Remember the book The Moon and Sixpence? The prototype of the book is the French painter paul gauguin, which tells the story of a 40-year-old stockbroker who started to learn painting and fell madly in love with it. He gave up his rich life, suffered from poverty and illness, and finally became a great painter. I believe many people will be shocked by the story. I can't imagine that the human spirit is so strong, and I can't judge what the world will choose for the moon and sixpence.

If I have to choose the moon or sixpence, I think, at least now I don't have the courage to choose the moon.

I often see some remarks about money. Many people are radical and think that working for money is a vulgar thing, which not only desecrates work, but also loses the value of life. Anyway, in their language, these people who work for money are money worshippers and stink of copper. Whenever I see such remarks, I want to tell them that a full man doesn't know how hungry he is. It's easy to stand and talk. Such people earn enough money by themselves, and in turn condemn those who work hard for money with the concept of saints.

Ma Yun, the richest man in China, is supposed to have earned enough money, so why should he work? I think it's probably out of a sense of social responsibility or to realize self-worth. People who have achieved financial freedom naturally have a different definition of money than ordinary people, but I am not Ma Yun, and I can't feel the feeling of dismissing money.

Take my first internship as an example. I got an internship salary of one month 1500. I live alone in a relative's house. I don't have to pay rent, but I live on this 1500 yuan for a month. I don't want to spend my parents' money after graduation, so I am very frugal. Once I got sick, at first I just caught a cold and got angry, but I didn't get well after taking medicine. Later, I had a high fever, so I went to see a doctor to take medicine. The total cost was more than 100, which was really a big expense for me at that time. Later, I dared not get sick easily. Even if I went to the pharmacy, I was worried about the price rather than the efficacy. At that time, I felt that the poor really couldn't afford to get sick.

There is a question in Zhihu: What kind of job would you choose without considering external factors such as money? Then there are a lot of wild answers. I don't think many people will be engaged in their present jobs, but these are just assumptions. We still have to return to real life.

When it comes to whether to work for money, for people who have just entered the society, it is definitely more important to consider self-improvement than salary. I also agree that college graduates should not blindly pursue high salaries, but should learn more knowledge and accumulate experience. If I have two jobs, one with high salary but no development, and the other with low salary but good prospects, I will choose a job with more prospects but low salary, because I want to learn more experience to improve myself. I won't do it for money at this time, but for making more money in the future.

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Money restricts freedom.

What is true freedom? You don't have to do anything you want. Only when you have enough capital can you say that you can't work just to make money.

Some time ago, I was screened by a "century" wedding. As a result, a sentence appeared in the comments: money limits imagination. This sentence is very reasonable. Money not only limits imagination, but also limits freedom, cultural level and vision. Otherwise, why should the country get rid of poverty?

There are many people around me with a monthly salary of several thousand yuan, who live very chic, without pressure and ambition. They really enjoy life. They can pay the down payment to buy a house with the money saved by their parents, and pay back the rest slowly. There is nothing wrong with this life, and I want it, too. But they will have their own children in the future, and the children will grow up. If one day their children suddenly say to them: Mom and Dad, I want to go abroad for further study. I think the first question that parents think of is not the future development of their children, but how much money to pay and whether the savings at home are enough.

Are you afraid that children will ask you for money in the future? When I was a sophomore, I told my dad that I wanted to study abroad. As a result, my dad said to me, "Well, I support you. I will let you go abroad even if I sell iron." My god, my family will lose everything to let me go abroad. Do I have the courage to go abroad?

You don't often hear that I travel when I make money, I honor you when I make money, and I do what I want to do when I make money. In reality, many people are not alone. They have to support their families. Can you talk to them about poetry and distance instead of working for money? Life is not so ideal, don't talk about others with the thoughts of saints.

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Can money buy happiness?

Let's talk about making friends first. It's another group of friends that a friend of mine plays with. One of them comes from a poor family. It took his parents almost a month's salary to buy an Apple mobile phone, but this person especially likes to make friends, and often takes everyone to dinner and sing K. This time, the group of them is basically his treat next time, and sometimes everyone AA chips in. As a result, every time it was the man's turn to invite him to dinner, he called on everyone to chip in, and then everyone gradually moved away from him. My friend told me, "I eat with this and sing K with that every day, and I have never been invited once." Don't mix friends if you have no money. "

I can't say that all friendships are like this, but there will be such a situation. If you have no money, you may not even be able to make friends, and your salary may not be enough to accompany you. Although there has been a saying since ancient times that a friend of a gentleman is as light as water, after all, times have changed, there are not so many gentlemen, and life is so bitter that you can't even cover yourself.

