This brings back so many memories. I spent 2 years in community college studying accounting. It was a job that I could do (because I was good at math) and the money was great. But going to those classes and seeing how the next 40-50 years of my life would pan out just really sucked to me. Then one day when I was driving home from class I saw a house that was on fire and firefighters running into the building without hesitation and putting that fire out just sparked something inside of me. About 3 days later I volunteered at my communities fire department and started taking fire studies classes and went on calls to fires, care wrecks and even just making sure the elders of the community were okay due to the fact no one had heard from them for a couple of days. I then knew what I wanted to do with my life. After about a month volunteering I dropped out of college and my accounting classes and kept pursuing a career in firefighting. Eventually I became a certified EMT Firefighter and got a job with my cities fire department. I make good money, enough to pay my bills, buy my food, afford gas for my vehicle, buy clothes, etc. Plus at the end of the week I still will have around $100 to go on a real date with my girlfriend, you know, dinner plus a movie. That kind of thing. Yes, I work a dangerous job that could possibly cause my death at any moment. But at the same time I couldn't see myself doing anything else. I get paid enough money to live a good life and still have a fun weekend with my lady and my friends, all while saving lives and protecting people. What more could you ask for?
My life motto nowadays is what Jim Carrey said in his documentary: "When you compromise and you fail, it really hurts. It hurts even more than failing at what you love. I learned that you can fail at what you don't love, so you might as well do what you love...there's really no choice to be made."
When you do X and Y occurs, Z occurs. Z is magnified when Y occurs to A. I learned Y occurs with B, so now I just do A. Gibberish simplified for you. Welcome 🤗
Most people could live on a $100K salary fairly comfortably. Median US household income in 2017 was just $61K. The "miserable" guy making $1.2M could easily work for just a few years and save enough money to quit/retire (if he lived as though he was making $100K). Then go find a job you love.
My family could live comfortably making $50,000.. we currently make barely $20,000...unless you have a degree or are born rich it’s hard to move up in the world. I don’t need a yacht and a Bugatti to be happy I need a reliable car to get my son around safely, I need a house that isn’t falling apart, and we need entertainment (WiFi, movies, family trips) that’s all I really need in life
Problem is that you and for family get acclimated to that $1.2M salary.. if you quit there are no more vacations, no more savings for your children, no sending your kids to an elite private school, no more vacation house, so on. Sure, those sound like incredible luxuries everyone can live without but after a while making a salary like that you become numb to the divinities that said salary affords.
100% agree. I feel like “money won’t solve your problems” only works if your financially stable. Going from stable to rich might not solve life problems (emphasis on might) but going from broke to rich, or even broke to stable will solve a lot of problems.
I lived 2 years as a homeless person many years ago. It was a weird rebellious time in my life. Fast forward over a decade later and I’m married with a new baby, a good job and a growing TH-cam channel. Time is a weird thing. Life itself is a weird thing. Never think you’re stuck in a rut forever. Things change fast. I believe in all of you
John Savage I assume you meant “years” and not “subs” but it truly was when you had no job or money and you’re sleeping under a bench in the winter. When all you want is to go home to your parents at 17 but they want nothing to do with you. When you’re so hungry you eat out of the trash. Ya... 2 years was a long time
I think at the end of the day it all comes back to sell awareness, there are people out there who truly feel happy when they are crushing it in business, and others feel happy when they are with their family, and only making a little bit of money each month to support them. I think the only time when you are living "Wrong" is when you are disingenuous to yourself, and not living up to what your version of success is.
This is probably the most important comment in this comments section. Yeah, money matters, but self awareness is the key. Success means different things to everyone, it might mean having 1 million dollars to person a but to person b it might mean having happiness with their family and raising healthy children. I think nowadays for many people it can be harder to find happiness and meaning, with all the social media attention whores riding around in their lambos. Figure out what exactly you want, and work towards that.
Casey, I shared this video because it explains the situation of many people. When they wish for money, people tell them “money won’t buy happiness”. But it solves a lot of problem. Thanks for this video
Ice cream is happiness indeed. Imagine buying a whole ice cream cart and giving free ice cream away to eager children at a busy amusement park on a hot summer day.
I don't know dude.. Sipping champagne from the belly button of Ashley while snorting cocaine from the butthole of Kimberly, all together laying on the sundeck of my yacht parked outside the southern coast of France, waiting for our lobsters to be cooked by Chef Luciano and served by butler Winston.. I can't see any sadness there..
I’m a broke college student and single mom, money is everything right now. Not stressing on money and shifting certain financial worries to other less important issues makes a person like me appreciate a good meal, because I’ve had to skip a few so that my kids had a full belly. The struggle is real, sacrifices are real!
@@RamMohammadJosephKaur It means money magnifies your character it doesn't change you. So if you're self-centered "woe is me" then you'll be the same lonely person in your mansion, etc.
One of the things to consider is that even with his $1.2 million a year his net income might be say, for example, $712,000. From their take out the mortgage payment on that $2,000,000 home of $120,000 per year. So, now he's down to $592,000 left. Oh, but wait, the leases on those two new $100,000 cars? Those leases are about $100,000 annually. So, now he's left with $492,000.... Then feeding the two kids, vacations, entertainment expenses, credit card bills, club memberships, etc. Anyway the point is that depending on his lifestyle expenses he may not have a lot left over. So, most likely 5 years will not get him there. Most people will upgrade their lifestyle every time there income increases ( " I deserve it mentality"). Living within or below your means is one of the hardest things to learn and do! Too much debt will reduce your state of happiness and general peace of mind. But , yeah, if he could save a chunk of that $1.2 million he may be able to retire early. IF...
@@Movieman1965 In that case the answer is blindingly simple. Sell the pointless cars, and move to a comfortable yet normal family house rather than a mini-mansion. Accept the fact that normal people don't go on five extravagant foreign holidays a year. Stop buying frivolous crap that's only contributing to his sense of hollow living. Personally I live on 9k a year. Selling those cars alone would cover my expenses for nearly half my remaining life time. If he's smart enough to climb up there, he should be smart enough to identify a sensible comfortable place to climb back down to.
@@UnknownSquid you can also move to a cheaper country to live in. I comfortably live on 3500$ a year with rent, and if I could earn somehow 500 000 for example in the US I'd run like hell back to my country, spend 400 000$ for real estate, rent it out and boom I'm set for fucking life, I may open a small business like a gym just for fun to have something to occupy myself with, get any new video game that comes out, occasionally travel for whatever stuff, idk even do some charity work and stuff I'd have so much free time. And that's the plan as of now, just not sure how I'd be even able to go to the US in the first place but once I figure that out I'd do it first chance I get
@@Movieman1965 $712k is still a hell of a lot. In just that year alone he can buy a couple properties and get a livable income on rent alone, having to do literally nothing, no job at all just collecting the paychecks. I'd say just work one or two years, buy the properties, and live on the rent for the rest of your life.
I had to come back to this video as I'm a dirt poor man, but I always remember to treat others with an extreme kindness and positivity. That sometimes help me correct my negative feelings towards happier way. Happiness does not feed you but it's gotta be one of the most important key.
My best mate recently lost his job and fell hard into depression, something he never had before. I'm not disagreeing with you. But, your statement was a bit of a broad sweep of a brush. Many people are depressed because of the pressures of being poor. Having a bit of money, makes one hell of a lot of troubles go away. But, I accept there are a few for which no amount of money will make things better.
