A Question that I can’t find the answer to.

One day I was talking to my colleague about my dreams and aspirations. Like most, I have big dreams and wish to be as successful as possible. I mean, who doesn’t like money? Isn’t having more money better? I am sure you haven’t seen anyone who shy upon having more money (If you do, please introduce him/her to me *winky face*). Jokes aside, I do believe that money is important, especially when coming from a less privileged family where finances has always been at the back of our heads everyday.

Naturally I would want to earn as much as I can, pursuing careers with high payout, thinking that it will be worth it. With money, I can have anything I want in this world, I can give my parents good retirement life, my future family and even a few generations later would be well-to-do even.

Sounds great doesn’t it? I mean what could go wrong? That’s what I thought until my colleague asked me this,

“So, what number would you be satisfied with?”

I was stunned, never have I ever thought of that. I was constantly thinking about “oh, I have to make a lot of money, as much as possible”, but when taking a step back to think about it, she is right, how much is enough?

50 thousands? 100 thousands? 1 million? 10 million? 1 billion?

There is not a single figure that I am satisfied with, which led me pondering, “How much do I truly need to be happy? To be satisfied”. If not, I will never be happy…