How to solve your

money problems

Avoiding obsession

On the other hand, it's extremely important to avoid having a fixation about one's pecuniary difficulties. Recognize that life is nothing else than a continuous series of problems. We have to try constantly to solve such problems and, precisely, happiness consists in solving them in a satisfactory way as they come along. If problems didn't exist, life would seem very boring to us, and we'd hastily go creating some.

Is it hot or cold? Are you hungry, thirsty, or sleepy? Do you want to find a sister soul? Are you looking for an apartment closer to your workplace? Do you want to make progress in the practice of your favorite sport? Do you wish that your child could get better results at school? All this constitutes a series of problems that you have to try to solve. Your money questions simply constitute another series.

If you want to play a game of chess, cards, or scrabble, you're deliberately looking for problems, because you'll have to try to beat your opponents. You'll also voluntarily create problems if, for example, you start learning a foreign language — you'll have to try to master pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, syntax, etc.

It would be completely absurd to assert that the existence of problems spoil our life. Our problems exist only because we exist. All our problems will disappear when we quit life.

So, let's not be distressed so much about the existence of our problems, particularly of our money problems. Whatever their number and their gravity, let's not forget to live our lives fully, right now, by refusing none of the pleasures that don't need to be paid for.