I cancelled paying clients so that I can work on cars 1.5 days a week. Totally happy so far because A) I enjoy it. B). I don't have to earn money, then pay taxes, and then pay someone to do the work I want to do in the first place. Win-win!
Personality and education are important too. They will define the set of values that will influence the choices you take. Money is important, but it's your values that prevent money from corrupting your choices.
I'm incredibly lucky to have found myself in the position I'm in today. I had a lot of mental and physical health issues in my late teens that culminated in me hitting rock bottom. I spent my life savings flying to the other side of the world to work as a model and found myself sick, starving and exploited but I kept appearances up on social media. During those two years I was fortunate to see some amazing places and work with great designers but the time came for me to be a mature student and get into uni to study as a food engineer. Yeah, I'm borrowing tonnes of money from the government and spending every waking hour studying and working but I have my physical and mental health again! My coworkers call me the happiest dishwasher they've ever seen. I'm not partying with celebrities and billionaires anymore or working with luxury designers but I wake up everyday excited and fulfilled. I'm becoming the person I've always dreamed of being - a woman in STEM!! I study and work as hard as I can because one day I will nourish the world, and work on supporting the population with sustainable, accessible and healthy food. Idk, I'm broke but I'm happy as hell and all I can do is help others find that level of self fulfilment that I have.
I love this. I took a huge paycut from an office job to get into automotive sales because cars are my greatest passion. In 6 weeks I was promoted to manager and I absolutely love going to work every day and go home happy every day. There is absolutely no price you can put on that. I easily make ends meet by not feeling the need to spend money on the destructive things I did before to, for lack of a better phrase, "fill the void," from my last job. Even with the paycut I have more money in my savings than ever before. Sometimes you just have to take that really uncomfortable leap of faith and it'll pay off.
To me, the absolute perfect way for me to live would be to make a lot of money really early in my life so I was always guaranteed a level of comfort and security. Not luxury, but comfort, and then work to make myself happy. I couldn’t care less if I ever lived in a mansion, but feeling free to pursue my passions because I knew there wasn’t going to be a risk to me or my family? That’s goddam priceless. So yeah, boo hoo. You feel bad making $1.2 million a year? Why don’t you try saving a million dollars a year, white knuckle it for a decade and then live the rest of your life happier than most people could literally ever afford to be.
Tom Morgan - you’d probably be even happier if you’ve been poor & then succeeded. That way you’ll appreciate what you’ve achieved in way that someone who falls into early success will never feel.
I think the problem with most people is, the more money they make the greater their expenses are. They buy a faster car, bigger house , better clothes, higher quality foods, more extravagant holidays. So in their minds after all their "needs" are met they have little to save, and yes I agree that entire idea is totally bonkers, but It still happens.
The problem is when you earn more you want more..... and more. Me and my wife bought a new, nice house. Nice suburb. We always said we will never want anything else, this is perfect. 10 years later we both earn good incomes and now we are building a bigger double story, with a pool home and buying nice cars. It’s just a never ending upgrade
l lived a good life in Cali, but now I'm watching this video from a small hut in the philippines.. my phone, wifi, and electric fan is plugged in an inverter plugged to a car battery and I'm happy as hell! 1st world problems always crack me up. Happiness is a choice.. regardless of your situation.. peace
Been waiting for your 1,000th video! You’re a true inspiration. Even tho we make very different videos and my channel’s niche is credit card points and miles. You inspired me to start TH-cam and it’s been great so far! Thank you 🙏🏽🙌🏽
Simple big picture: - Making between 70-90k a year is the sweetspot. Less and you'll be lacking, more and you won't see a difference. - Usually getting certified for a high demand skill will accomplish this salary (dental hygienist, PA, nurse, accountant, and so on) - Unless you: a have a well off family, or b: you are willing to take a lot of risk like Casey, don't attempt to make your passion your main source of salary. Rather have a safety net and then work on your passions. - lastly, have kids and a partner when you're READY not before. Usually working on yourself will have isolating consequences up until you're ready to share your new self with the world, at which point you're more likely to find a fitting partner. Hope the best to all of you.
@@jason_v12345 Fair enough.. School: 4 year CS degree 2001. Occupation: Software Engineer. Income: $195k past 3 years - Feeling miserable because noting I do matters where Im at now.. Nine years ago: Broke $0.00 contemplating suicide Next week: Tendering my resignation to make $120k at much better job to make a true difference to the world in pursuit of happiness, love, ect So Yeah, this resonated with me and deep down I know what matters in the end and it isn't some stupid $ number in the end! Work hard and keep doing that!
Totally identify with this. I was living an absolutely amazing life as a student, trainee, and then I did what I'd been told at school and Uni and became a lawyer. Bang, everything became totally Sh**. Looking back, I had totally gone out of my flow, enjoying life - and the spiral down into depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, all that stuff became very real 2008-2015... But here is the thing: Find something you love and which gives you joy, and you *literally* never "work" a day again... I am extremely lucky I found that, because now I teach women (and soon guys too) how to destress and easily lose weight for the long term. All the down spiral, depressive episodes, difficulties that came from stepping out of my flow actually provided all the tools needed to re-discover it, and now I'm helping hundreds of folks do the same. So I totally get where you're coming from with the whole money solving problems part - but there is an aspect to it where you do need to have that overarching fulfilment, purpose "Thing" that drives you and pulls you forward - because otherwise you get the same thing as what you said with the story of the hedge fund guy, and that is exactly the same as mine being a corporate lawyer. The secret is to find that Flow and Boom: You never work a day again :)
But just because you have a job that pays well, doesn't make you happy..... My brother works at Nestle as an Engineering manager overlooking a lot of staff making 120k a year but he hates it. He said it's stressful, he is on the call all the time, he has to work long hours, gets home late, can't spend time with his family much, and he pretty much doesn't have a life outside of work. Who want's to live like this? I don't. I am a computer technician at an intermediate school who loves my job and I work 40 hours a week with every weekend off. My work/life balance is perfect and I wouldn't change a thing. Sure I only get 43k a year but I don't mind. I am not struggling either because my girl makes 70k a year as a CT/Xray Technician at a big hospital. My job is not stressful usually, I am the only IT guy in my school building and I don't have a boss looking down at me 24/7, I get paid holidays off, a lot of vacation days and sick days. It's just super chill and I love it. Because I only work 40 hours a week I have time to do whatever I want when I get off of work at 3:30pm every day. From 4pm to 12am on Monday-Friday it is just chill and I get to spend time with my girl, family, friends. Just can't beat it man. What good is money when you have no time to enjoy yourself? This is the motto I live by.
You have a very good job and it pays well to cover your expenses. You get enough time to do something else or in simple words enjoy life. However, if your salary didnt cover the expenses or rather the cost of living then you would feel the need for more money. This will affect your mental health which would also affect your social life. Money definitely gives you happiness indirectly
I am 37 now I realize that I have to find for peace of mind. So I left the job now I am a aspiring Entrepreneur. But I have peace of mind now. That's really great. Do what you like to do don't do what others expect from you. Money also matters most.
I love your channel and your way of presenting things. You've inspired me to start re-uploading videos on TH-cam. Being broke is tough to get over. Whether you are born broke or if you become broke during your life. But if someone puts as much time and determination in what they can. As you have done in this channel. Then they will not remain broke. But it is always those who are broke because they live over ability and try to pretend to be richer than they are. And that's a game that is impossible to win. For then you sell the dinner to buy breakfast.
I totally agree with this video. "Money makes your journey of success a lot more enjoyable" and then if you are in the right frame of mind, you can focus on working on all those other issues that really can't be solved by money.
