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Life Is Not Only About Making Money

Exams till age 23, settling in job till 28, working hard to get promoted till 35, starting our dream company and dedicating life to it till 45 and busy in making money till 50, is this why we are born on this beautiful planet?

What will you do sitting on a beach after 50, do you think your body will brace you to go for a trek or to swim in your dream waters or swing between your favourite hills at the age of 60. One fine day everyone will surely realize that money cannot buy time, age, health, and happiness, instead of regretting later, wake up now and balance life.

Today’s youth are focused only on money-making as if they got a grant to live here for centuries together. Buying an iPhone on EMI and struggling to pay dues has become a common new age routine, one has to notice that life without an iPhone would have lead to better human interactions. If there was no iPod, we would have still enjoyed stunning songs of birds, enriching sounds of air and heartfelt music of nature. Imagine life without Amazon.com, instead of sitting alone at the table and picking groceries or books online, we would have happily walked a mile with our family to a nearby grocery shop or a bookstore and burnt some calories as well.

We are currently living in a perilous society where it is considered a shame if we are not familiar with the top restaurant’s menu, we shower all our hard-earned money on dining at these overrated food stops. If KFC was never invented, we would have had a better, cheaper and healthier chicken cooked on the fire. It is the same case with thousands of other inventions. Instead, making technology and brands a part of our life, we are making our life around it and now we are paying for it.

One fine day when you look back into life, late hours spent at the office desk, million dollars lying in bank accounts are not going to flash a smile on your cheeks. A solo backpacking trip to the countryside, An adventurous road trip with your best buddies, a football match with your siblings and kids, a romantic date with your love and some quality time spent with your parents are the moments that will make you feel better and complete.

Of course, we need money, but not at the cost of our personal lives, we are definitely not that busy not finding a piece of time for our fitness and an hour or two for our family. I see people working till late hours and complaining that they don’t find the time for all this, in my view, they totally failed in planning their routine and sure gonna regret in the future for not finding time for themselves.

One should least care about the glory that comes out of money, instead, stay focused on living life like there is no tomorrow.

Life looks great if you live like you, you need more money only when you wish to live others life. Before I sign off I would like to remind you guys that “No one on their deathbed ever said, “I wish I had spent more time at the office.”

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By Chaitanya Gundluri

Chaitanya Gundluri is a Serial Entrepreneur, Business Investor, Interviewer, Passionate Marketer, Business Blogger and an Influential Sales Leader.
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