If you're a healthy human being, if you have food on your table (even if it's 2 min noodles or oatmeal) and you have friends and family that can make you laugh. Then that's all you need.
There's a big difference between NEED and WANT. So ... just try to forget about this, honestly, there is NOTHING WE can do about it. It's a situation the WORLD is in, governments are trying their best to fix whatever they can, some with better results than others, but worrying, arguing etc will do nothing except make YOU unhappy and miserable.
Personally I like being happy and joyful, it's a choice.
Don't let money rule your world and have such great effect on how you live your life.
As for you Perez... have some love for Iceland ... after all ... it is the country that gave the world the musical geniuses and the out of this world musical experience that is Sigur Rós! And I'm freakin addicted to your page... so keep it up! :p
P.s. sorry I had to break it up into 3 different comments... but yeah.. I have a lot to say! :p
Money doesn't make me happy. In fact I pretty much have zero money in the bank, I've lost money on stock that I had in one of the banks that got taken over by the government and then turned over to the financial supervisory authority but does that change me as a person? No. Has it changed my consumer behavior? Yes and that's not really a bad thing. I take food with me to school instead of buying it and I don't got to the movies anymore ... is that a major dramatic loss? No not really ... the food I take with me is generally better and healthier than stuff I can buy for ridiculous amounts of money and as for movies... well I have tons of DVD's I can watch and if all else fails... I have about 20 books sitting on my bookshelf that I haven't had time to read.
Losing money and having less money isn't the end of the world. Things will be a bit different over the next few years but don't worry... you'll be able to get back to your excessive spending eventually. That is, if you still want to!
I honestly think the world has become way too obsessed with money and HAVING IT ALL. But at the end of the day none of it makes you happy. Think about it, does it REALLY make you happy? And if it does, then I feel sorry for you. Life has got to be pretty shitty (excuse my language) and sad if you can only find happiness in material things and money.
Hmmm.... I'm from Iceland and I'll say this. GET OVER IT! It's just MONEY! Sadly money is "real" and we "need" it. But today you woke up alive, (hopefully ->) you have both your arms and legs, you're a healthy human being and I can go on and on. The reality of this situation in one word SUCKS but at the end of the day... will this kill us? NO! I think it's so sad that people are so hung up on this issue. Yeah of course it sucks having to cut down on your expenses and live a more simpler life but it will help you appreciate things better I think. The average person in Ethiopia lives on LESS than $2 a DAY! Yet they survive, BARELY but they do. So I think that we should open our eyes a bit and realize that just because we can't eat out every day, buy expensive cars, expensive clothes etc is NOT the end of the world.
The world has seen depression before. Some have said that this is worse than the Great Depression but people survived. We're more advanced now so we'll bounce back sooner I think.
What I don't get is why everyone is jumping down each others throats. We're ALL in the same messy situation. Not just Icelandic people, a lot of other nations.
There was an economic boom, people started living WAY beyond their means and now it's come back to haunt us. It's just a lesson to be learned ... and at the end of the day, money doesn't matter.
There's a big difference between NEED and WANT. So ... just try to forget about this, honestly, there is NOTHING WE can do about it.
It's a situation the WORLD is in, governments are trying their best to fix whatever they can, some with better results than others, but worrying, arguing etc will do nothing except make YOU unhappy and miserable.
Personally I like being happy and joyful, it's a choice.
Don't let money rule your world and have such great effect on how you live your life.
As for you Perez... have some love for Iceland ... after all ... it is the country that gave the world the musical geniuses and the out of this world musical experience that is Sigur Rós!
And I'm freakin addicted to your page... so keep it up! :p
P.s. sorry I had to break it up into 3 different comments... but yeah.. I have a lot to say! :p
Has it changed my consumer behavior? Yes and that's not really a bad thing.
I take food with me to school instead of buying it and I don't got to the movies anymore ... is that a major dramatic loss? No not really ... the food I take with me is generally better and healthier than stuff I can buy for ridiculous amounts of money and as for movies... well I have tons of DVD's I can watch and if all else fails... I have about 20 books sitting on my bookshelf that I haven't had time to read.
Losing money and having less money isn't the end of the world. Things will be a bit different over the next few years but don't worry... you'll be able to get back to your excessive spending eventually. That is, if you still want to!
I honestly think the world has become way too obsessed with money and HAVING IT ALL. But at the end of the day none of it makes you happy. Think about it, does it REALLY make you happy? And if it does, then I feel sorry for you. Life has got to be pretty shitty (excuse my language) and sad if you can only find happiness in material things and money.
I'm from Iceland and I'll say this. GET OVER IT! It's just MONEY!
Sadly money is "real" and we "need" it. But today you woke up alive, (hopefully ->) you have both your arms and legs, you're a healthy human being and I can go on and on.
The reality of this situation in one word SUCKS but at the end of the day... will this kill us? NO!
I think it's so sad that people are so hung up on this issue. Yeah of course it sucks having to cut down on your expenses and live a more simpler life but it will help you appreciate things better I think.
The average person in Ethiopia lives on LESS than $2 a DAY! Yet they survive, BARELY but they do. So I think that we should open our eyes a bit and realize that just because we can't eat out every day, buy expensive cars, expensive clothes etc is NOT the end of the world.
The world has seen depression before. Some have said that this is worse than the Great Depression but people survived. We're more advanced now so we'll bounce back sooner I think.
What I don't get is why everyone is jumping down each others throats. We're ALL in the same messy situation. Not just Icelandic people, a lot of other nations.
There was an economic boom, people started living WAY beyond their means and now it's come back to haunt us.
It's just a lesson to be learned ... and at the end of the day, money doesn't matter.