What Is the Purpose of Becoming Rich?

Almost every one of us wants to become rich. But unfortunately, we do not know the reason why we want to become rich. Sometimes and when I sit alone, I used to wonder if the aim to become rich has any purpose. This post discusses some of the thoughts that often spill out of my skull. Please read on.

You, like millions of others who live on this planet, may say that you want to become rich for enjoying the best of life's experiences. Most of life's experiences come under the following categories:

1. You want to have a sleep of the highest quality. The importance of sleep need not be over-emphasized. Though a number of people commit the mistake of neglecting it and do not bestow much importance on sleep, they also admit that quality sleep improves their productivity levels and rejuvenates them. But what do you need for having such good sleep? You obviously need a good and comfortable mattress. How much does such a mattress cost? Even casual research will reveal that you can get a great and high-quality mattress for about $1,500. 

The fact is that if you do proper research, you can get a mattress of the highest quality for a lesser amount as well. This means that you need not be as rich as Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates for buying a high-quality mattress. So, what is the point of becoming rich to buy an expensive mattress for having good sleep?

2. Secondly, you may want to have a great ambiance at your workplace. This is regardless of whether you are working for someone or some company or whether you are an entrepreneur or self-employed person. Having a great ambiance at your workplace is certainly good and so, you may think that spending money on it is completely justifiable. But you have to consider other factors as well because some of them may play spoilsport in your aim of having a great ambiance at your workplace. 

If you are an employee, you may have a boss who may be an irritating type. Or, your colleagues may not be cooperative. Even if you are running a business of your own, it may be wrong to assume that the employees you have hired are competent. So, these aspects are likely, or rather certainly, will rob your peace of mind at your workplace. This means your riches may not help you in achieving your aim of having a good ambiance at your workplace.

3. You may want to wear the best dresses. Wearing the best dresses is good as well. But should the best dresses be expensive? Should you be rich to buy the dresses that improve your looks and enhance your confidence level? Not at all. Even by buying reasonably-priced clothes, you can feel comfortable, enhance your appearance, and be self-confident. So, yet again, it is not necessary that you should be obsessed over getting rich for this sake.

4. You may want to eat and drink the best foods and drinks. It is true that there are a number of expensive food outlets and restaurants that are said to make tasty and delicious foods. But there are an equal or more number of restaurants that are not expensive and that offer equally or even tastier and more delicious dishes. Thanks to innumerable recipe channels, you can easily learn to make such great items at home as well and this will prove to be a fantastic option. This will drastically improve your culinary skills as well. The point is that you need not be rich for eating and drinking the best foods or drinks.

5. You may want to spend your time as you wish. Almost everyone will have this wish. If you think that money can help you achieve this aim, you are very much wrong. It is an unfortunate fact that extraneous reasons or factors may pop out like a bolt from the blue and prevent you from enjoying your time as per your liking. Not only that, for enjoying time as you wish, you need to have impeccable time management skills. You should have excellent man-management skills as well. Even if you assume you possess these skills, you are likely to falter in achieving this aim. Therefore, your notion that riches can help you in spending your time as you wish is wrong.

To summarize, if you think that the purpose of becoming rich is to get the above wishes fulfilled, pause for a moment and rejig the neurons of your brain, or rewire them because becoming or being rich may not help in getting these wishes fulfilled. Conversely put, it is not necessary that you should be rich for enjoying the best experiences in life. Even if you earn reasonably well, you can easily get this aim fulfilled. Simply put, instead of chasing riches, you have to get a few misconceptions or blocks removed from your mind and transform your attitude for enjoying your life. Amazingly and at once ironically, you will attract riches like a magnet if you stop chasing wealth.