A while back I attended a guest lecture given by Jeffery Stamp, a serial entrepreneur and interesting person, and he had said many things, and one of which really stuck with me.
How much is enough?
He said it in the context of funding for businesses in that his mentor/investor would not provide funding unless he was able to place a number, exact amount, on how much was enough to sustain the business, and subsequently, Jeff's life.
So how much is enough? My aunt and I discussed something similar in regards to personal wealth where she considers wealth to be any form of extra monetary value to that of what is needed for living a comfortable life. Unfortunately, the line is subjective as to what "a comfortable life" is, and it may be different even for the same person. I personally am adaptable, so I am just as comfortable in an apartment or living in a van as I would be in a mansion, and perhaps more likely is that I haven't found a true level of comfort (and do I want to?), so the question is where to draw that line of "what is enough for me?"
But abstracting away from money, what about time? I will die, but I have the ability to extend my life to its fullest, or cut it short (save for accidents or other major anomolies). So how many years is enough for me? My friend and I were talking earlier about how not persuing immortality is akin to suicide - with the knowledge of imminent death and the lack of preventative action taken. So if I won't live forever, but I have a degree of control over when I die, then when is the optimal time?
She had claimed 75-80 years, I think I would rather live 100-120 years (these are mentally and physically able years). But are either of those truly enough? Can one even know how much is enough? Perhaps it's impossible to know for certain, but having lived roughly a quarter of my lifespan already, I don't know if it's been as great as I want my future to be.
But then again, in the context of living life itself, how much is enough?
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