When I was in college, I worked part-time outside to earn some money, and then bought a Chanel lipstick for my mother. As a result, my mother scolded me and said that I started to show off in an ostentatious manner when I made some money. Why buy such an expensive thing? I can't afford it. I was sad at the time. Not long after, I overheard my mother showing off in front of my father with the lipstick I gave her, and proudly said, "Look, what about the lipstick my daughter bought me?" Chanel, big brand, you didn't! " I will never forget my feelings at that time. I am really happy from the bottom of my heart. I really felt very happy at that time. Money is really hard to earn, but at that moment I felt that all the efforts were worth it.

In fact, most parents are used to scrimping and saving. If you can't eat well or use well, you must give your child the best. As a child, after earning some money, I can't wait to give the best to my parents. On the one hand, companionship is important, but you can't deny the importance of money. Parents' health needs money to support. Filial piety can't just accompany and talk. One sentence is right. We can't age as fast as our parents. Therefore, we should work hard to make money and let our parents enjoy the best as soon as possible.

I clearly know that affection, love and friendship are much more important to me than money. I love them and I don't want to have an empty heart to love them. The significance of my efforts to make money is to turn my love for them into material things.

We can't blindly pursue money, but we can't deny the happiness that money brings us. Have you ever experienced the pain of having no money? For many people, money can't buy happiness, because it is a kind of happiness.

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Economic base determines superstructure

I have two friends, both girls and single. I think many girls should have drunk the same chicken soup, that is, being single is the best appreciation period, so that's why I have the saying that I should be the best myself at the most beautiful age. Then the two girls tried to appreciate. A girl enrolled in piano classes and dance classes, bought a lot of books and traveled to three countries a year. Another girl, who keeps reading and running every day, said why don't you sign up for a piano class to learn musical instruments or something. As a result, she said to me, "You think I don't want to, how expensive piano classes are." If I had money, I would go to the gym. Can I still run on the main road? "

Yes, running and reading are the most economical. I don't have the effect of demonizing money. Obviously, in reality, a lot of things are smashed with money. Don't you need money to study abroad and broaden your horizons? Even going to an art exhibition and trying to cultivate yourself need tickets.

If you think I'm an amateur, then talk about dreams. My dream is to open a bookstore and coffee shop. I want to travel around the world. I want to collect souvenirs from all over the world and put them in this coffee shop. I think it's really wonderful. But I have no money. I don't work hard to make money now. Do you want me to betray myself?

When you have enough economic foundation, you are qualified to see the scenery on the superstructure.

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Working for money doesn't mean I worship money.

What is money worship? I just want to make a lot of money and give my parents something better. They have been saving money all their lives, and I don't want to be stingy with them. I just want to earn a lot of money, open a coffee shop and travel around the world. I don't want to have never worked hard for my dream in my life I just want to earn a lot of money for my children. If one day he wants to pursue his dream, I will tell him that I support him and will not say anything else. Similarly, in the process of work, I not only gained money, but also gained experience and life insights. But my original intention was really just to make money.

I worship teachers and doctors. They really contribute to the whole society. The significance of their work lies in teaching and educating people and saving lives. But I'm not a teacher or a doctor. When I don't have enough ability to contribute to society, I just want to make money to give back to my parents. Who says it's meaningless to work just to make money? I use the money I earn to make my family enjoy a better life. I think this life is worthwhile.

Most people work for money. Most people who don't work for money have other sources of income, so naturally they can't understand people who are still working for money. If you still believe that people should live for themselves, you can't work only for money. Is it meaningful to teach in Africa, and it's not bad to volunteer for free? Then go, I will never stop you.

Everyone's life has different meanings. Some people want to pursue the value of life, while others don't. Many people are willing to be mediocre all their lives. Is this wrong? No matter what kind of life others choose, we are not qualified to tell us what to do. I didn't sell my soul or my body. I went to work to make money, because money can get what I want, but it doesn't mean that money is supreme, it's just a tool. If I can achieve financial freedom one day, I will stop working and do what I want to do.

At least when I am a layman, I will still choose sixpence.

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