In the western society we are building a culture where it’s “greedy” or “evil” to admit you’re in pursuit of money. The TRUTH is money is a physical form of power. It cannot buy every solution, but it can increase the likelihood of happiness in every aspect of your life. Pursuing money is ethical. Go get the life you want.
But pursuing power is greedy, as well as pursuing money, and damages our society. Power should be obtained as a mean to do what you are good at, it should never be the aim. Money is needed to survive in our society, and should be obtained as a result of a positive contribution to society, and never be the aim as well.
@@antox00 Pursuing power/money does not equate to greed at all. You just made that assumption with no context. What if someone wanted to pursue the power to help their old poor community? Or to create wealth in a certain sector? Or maybe they want to create generational wealth. More money = more success, because money is currency and this world revolves around it. No one wants to live a life where they only have enough money for what they need. That's ridiculous, if people just lived their lives like that we would still be stuck in the stone ages.
"I don't like the idea of fashioning your life around money, or lifestyle," Jim Jarmusch said in that 1984 interview. "It seems just too predictable. There are so many other ways of living."
Oh brotherrrrrrr 😥😥 that is just some ballshit. i bet you are rich or at least middle-class to even say that. I am not even gonna go further i am just gonna leave it like that.
I hate everyday I go into work. My new job just reminds me oh much better it was at my old job. Even on the worst days I still managed to push through and accomplish my work. Now i just ask God to help me everyday and take me by his hand so that I can make it through lunch. For anyone who is going through something like this, know you are not alone.
Great video. Loved the distinction between Money Problems vs Life Problems. Casey you do an excellent job at making us look at life in a different way.
Research shows: If going from poverty to middle class increases happiness. But beyond middle class, happiness does not continue to increase with increasing wealth. From $15K/yr. to $50K you're happier. From $50K to $5000K you're not happier. Even more, one year after winning lottery winners return to their previous level of happiness.
My girlfriend and I are in our mid 20's. Over the past couple of years we have made it our mission to increase our monthly income as much as possible and to get out of all consumer debt. We both come from very working-class families: My dad was a plumber in London's east end, and she grew up in the west country pottering around doing God knows what. When we both started our careers in London we took home £34k between us, which if you live or have lived in London you know that's not gonna cut it. I'm now 27, she is 25 and we now have an annual take-home of £112k. We are both insanely happy. We purchased a house on our own, we can go on holiday to pretty much anywhere we want to go, we can afford to treat ourselves every so often and we're able to continue to save plenty of money to increase our wealth. Being poor fucking sucked and I would never want to go back to that again. So as someone that grew up poor, lived in one of the most expensive cities in the world poor and is now doing very OK. This Millionaire can shut the fuck up. If you're unable to improve your life outside of work with $1.2m, you're an unappreciative douche bag. The guy is probably a prick and has no hobbies or interests outside of his financial world. Grind out your job for a few years, save your money then you can go and do something you truly love and not give a shit about how much you're being paid.
Si Ronconi Haha, I am not that smart actually 😅. You r smart. You checked where I am from... How you did that? I just know because my last presentation was about fulfillment warehouses and I was keep forgetting how to write it, that now I know it by heart.
@@Hauttief i just clicked on your youtube profile and you had a video that I think was in German (i hope). I don't know if it is German, Swiss German or any other kind... all i know is that being half italian I know how to spell weird words but I sometimes mess up with the really easy ones :(
Great video Casey! Money is a tool. It’s needed, it just can’t / shouldn’t be used to solve every problem. People who hold this expectation that it fixes everything will not be happy, those who have enough and know how to use it, will be better off.
I like what he points out and what he says and how he says it thou I think that when you have money problems and life problems they blend together because when you can pay rent you find happiness same with clothing and food and etc.
Agree. Money will solve most of your problems... especially the problems that you have when you have no money. People who say money won't make you happy have never had any money. The money itself won't make you happy, but it will allow you to create an environment and situation where you can be happy.
The question is WHY do we have to buy anything. It's not us....Its the system that people live in the usa specifically. I have lived in many countries under different systems. Many of the people in countries with different systems dont have money pressures and life is soooo incredibly different in those places. I have been extremely poor many times. The life of an artist doesn't revolve around money so i don't identify my self worth with money. But those times left a huge scar in my psyche in other areas. Even though I had an over arching purpose in life. The point is...we should look at our society. There is no need for anyone to suffer. There is so much money out there....The social concepts is the problem. The selfishness, the greed. There is no need for any of that. I hope to adjust this post as i think of how to write it better but....I want to thank Casey for bringing up this very very important issue. You are using what you built to do good. I love that. Peace
I think people who have experienced both ends of the financial spectrum appreciate the value of money more and are more conservative, but also generous once they are wealthy.
I'm in such a weird place. My dad has been unemployed since January 2019. He usually was the main source of income for my family but since he's been laid off multiple times by different failing companies I was used to it. However one thing, I go to a private school and I'm a senior. My mom teaches Chinese kids English and I have two jobs, have school, do theatre and play basketball. Basically our schedules don't allow for any together time. My dad has been doing favors just to make a few extra bucks for rent, and such. We went from living in a nice suburb of Austin TX to an apartment which i'm fine with. I've moved about 17 times in my life so change doesn't phase me. It's just really weird having close friends who don't work and get money thrown at them from their parents or a new car when they're 16, or extravagant gifts. I pay for everything I have unless it's my bday or Christmas. For Chgristmas I got a pair of converses and i was happy! My sister complained about lack of gifts and it made my mom cry. I was so so angry at that. Basically I'm not poor, I'm bottom of the middle class surrounded by upper middle class friends and wherever I go to college is based off how much it will cost my family. Did get accepted to The University of Houston though, so hopefully we can afford that. Basically i'm in an awkward, hard place and I can't identify with either side. AMA
Unfortunately taking care of your elderly parents pays nothing. Dad has passed and taking care of mom. It's stressful, i have no social life and now no savings. But i chose to be the one to give up my life.
Is there still a long-form video coming? Is it out somewhere? I know you've had so much change but hope you can still put out the project someday. Cheers Casey!
Respecting odd people like transexuals and shit and worrying about safety or environment is like no priority for poor people. They will not give a shit about your feelings and have no problem not recycling because, they ACTUALLY HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS. Rich people are stupid if they never been broke, because they wont understand. Everyone has to be broke at least a few time to be a usefull human.
@@Francisco-j1e You notice that middle class women who have never worked a day in their life and started breeding out of highschool and had everything bought for them by men from birth until death... They're truly the least useful and entitled people in the world. First to die in any sort of strife though, so bring on the civil war.
@@Francisco-j1e lmao are you really making poverty as an excuse to be transphobic? it literally costs *nothing* to respect people's pronouns, it isn't hard at all. I see absolutely no reason as to how being poor and being unable to respect trans people are related.
