A lot of people in the world make the awful mistake of chasing that purple dragon, meaning figuratively that they focus on what everyone wants: to be rich. To have a lot of money. The fact of the matter is that most people will never accomplish this dream. Why?

People are too simple minded and ignorant of everything I’m about to explain; in order to become rich, you need to rise above the rest – in such a specific manner that you excel in whatever you do for a living or your occupation or profession in such a way that you are at the very least one of the best in your fields in general either nationwide, regional or by global standards outright. Needless to say, this requires a tremendous amount of devotion and sacrifices on your part or behalf to the point where you exceed your contemporaries. Many people do not do so because of the very simple saying that everyone wants change but no one is willing to do what it takes to bring about said change. Ergo or hence, the statistical majority of people in the world will never be financially well off and it is a privilege that is hypothetically speaking reserved for the very few that are capable of adhering to the aforementioned exceptional standards, with the benefits that they reap from it. This is regardless of whether they have a natural talent for it, affinity or knack or whether they earned it or both or anything else in between. Bottom line is, these people are exceptional compared to the world’s population. And they reap the benefits from it.

So what can you take from this? That it’s unhealthy to have an obsession or preoccupation with money, constantly thinking about having “it all”, when you are not even remotely focusing on what needs to be done realistically in order to be well off compared to the average person in the world. Do not be that guy or girl that thinks that they can become a millionaire without either having the capacity to understand what it literally and figuratively takes to become a millionaire or even well off and/or being reluctant to do what needs to be done, regardless of time and effort (Even if it means doing so for the rest of your life). Otherwise you will find yourself after having wasted many years of your life being nothing but a statistic; nothing but a person that chased the earlier mentioned purple dragon. And in the end you accomplished little to nothing for your efforts, because they were misdirected to begin with as a whole. And you’ll find yourself working a mundane job or similar, or worse yet; leaning on someone else for financial support and being middle-aged or older, not having anything realistic to show for yourself, career-wise or financial wise.

So what to do? Actually focus on realistic ways to improve your lot in life, financially; take detailed notes of your expenditures and make adjustments where necessary without sacrificing all too much in the way of your material quality of life, pick up an extra job. If you do not have the stamina for the former, then do whatever it takes to attain said stamina mentally and physically by for example doing meditation and so on and so forth, etc. Put in the effort.

Frugality