If we want to be wise about money we should resist the impulse to follow our desires and concentrate instead on getting what we need. Need is deeper — bound up with the serious narrative of one’s life. “Do I need this”? is a way of asking: how important is this thing, how central is it to my becoming a good version of myself; what is it actually for in my life? This interrogation is designed to distinguish needs from mere wants. And that’s a good distinction to make. But it is important to see that this is not the same as the “modest versus grand” distinction. Our needs are not always for the smaller, lesser, cheaper thing.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:25:54 +0000
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