Studies have shown that the jump from poor to middle class (or at least a point where you don't have to worry about bills) is one of the best ways to boost your happiness
KLJF calm down professor downer, from now on whenever I am happy I’ll think of this TH-cam comment and remember how stupid I am, and therefore will die a miserable and lonely death
"when your dead broke" yes yes it will but i think what the millionare was getting on about is that for him having that sorta money didnt make him happy ive always believe that if you have a roof, food and money for other necesites and wants i think that makes you happy being able to have that free time that bugger making millions each year probaly works 12 hr days and doesnt see his family probaly doesnt even get to enjoy his money
@@hamishcounsell5579 millionaires can quit - if you have a good job with not so bad money, you cannot quit, then you can really find yourself being unhappy even if you actually do not have money issues
I think people tend to get standard of living and quality of life confused. Standard of living refers to how much material goods you can own, while quality of life related to personal factors that affect happiness. You could have a high standard of living, but a poor quality of life, which will make you miserable. I also like to the idea of diminishing returns to the happiness-money graph. As you earn more money, the amount of personal fulfillment you get from each dollar will decrease. For example, a poor person would be happy with having simply enough money to eat, while a middle class person would be happy to have enough money to buy a nice tv. A rich person might not feel happy unless they can get themselves a sportscar or a yacht. Over time, you will need more and more money to make a significant increase in your happiness. Yes, money will solve most of your problems, but ONLY if you are broke or in financial need. I will note that middle class and upper class people will tend to be happier than poorer people because they can focus on their personal life and have access to resources that improve their quality of living (plenty of entertainment, therapy, etc). However, my opinion is that, after a certain point, you can stop worrying about chasing money and instead focus on your quality of life.
Hustle???? You dont know the meaning of the word! Hustling is jerking of punks under a bridge for five bucks a go day in day out just so you can feed your family
Money may not buy happiness, but it can definitely get rid of the things that cause unhappiness. Edit: (I am aware that this doesnt apply to all situations. Which is why I said "can")
@@casomii7576 True it may not help you find love but if you're surrounded by disloyal or toxic people. Money can enable you to remove those people from your life (by distancing yourself)
I respect your hustle so much. I remember about 3 years ago you made a video about how you started getting into filming. And you said specifically don't ever max out your credit card for a camera. And stupidly I did the same thing. Well after years of hustling I've peaked over 134,000 subscribers. And videos like this put so much perspective into it. Thank you so much Casey. But seriously don't ever max out your credit card lol
Especially when you get to solve all of the problems at once. You find a job that you love and are passionate about and fulfils you and then you get to solve all of the money problems through the success of working at something you love. Then you become a source of happiness and wealth for others around you.
Money can't buy happiness. But Poverty can't buy anything
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Sometimes some people just don't have any choice.
And the fancy stuff you don't think about buying until you're rich.
@@meezglo that's something someone poor would say
@@meezglo is that the best you can do?
This brings back so many memories. I spent 2 years in community college studying accounting. It was a job that I could do (because I was good at math) and the money was great. But going to those classes and seeing how the next 40-50 years of my life would pan out just really sucked to me. Then one day when I was driving home from class I saw a house that was on fire and firefighters running into the building without hesitation and putting that fire out just sparked something inside of me. About 3 days later I volunteered at my communities fire department and started taking fire studies classes and went on calls to fires, care wrecks and even just making sure the elders of the community were okay due to the fact no one had heard from them for a couple of days. I then knew what I wanted to do with my life. After about a month volunteering I dropped out of college and my accounting classes and kept pursuing a career in firefighting. Eventually I became a certified EMT Firefighter and got a job with my cities fire department. I make good money, enough to pay my bills, buy my food, afford gas for my vehicle, buy clothes, etc. Plus at the end of the week I still will have around $100 to go on a real date with my girlfriend, you know, dinner plus a movie. That kind of thing. Yes, I work a dangerous job that could possibly cause my death at any moment. But at the same time I couldn't see myself doing anything else. I get paid enough money to live a good life and still have a fun weekend with my lady and my friends, all while saving lives and protecting people. What more could you ask for?
My life motto nowadays is what Jim Carrey said in his documentary:
"When you compromise and you fail, it really hurts. It hurts even more than failing at what you love. I learned that you can fail at what you don't love, so you might as well do what you love...there's really no choice to be made."
typical type of life motto for a woman
@@trollol_ You got introduced to it as a Jim Carrey quote, dude
@@trollol_ Jim Carey is a nice lady yes
When you do X and Y occurs, Z occurs. Z is magnified when Y occurs to A. I learned Y occurs with B, so now I just do A. Gibberish simplified for you. Welcome 🤗
Most people could live on a $100K salary fairly comfortably. Median US household income in 2017 was just $61K. The "miserable" guy making $1.2M could easily work for just a few years and save enough money to quit/retire (if he lived as though he was making $100K). Then go find a job you love.
@@suleiman1653 $56,516 to be exact. that's household too. so the median income in the US is something like $28K per year
My family could live comfortably making $50,000.. we currently make barely $20,000...unless you have a degree or are born rich it’s hard to move up in the world. I don’t need a yacht and a Bugatti to be happy I need a reliable car to get my son around safely, I need a house that isn’t falling apart, and we need entertainment (WiFi, movies, family trips) that’s all I really need in life
@@blingVolcano ty I knew that sounded wrong.
Problem is that you and for family get acclimated to that $1.2M salary.. if you quit there are no more vacations, no more savings for your children, no sending your kids to an elite private school, no more vacation house, so on. Sure, those sound like incredible luxuries everyone can live without but after a while making a salary like that you become numb to the divinities that said salary affords.
@Alex 2017 if you live in italy,its average
100% agree. I feel like “money won’t solve your problems” only works if your financially stable. Going from stable to rich might not solve life problems (emphasis on might) but going from broke to rich, or even broke to stable will solve a lot of problems.
I lived 2 years as a homeless person many years ago. It was a weird rebellious time in my life. Fast forward over a decade later and I’m married with a new baby, a good job and a growing TH-cam channel. Time is a weird thing. Life itself is a weird thing. Never think you’re stuck in a rut forever. Things change fast. I believe in all of you
Sugarcat thanks for sharing your story. It’s uplifting
Health, Weight & Real Talk you’re very welcome :)
John Savage I assume you meant “years” and not “subs” but it truly was when you had no job or money and you’re sleeping under a bench in the winter. When all you want is to go home to your parents at 17 but they want nothing to do with you. When you’re so hungry you eat out of the trash. Ya... 2 years was a long time
i think he was saying your channel has 2 subscribers
Ant it has 1587.... lol
"I've been rich and I've been poor, rich is better". Woody Allen.
I think at the end of the day it all comes back to sell awareness, there are people out there who truly feel happy when they are crushing it in business, and others feel happy when they are with their family, and only making a little bit of money each month to support them.
I think the only time when you are living "Wrong" is when you are disingenuous to yourself, and not living up to what your version of success is.
This is probably the most important comment in this comments section. Yeah, money matters, but self awareness is the key. Success means different things to everyone, it might mean having 1 million dollars to person a but to person b it might mean having happiness with their family and raising healthy children. I think nowadays for many people it can be harder to find happiness and meaning, with all the social media attention whores riding around in their lambos. Figure out what exactly you want, and work towards that.
that is one simple truth I wish I would have learned 20 years ago.
Amen
It just sucks whe u have no money to see your kids
How
Casey Neistat discovering Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
hahaha those we're my thoughts too
Brilliant comment haha
thought abt the same hahaha
i said that right as he was laying it all out
That takes me to my Alevel business studies
Studio Casey is best Casey.
yeah he's good! fck
Damn i just came off of one of your vids to watch this, cool to see you in the comments
Go2hel
yo u da best
Casey, I shared this video because it explains the situation of many people. When they wish for money, people tell them “money won’t buy happiness”.
But it solves a lot of problem. Thanks for this video
Money can't buy happiness but money can buy icecream
which is pretty much the same thing ice cream = happiness
nice
Ice cream is happiness indeed.
Imagine buying a whole ice cream cart and giving free ice cream away to eager children at a busy amusement park on a hot summer day.
