Investments and dealers

 I was reading a book recently about how money has no inherent value in itself. It is all just what we believe it is is worth. The book goes on to say that no one really should be working to collect money because there isn't really a point to having a lot of money around. It is simply a tool in order to get what you want. I have been thinking about money a lot lately. Mostly because trying to manage money is difficult. It seems like it always take the path of least resistance and that is never to my pocket.

The other interesting thing the book was saying was that you really shouldn't ever be working for money, you should be working for the knowledge of managing money. I think this whole thought process is kinda interesting. The way money is seen by different people is fascinating, some people hate it, some people love it, some people never want to talk about it. But it does affect everyones lives.

I also remember some poster I read when I was little that had a small mouse holding an ear of corn and the caption read, the best things in life really are free. I don't think it was meant to be factual, just simply.... meant to create a sense of hope.

People will work their whole life, then investing in making other people rich. Then retire poor. That is what happened to my grandparents. They worked their whole life for GM. My grandpa believed in the American dream. That you can work and be taken care of, But Social Security is bankrupt, and people don't have any options. I think about how much my dad has helped me with the business. But that wasn't an investment in the business as much as an investment in me learning business. I may come out of this with nothing... or debt.. but already, I have learned more in this last 6 months than I have learned in all four years of university. The Money I would potentially lose looks pretty small compared to the 100000 dollars I spent on university. The education will serve me better as well.

So to me it seems silly to have paid for university and not the business. But the other interesting thing is that the best investment I ever made wasn't anything to do with money. That was when I picked the life on wanting to be with Rose. That has been more rewarding, challenging, and exciting than anything I could do with money. However, I feel that no matter how much money I could have thrown at Rose, it still wouldn't have made her love me any faster. Least I hope not.

So maybe the best things in life are free. Maybe money isn't meant to be worried about because people go through rich parts and poor parts of their life. As they say, money comes and goes but you can never get rid of your friends. So I guess in that respect it would be best to learn how to acquire money as a skill. That way when you inevitably run in to tight spots you maintain a way to get out of them. Logically then, I should be learning how to make money from no money, and I am in the perfect situation for that :-).

I do miss the support from Rose that I typically got. She always supported me and told me that I can do it. I need that.... and miss it. There is no point in me earning any money if I can't have the free things that I want, and Rose is exactly what I want.