I say making 30,000 dollars a year. Californians, and New Yorkans, 30,000 a year in Texas gets you a lot more than it would there.


And Ya are pretty much helping a lot. Thanks.

Also Some more detail---I live in Texas, so when I say making 30,000 dollars a year. Californians, and New Yorkans, 30,000 a year in Texas gets you a lot more than it would there.


And Ya are pretty much helping a lot. Thanks.
And its going to be super hard picking a best answer.

Something else I would like add to is that, I heard one guy say I could make an excellent farm girl....Umm...yeahhh Im not a girl.

Answer 1

Happiness. Money comes and goes

Answer 2

I guess my response is a little different than the rest of them, probably because I'm older. You compared two scenarios. One was of a businessman making $100,000 per year and never home, and the other of a farmer making $30,000 working on his farm. I just want to mention that there is alot in between those two scenarios. Things you may not have thought of is that it's great to be a farmer when you're young and have a strong back. But if you do hard labor work, by the time you're in your late forties, your body will rebel with alot of aches and pains. The guy working in an office may be using his brain to make a living, thereby being able to do that well into old age - that of course is if he stays active in his personal life to counter sitting at a desk all day. Regardless of what people say, money DOES buy quite a bit of happiness. Not everything, but a heck of a lot of it. Someday you will most likely have a family. The man making $100,000 a year will be able to provide a nicer home, a nicer location, more opportunities for his children, their college education, etc. The farmer may have a simpler life, but what if one of his children doesn't want the farming life and they want to be something else that requires college, which most other professions do? Making $30,000 you would barely be able to feed and clothe your family, much less provide them with any opportunities. ...... These are just some other thoughts to think about.

Answer 3

You shouldn't look at life in black and white. It is not money or happiness because money often brings a good amount of happiness. (If you don't believe, ask those who are poor). Money is an escrow for barter system and therefore, it is incorrect to attach a taboo to it, as if it is against happiness.

In today's real world you can't live without money, just like you can't live without water or air.

Having said that, most people are generally not ultra-greedy to sacrifice their lives for money that they won't use. A few people who got stinkingly rich (warren buffet or bill gates) never really intended to be that rich, and it was merely incidental that they got that rich.

It is quite possible to be happy and at the same time set high ambitions. Life get interesting if you set a high bar of challenges. And money is a measure of how well one performs in those challenges. No money really goes waste in the final calculation. You can always donate to your favorite charity, share with friends and family, improve the quality of life around etc. You can be a farm girl AND a rich farm girl at that. You can produce high quality farm produce, bring more automation into farming, research on how to improve the fertility of the soil, lower the toxic content and other smart exercises that are useful for everyone (and might incidently make you very rich but you don't have to worry about that).

In brief, there is no need to trade any one for the other. They aren't mutually exclusive.

Answer 4

Happiness is definitely more important. It's actually nice to hear that you want to do some hard work...most teenagers today think they should have everything handed to them. Even though you would like to farm, doesn't mean you can't also make a lot of money...you just have to get into the right kind of farming for the area that you're in. I would suggest taking some business, marketing and agricultural classes in school to help you figure out what you want to do and what would be the best career move. Work hard and good luck to you!

Answer 5

Dear fellow future farmer.

Farming is the life. In most cases you live where you work, and that is often included in your package. Kids on farms grow up more with more freedom of movement than those in cities, and generally have a better work ethic because of helping dad on the farm.

But think out of the box - buy a farm, somehow. That way you get the money and success that comes from careful hard work, and the peace and quiet of a rural life.

Go for it my man!

Answer 6

Happiness

Answer 7

Happiness

Answer 8

Happiness is what I value most. It seems that there is never enough money, especially for the rich man. And one thing I have learned is that more money brings more problems. I have seen families torn apart over money. And I have seen families pulled together because of poverty. Money will always be out there for the taking. But we only have so much time to spend with our families. Great question to reflect on. Good Luck and God Bless!

Answer 9

Happiness is more important.

The people who want to win the lottery want the money so they can make their lives better. The money can help secure their children(s)' college tuition so they won't have to struggle for the money. Or, they want to experience life abroad, live their life long dream (maybe starting a business, buying some car they fantasized about since they were 5 or so, etc) and plenty of other things.

Answer 10

I would be more comfortable living in a log cabin surrounded by a hundred acres of woods than in a mansion. I wish money wasn't all that important, but I have suffered financial hardship this year because of medical needs. I would like to have enough money to buy my "log cabin" in the woods and pay off my debts, but I know that happiness in the long run is more important.

Answer 11

You write your own destiny... You can do anything you want, if you truely truely want to do it...

You will have choices to be made, do what you feel is right, not what others think is right although some people you meet will give you just and unbiased opinions to aide you in your quests.

I would recommend this book... It has brought me the greatest happiness because I feel I have made the right choices in life.

Many people told me in the past that what I want to do is impossible, or is ridiculous, but they are not saying this now...

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And happiness comes first of-course! Money is simply a conveinence.