İce cream can bring happiness
If you eat ice cream every day you grow to hate it and it does not make you happy anymore.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
- Abraham Lincoln
That's actually a misattribution but it was from one of his first biographers
Still liked it though, the quote is great regardless
The first part doesn’t apply for shit anymore
Yeah being broke makes NOONE HAPPY... Being wealthy might not make you happy, but it certainly goes a long way
Being poor sucks but it gives you a perspective on life some rich folks will never see.
Agree with your sentiment. It gives you certain strengths also. 💋💖
What to us are the things of life ... To the rich are great tragedies.
Well said 💯
Danny Cal vice versa
As my dad says "money doesn't solve all your problems but it sure does make life a hell of a lot easier"
Money does bring happiness but doesn’t cure sadness
Esteban C oh snap...
except it does tho
@@K1L0W0G Those are treatment, not cures.
I don't know dude.. Sipping champagne from the belly button of Ashley while snorting cocaine from the butthole of Kimberly, all together laying on the sundeck of my yacht parked outside the southern coast of France, waiting for our lobsters to be cooked by Chef Luciano and served by butler Winston.. I can't see any sadness there..
Isn’t happiness the cure to sadness? I’m confused.
I’m a broke college student and single mom, money is everything right now. Not stressing on money and shifting certain financial worries to other less important issues makes a person like me appreciate a good meal, because I’ve had to skip a few so that my kids had a full belly. The struggle is real, sacrifices are real!
How are you doing now?
Money makes people more of what they already are - Dave Ramsey
I knew I would see a mention of Dave Ramsey. Found it.
@@Cliffyturtle33 His financial peace class is so helpful.
Bet? I don't see how money gonna make me more broke
what does that statement mean @evanmcleod?
@@RamMohammadJosephKaur It means money magnifies your character it doesn't change you. So if you're self-centered "woe is me" then you'll be the same lonely person in your mansion, etc.
1.2million a year!? Work 5 years and retire... live life to the fullest who in their right mind doesn’t think that way...
One of the things to consider is that even with his $1.2 million a year his net income might be say, for example, $712,000. From their take out the mortgage payment on that $2,000,000 home of $120,000 per year. So, now he's down to $592,000 left. Oh, but wait, the leases on those two new $100,000 cars? Those leases are about $100,000 annually. So, now he's left with $492,000.... Then feeding the two kids, vacations, entertainment expenses, credit card bills, club memberships, etc. Anyway the point is that depending on his lifestyle expenses he may not have a lot left over. So, most likely 5 years will not get him there. Most people will upgrade their lifestyle every time there income increases ( " I deserve it mentality"). Living within or below your means is one of the hardest things to learn and do! Too much debt will reduce your state of happiness and general peace of mind. But , yeah, if he could save a chunk of that $1.2 million he may be able to retire early. IF...
@@Movieman1965 In that case the answer is blindingly simple. Sell the pointless cars, and move to a comfortable yet normal family house rather than a mini-mansion. Accept the fact that normal people don't go on five extravagant foreign holidays a year. Stop buying frivolous crap that's only contributing to his sense of hollow living. Personally I live on 9k a year. Selling those cars alone would cover my expenses for nearly half my remaining life time. If he's smart enough to climb up there, he should be smart enough to identify a sensible comfortable place to climb back down to.
@@UnknownSquid you can also move to a cheaper country to live in. I comfortably live on 3500$ a year with rent, and if I could earn somehow 500 000 for example in the US I'd run like hell back to my country, spend 400 000$ for real estate, rent it out and boom I'm set for fucking life, I may open a small business like a gym just for fun to have something to occupy myself with, get any new video game that comes out, occasionally travel for whatever stuff, idk even do some charity work and stuff I'd have so much free time. And that's the plan as of now, just not sure how I'd be even able to go to the US in the first place but once I figure that out I'd do it first chance I get
1.2 isn't that much
@@Movieman1965 $712k is still a hell of a lot. In just that year alone he can buy a couple properties and get a livable income on rent alone, having to do literally nothing, no job at all just collecting the paychecks. I'd say just work one or two years, buy the properties, and live on the rent for the rest of your life.
I had to come back to this video as I'm a dirt poor man, but I always remember to treat others with an extreme kindness and positivity. That sometimes help me correct my negative feelings towards happier way. Happiness does not feed you but it's gotta be one of the most important key.
Depression dosen't look at your bank account
But you can find it’s settling down in there, if it’s empty
No, but you've got a lot more reasons to be depressed if your bank account is empty.
Homelessness and hunger doesn't know what depression is
Sometimes it’s not mental issues.. It’s just issues. And being broke brings a lot of issues.
My best mate recently lost his job and fell hard into depression, something he never had before. I'm not disagreeing with you. But, your statement was a bit of a broad sweep of a brush. Many people are depressed because of the pressures of being poor. Having a bit of money, makes one hell of a lot of troubles go away. But, I accept there are a few for which no amount of money will make things better.
I cancelled paying clients so that I can work on cars 1.5 days a week. Totally happy so far because A) I enjoy it. B). I don't have to earn money, then pay taxes, and then pay someone to do the work I want to do in the first place. Win-win!
Personality and education are important too. They will define the set of values that will influence the choices you take.
Money is important, but it's your values that prevent money from corrupting your choices.
@Everything The one given by the parents, yes, it is free hopefully
@kaysha no u takin shit. Imagination is the most important. Tell me how most of the billionaires were college dropout.
@Registrys International nice dream.
Kaysha and education is free where I live, right now in high school, even university is free here
@Everything You don't need degrees to make money
Basically if you're poor like me. Money comes first. Life and everything else forget about it.
Javen but you‘re still on TH-cam watching videos ?
same here
@@urigeheadmot1196 and you are still here replying to my comment?
Better to cry in a Bentley
Better not to have to cry.
Than being happy in a Ford?
@@betiedu one year later...
@@DanielTX3 lmao yep.. coronavirus
Or a lambo... A powder blue lambo. ...with black striping.
This is why I switched to Geico
I'm incredibly lucky to have found myself in the position I'm in today. I had a lot of mental and physical health issues in my late teens that culminated in me hitting rock bottom. I spent my life savings flying to the other side of the world to work as a model and found myself sick, starving and exploited but I kept appearances up on social media. During those two years I was fortunate to see some amazing places and work with great designers but the time came for me to be a mature student and get into uni to study as a food engineer. Yeah, I'm borrowing tonnes of money from the government and spending every waking hour studying and working but I have my physical and mental health again! My coworkers call me the happiest dishwasher they've ever seen. I'm not partying with celebrities and billionaires anymore or working with luxury designers but I wake up everyday excited and fulfilled. I'm becoming the person I've always dreamed of being - a woman in STEM!! I study and work as hard as I can because one day I will nourish the world, and work on supporting the population with sustainable, accessible and healthy food. Idk, I'm broke but I'm happy as hell and all I can do is help others find that level of self fulfilment that I have.
"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone" - Henry David Thoreau
Is it supposed to be "leave alone"?
Arom No
I love this. I took a huge paycut from an office job to get into automotive sales because cars are my greatest passion. In 6 weeks I was promoted to manager and I absolutely love going to work every day and go home happy every day. There is absolutely no price you can put on that. I easily make ends meet by not feeling the need to spend money on the destructive things I did before to, for lack of a better phrase, "fill the void," from my last job. Even with the paycut I have more money in my savings than ever before. Sometimes you just have to take that really uncomfortable leap of faith and it'll pay off.
To me, the absolute perfect way for me to live would be to make a lot of money really early in my life so I was always guaranteed a level of comfort and security. Not luxury, but comfort, and then work to make myself happy. I couldn’t care less if I ever lived in a mansion, but feeling free to pursue my passions because I knew there wasn’t going to be a risk to me or my family? That’s goddam priceless.
So yeah, boo hoo. You feel bad making $1.2 million a year? Why don’t you try saving a million dollars a year, white knuckle it for a decade and then live the rest of your life happier than most people could literally ever afford to be.
Tom Morgan - you’d probably be even happier if you’ve been poor & then succeeded. That way you’ll appreciate what you’ve achieved in way that someone who falls into early success will never feel.
I think the problem with most people is, the more money they make the greater their expenses are. They buy a faster car, bigger house , better clothes, higher quality foods, more extravagant holidays. So in their minds after all their "needs" are met they have little to save, and yes I agree that entire idea is totally bonkers, but It still happens.
The problem is when you earn more you want more..... and more. Me and my wife bought a new, nice house. Nice suburb. We always said we will never want anything else, this is perfect. 10 years later we both earn good incomes and now we are building a bigger double story, with a pool home and buying nice cars. It’s just a never ending upgrade
I just want to live comfortably.
What if you die before reaching that following passion phase?
l lived a good life in Cali, but now I'm watching this video from a small hut in the philippines.. my phone, wifi, and electric fan is plugged in an inverter plugged to a car battery and I'm happy as hell! 1st world problems always crack me up. Happiness is a choice.. regardless of your situation.. peace
Been waiting for your 1,000th video! You’re a true inspiration. Even tho we make very different videos and my channel’s niche is credit card points and miles. You inspired me to start TH-cam and it’s been great so far! Thank you 🙏🏽🙌🏽
Simple big picture:
- Making between 70-90k a year is the sweetspot. Less and you'll be lacking, more and you won't see a difference.
- Usually getting certified for a high demand skill will accomplish this salary (dental hygienist, PA, nurse, accountant, and so on)
- Unless you: a have a well off family, or b: you are willing to take a lot of risk like Casey, don't attempt to make your passion your main source of salary. Rather have a safety net and then work on your passions.
- lastly, have kids and a partner when you're READY not before. Usually working on yourself will have isolating consequences up until you're ready to share your new self with the world, at which point you're more likely to find a fitting partner.
Hope the best to all of you.
Damn. Exactly my thoughts.
Well said! Cant agree more
Of everything I’ve read thus far you nailed it! Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Yeah, making [some arbitrary number having no basis in geographic location, financial dependencies, personal interests, etc.] is the "sweet spot."
@@jason_v12345 Fair enough..
School: 4 year CS degree 2001.
Occupation: Software Engineer.
Income: $195k past 3 years - Feeling miserable because noting I do matters where Im at now..
Nine years ago: Broke $0.00 contemplating suicide
Next week: Tendering my resignation to make $120k at much better job to make a true difference to the world in pursuit of happiness, love, ect
So Yeah, this resonated with me and deep down I know what matters in the end and it isn't some stupid $ number in the end!
Work hard and keep doing that!
Totally identify with this. I was living an absolutely amazing life as a student, trainee, and then I did what I'd been told at school and Uni and became a lawyer. Bang, everything became totally Sh**. Looking back, I had totally gone out of my flow, enjoying life - and the spiral down into depression, anxiety, alcohol abuse, all that stuff became very real 2008-2015... But here is the thing: Find something you love and which gives you joy, and you *literally* never "work" a day again... I am extremely lucky I found that, because now I teach women (and soon guys too) how to destress and easily lose weight for the long term. All the down spiral, depressive episodes, difficulties that came from stepping out of my flow actually provided all the tools needed to re-discover it, and now I'm helping hundreds of folks do the same. So I totally get where you're coming from with the whole money solving problems part - but there is an aspect to it where you do need to have that overarching fulfilment, purpose "Thing" that drives you and pulls you forward - because otherwise you get the same thing as what you said with the story of the hedge fund guy, and that is exactly the same as mine being a corporate lawyer. The secret is to find that Flow and Boom: You never work a day again :)
At one time I was so poor I could not afford the "or" in poor, I was just po!
Po, YOU MUST BECOME FATTER TO SMASH TAI LUNG THROUGH THE WALL
I was once so poor that I couldn't pay attention
6foot4honda ???
Cyclecruza you pop up in the most random places, hey buddy👋
when you ride your chineeesee scooootaaaa!! :D
But just because you have a job that pays well, doesn't make you happy..... My brother works at Nestle as an Engineering manager overlooking a lot of staff making 120k a year but he hates it. He said it's stressful, he is on the call all the time, he has to work long hours, gets home late, can't spend time with his family much, and he pretty much doesn't have a life outside of work.
Who want's to live like this? I don't.
I am a computer technician at an intermediate school who loves my job and I work 40 hours a week with every weekend off. My work/life balance is perfect and I wouldn't change a thing. Sure I only get 43k a year but I don't mind. I am not struggling either because my girl makes 70k a year as a CT/Xray Technician at a big hospital. My job is not stressful usually, I am the only IT guy in my school building and I don't have a boss looking down at me 24/7, I get paid holidays off, a lot of vacation days and sick days. It's just super chill and I love it. Because I only work 40 hours a week I have time to do whatever I want when I get off of work at 3:30pm every day. From 4pm to 12am on Monday-Friday it is just chill and I get to spend time with my girl, family, friends. Just can't beat it man.
What good is money when you have no time to enjoy yourself?
This is the motto I live by.
You have a very good job and it pays well to cover your expenses. You get enough time to do something else or in simple words enjoy life. However, if your salary didnt cover the expenses or rather the cost of living then you would feel the need for more money. This will affect your mental health which would also affect your social life. Money definitely gives you happiness indirectly
@@mayukhsharma8465 I see your point. I just like a good middle balance with work and life :)
I am 37 now I realize that I have to find for peace of mind. So I left the job now I am a aspiring Entrepreneur. But I have peace of mind now. That's really great. Do what you like to do don't do what others expect from you. Money also matters most.
This video needs to have a part 2 or 3. What you can do from either point of view. I believe it will help both parties
Rich people eat burgers for breakfast
😃
_burgers for breakfast_
thats funny...
You sure? I think I need to hear it a few times to be 100%
Everyone can do that.
You put a lot of creativity from your soul .... Love you Casey.
I love your channel and your way of presenting things. You've inspired me to start re-uploading videos on TH-cam. Being broke is tough to get over. Whether you are born broke or if you become broke during your life. But if someone puts as much time and determination in what they can. As you have done in this channel. Then they will not remain broke. But it is always those who are broke because they live over ability and try to pretend to be richer than they are. And that's a game that is impossible to win. For then you sell the dinner to buy breakfast.
I totally agree with this video. "Money makes your journey of success a lot more enjoyable" and then if you are in the right frame of mind, you can focus on working on all those other issues that really can't be solved by money.
Congrats for uploading 1K videos on TH-cam
Had a hard time paying attention to the message when you were ignoring someone at your door for probably 5 minutes lol
That's an elevator lol. The camera is from the perspective of the peephole on his own door.
Burgers, the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast
Danny A the cornerstone of heart disease
May I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down?
‘Uhhhm... this is a tasty burger’
Crisis sources creativity. Creativity brings wealth.
Kanye was right when he said money isn’t everything but not having it is!
Haha OG shit right here !! Shoutout Graduation.
As my dad says: money can't buy me happiness but it sure as hell can buy me laser eye surgery and a new set of teeth!
In the western society we are building a culture where it’s “greedy” or “evil” to admit you’re in pursuit of money. The TRUTH is money is a physical form of power. It cannot buy every solution, but it can increase the likelihood of happiness in every aspect of your life. Pursuing money is ethical. Go get the life you want.
But pursuing power is greedy, as well as pursuing money, and damages our society. Power should be obtained as a mean to do what you are good at, it should never be the aim. Money is needed to survive in our society, and should be obtained as a result of a positive contribution to society, and never be the aim as well.
@@antox00 Pursuing power/money does not equate to greed at all. You just made that assumption with no context. What if someone wanted to pursue the power to help their old poor community? Or to create wealth in a certain sector? Or maybe they want to create generational wealth. More money = more success, because money is currency and this world revolves around it. No one wants to live a life where they only have enough money for what they need. That's ridiculous, if people just lived their lives like that we would still be stuck in the stone ages.
No, fool, opposite. That's why Objectivism is unheard of in Europe. You measure your self worth by your net value. You are doing it now.
I love how he wears a 2000$ jacket and covers the brand label with tape. Humility. Love you Casey!
I wouldn't be surprised if its actually a $50 knock off one from China Town.
"I don't like the idea of fashioning your life around money, or lifestyle," Jim Jarmusch said in that 1984 interview. "It seems just too predictable. There are so many other ways of living."
problem with most of these other ways of living is that without money, they are no fun :(
Oh brotherrrrrrr 😥😥 that is just some ballshit. i bet you are rich or at least middle-class to even say that. I am not even gonna go further i am just gonna leave it like that.
I hate everyday I go into work. My new job just reminds me oh much better it was at my old job. Even on the worst days I still managed to push through and accomplish my work. Now i just ask God to help me everyday and take me by his hand so that I can make it through lunch.
For anyone who is going through something like this, know you are not alone.
Casey 1 hour video? NEXT VIDEO: EXPLORING CONSPIRICY THEORIES
Great video. Loved the distinction between Money Problems vs Life Problems. Casey you do an excellent job at making us look at life in a different way.
Who's laying in bed scrolling?
I just want to thankyou for encouraging me to create!
I'm in too, just go for it...what do we have to lose
Research shows: If going from poverty to middle class increases happiness. But beyond middle class, happiness does not continue to increase with increasing wealth. From $15K/yr. to $50K you're happier. From $50K to $5000K you're not happier. Even more, one year after winning lottery winners return to their previous level of happiness.
My girlfriend and I are in our mid 20's. Over the past couple of years we have made it our mission to increase our monthly income as much as possible and to get out of all consumer debt. We both come from very working-class families: My dad was a plumber in London's east end, and she grew up in the west country pottering around doing God knows what. When we both started our careers in London we took home £34k between us, which if you live or have lived in London you know that's not gonna cut it.
I'm now 27, she is 25 and we now have an annual take-home of £112k. We are both insanely happy. We purchased a house on our own, we can go on holiday to pretty much anywhere we want to go, we can afford to treat ourselves every so often and we're able to continue to save plenty of money to increase our wealth. Being poor fucking sucked and I would never want to go back to that again.
So as someone that grew up poor, lived in one of the most expensive cities in the world poor and is now doing very OK. This Millionaire can shut the fuck up. If you're unable to improve your life outside of work with $1.2m, you're an unappreciative douche bag. The guy is probably a prick and has no hobbies or interests outside of his financial world.
Grind out your job for a few years, save your money then you can go and do something you truly love and not give a shit about how much you're being paid.
You are so perfect to me. Even when you write fulfillment without two "L". 😍❤️
I love the fact that you know this being German - I need to go back to school, never spotted it!
Si Ronconi Haha, I am not that smart actually 😅. You r smart. You checked where I am from... How you did that?
I just know because my last presentation was about fulfillment warehouses and I was keep forgetting how to write it, that now I know it by heart.
@@Hauttief i just clicked on your youtube profile and you had a video that I think was in German (i hope). I don't know if it is German, Swiss German or any other kind... all i know is that being half italian I know how to spell weird words but I sometimes mess up with the really easy ones :(
I was thinking the same thing lol. Love Casey because he's so genuine.
'FuLfiLment' has two 'L's...
But, I know what you meant.
Great video Casey! Money is a tool. It’s needed, it just can’t / shouldn’t be used to solve every problem. People who hold this expectation that it fixes everything will not be happy, those who have enough and know how to use it, will be better off.
Casey, the article was about money not correlating with fulfilment at work and was not about problem solving with them per se.
I like what he points out and what he says and how he says it thou I think that when you have money problems and life problems they blend together because when you can pay rent you find happiness same with clothing and food and etc.
Agree. Money will solve most of your problems... especially the problems that you have when you have no money. People who say money won't make you happy have never had any money. The money itself won't make you happy, but it will allow you to create an environment and situation where you can be happy.
You cant buy a byproduct. happiness is not one simple feeling, its a combination of wealth, health, family, relationship, mindset.
Man those throwback real life photos are priceless. My photos like that are what keep me going. Digital just isn't the same.
O I love this episode, the idea makes a clear classification.
Money never made the man rich
💪🏽
Wow that was my first casey vid and honestly it was the best video I've seen in a while.. gonna sub forsure
WIll always be my favorite Casey Vlog
I agree Casey! I've said this all my life!! Money doesn't solve certain issues, but it enables you to better be able to solve those issues!
10 minutes to tell me that money can buy things that you need. Wow Casey, you're really deep and original.
Garyvee talks alot about this topic. I think overall, if you find happiness in what you do, regardless of what you make, you WIN.
The question is WHY do we have to buy anything. It's not us....Its the system that people live in the usa specifically. I have lived in many countries under different systems. Many of the people in countries with different systems dont have money pressures and life is soooo incredibly different in those places. I have been extremely poor many times. The life of an artist doesn't revolve around money so i don't identify my self worth with money. But those times left a huge scar in my psyche in other areas. Even though I had an over arching purpose in life. The point is...we should look at our society. There is no need for anyone to suffer. There is so much money out there....The social concepts is the problem. The selfishness, the greed. There is no need for any of that. I hope to adjust this post as i think of how to write it better but....I want to thank Casey for bringing up this very very important issue. You are using what you built to do good. I love that. Peace
I think people who have experienced both ends of the financial spectrum appreciate the value of money more and are more conservative, but also generous once they are wealthy.
great life lessons to ponder. I'm 64 and still swinging for the fences! cheers...
Any1 else notice this is his 1,000th video
Great video. I’d love to see you do a video on the difference in the mindset of a successful person vs the mindset of an unsuccessful person.
“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning- So we beat on, boats against the current”
-The Great Gatsby
This is your 1,000th TH-cam video on your channel.
Aside from the overall message of the video, I'm very impressed at your ability to board and film.
I'm in such a weird place. My dad has been unemployed since January 2019. He usually was the main source of income for my family but since he's been laid off multiple times by different failing companies I was used to it. However one thing, I go to a private school and I'm a senior. My mom teaches Chinese kids English and I have two jobs, have school, do theatre and play basketball. Basically our schedules don't allow for any together time. My dad has been doing favors just to make a few extra bucks for rent, and such. We went from living in a nice suburb of Austin TX to an apartment which i'm fine with. I've moved about 17 times in my life so change doesn't phase me. It's just really weird having close friends who don't work and get money thrown at them from their parents or a new car when they're 16, or extravagant gifts. I pay for everything I have unless it's my bday or Christmas. For Chgristmas I got a pair of converses and i was happy! My sister complained about lack of gifts and it made my mom cry. I was so so angry at that. Basically I'm not poor, I'm bottom of the middle class surrounded by upper middle class friends and wherever I go to college is based off how much it will cost my family. Did get accepted to The University of Houston though, so hopefully we can afford that. Basically i'm in an awkward, hard place and I can't identify with either side. AMA
You nailed it, Maslow theory right there. First you need to solve basic needs.
Never saw a video so accurate regarding, money, life problems and happines.
Unfortunately taking care of your elderly parents pays nothing. Dad has passed and taking care of mom. It's stressful, i have no social life and now no savings. But i chose to be the one to give up my life.
coming from a caretaker.... you have to make time to live for you .... think outside the box!
Is there still a long-form video coming? Is it out somewhere? I know you've had so much change but hope you can still put out the project someday. Cheers Casey!
Basically it is Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. You don't worry about self fullfilment when you are worried about shelter and food.
Respecting odd people like transexuals and shit and worrying about safety or environment is like no priority for poor people.
They will not give a shit about your feelings and have no problem not recycling because, they ACTUALLY HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS.
Rich people are stupid if they never been broke, because they wont understand. Everyone has to be broke at least a few time to be a usefull human.
Very well said
@@Francisco-j1e You notice that middle class women who have never worked a day in their life and started breeding out of highschool and had everything bought for them by men from birth until death... They're truly the least useful and entitled people in the world. First to die in any sort of strife though, so bring on the civil war.
@@ND-yp3sk lmao yall think ur tough
@@Francisco-j1e lmao are you really making poverty as an excuse to be transphobic? it literally costs *nothing* to respect people's pronouns, it isn't hard at all.
I see absolutely no reason as to how being poor and being unable to respect trans people are related.
Studies have shown that the jump from poor to middle class (or at least a point where you don't have to worry about bills) is one of the best ways to boost your happiness
KLJF calm down professor downer, from now on whenever I am happy I’ll think of this TH-cam comment and remember how stupid I am, and therefore will die a miserable and lonely death
KLJF
You must be incredibly happy then.
KLJF Said they clearly depressed nihilist edgelord!
he said, problems, not happyness.
just happened. not really tbh, more stress. it is about life fulfillment and purpose.
aint no rich people tryin to trade places tho
facts
On god
Buurrnn
Some would consider and do downsize though.
There's a British show which in poor and rich people switch homes for a week
feels like an old Casey video. im in my happy place
I think it was that nice intro music
Totally agree the new Casey videos be boring
Joshua seriously. I loved it
brandon garrison true but i still love him
I just like it becasue you have my same naem Hector Alejandro LOL
When you're dead broke, money is everything.
"I can live with little money, i cant live with no money"
A fucking good reason to implement a UBI. Its should exist already.
"when your dead broke" yes yes it will but i think what the millionare was getting on about is that for him having that sorta money didnt make him happy ive always believe that if you have a roof, food and money for other necesites and wants i think that makes you happy being able to have that free time that bugger making millions each year probaly works 12 hr days and doesnt see his family probaly doesnt even get to enjoy his money
@@Francisco-j1e but would you live comfortably, nope
@@hamishcounsell5579 millionaires can quit - if you have a good job with not so bad money, you cannot quit, then you can really find yourself being unhappy even if you actually do not have money issues
So true but there could be a bigger matter that’s more important to you like raising a family
Maslow's hierarchy of needs
thanks for that, doge
Woah. Didn’t expect to see Mr. SciFiDoge here.
Exactly the concept people need
F.W Taylor motivates with money, and that's what motivates people. Give them more money and they'll do more work or vice versa.
Humanism at its finest! Self actualization here I come!
" Money can't buy happiness but happiness can't fill the plate."-Booba
Luca Della Vechia ptdrrrrrr t’as osé 😂
Mdr
I think people tend to get standard of living and quality of life confused. Standard of living refers to how much material goods you can own, while quality of life related to personal factors that affect happiness. You could have a high standard of living, but a poor quality of life, which will make you miserable. I also like to the idea of diminishing returns to the happiness-money graph. As you earn more money, the amount of personal fulfillment you get from each dollar will decrease. For example, a poor person would be happy with having simply enough money to eat, while a middle class person would be happy to have enough money to buy a nice tv. A rich person might not feel happy unless they can get themselves a sportscar or a yacht. Over time, you will need more and more money to make a significant increase in your happiness. Yes, money will solve most of your problems, but ONLY if you are broke or in financial need. I will note that middle class and upper class people will tend to be happier than poorer people because they can focus on their personal life and have access to resources that improve their quality of living (plenty of entertainment, therapy, etc). However, my opinion is that, after a certain point, you can stop worrying about chasing money and instead focus on your quality of life.
I think happiness Can the fill the plate if you I used it like fuel
True dat bro
Casey's 1000th video! Congratulations!!!😄❤
1000 seconds is a lot.
You meant 1000th?
1000rd 1000st 1000nd
@@joescho haha fixed it😂
@@BrettHayworth well that's my grammar 😂
Rich or Poor, You Hustle, I respect that. You inspire me to do the same. Great Work casey.
100%
Hustle???? You dont know the meaning of the word! Hustling is jerking of punks under a bridge for five bucks a go day in day out just so you can feed your family
john smith how you watching this video then if you can barely feed your family?
@@Dylan_Kraatz.39 lol exactly
@@majestyyx did i say it was me doofus?
Very interesting perspective coming from Casey who has seen both sides of the equation. Good essay my man!!
Griffin Casey Vlogs right? Loved hearing his perspective
“Having money isn’t everything, but not having it is”
this is spot on!
Good life
Money may not buy happiness, but it can definitely get rid of the things that cause unhappiness.
Edit: (I am aware that this doesnt apply to all situations. Which is why I said "can")
Not all of them.
@@rivoncz I agree. but give me an example you're thinking of
Kyle death
Kyle only immediate thing I can think of is love and loyalty
@@casomii7576 True it may not help you find love but if you're surrounded by disloyal or toxic people. Money can enable you to remove those people from your life (by distancing yourself)
Money problems: healthcare
"Laughs in europian"
Laughs in American healthcare, best healthcare in the world
Skipp Dunlap yeah 3k for an ambulance
Emstar 1 free but with the amount of people calling for stupid shit you’re lucky if they’re on time
Skipp Dunlap I’ll stick to Canada’s, not a dime
Skipp Dunlap American healthcare is actually worse than Western European healthcare
I respect your hustle so much. I remember about 3 years ago you made a video about how you started getting into filming. And you said specifically don't ever max out your credit card for a camera. And stupidly I did the same thing. Well after years of hustling I've peaked over 134,000 subscribers. And videos like this put so much perspective into it. Thank you so much Casey. But seriously don't ever max out your credit card lol
For real. Been following both of you for awhile. Both always exceptional work
haha i did the same thing 😂😭
Damn... and I need a drone! 😟
@@eternalramen_ so did I no regrets.
lol worth it ;-)
The best thing is when you start off poor and end up rich.
Especially when you get to solve all of the problems at once. You find a job that you love and are passionate about and fulfils you and then you get to solve all of the money problems through the success of working at something you love. Then you become a source of happiness and wealth for others around you.
thank YOU!!
rather just be rich but nothing worth doing is easy
Yes! It makes you appreciate everything so much more.
like Casey
I don't know if money buys happiness....but, it certainly buys a better sadness.
damn...
Malcolm Lang deep
Yo!!! That's serious!!!
That's prophetic.
Omg, yes!