Want to want (1)
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Jul 10, 2006
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I heard a phrase recently, and I can apply it to a few situations in my life. The phrase is "Want to want". Used in context: "I want to want to go to the gym, but I just don't." Another way of saying it is "I wish I had the desire to go to the gym." It's different from "I want to go to the gym." It implies a lack of desire, and a desire to change that lack of desire.
I went to a financial advisor recently. This guy explained the inner workings of money to such detail that my brain actually shut down. I died for a few minutes and was only awoken when he said something about chocolate-covered dollar bills. The thing about money is that as long as I have some, I really don't care about it. It doesn't interest me in the least. I find it very boring to hear about finances and stock options. I don't understand annuities and life insurance, and I don't have the desire to. I wish I had the desire to learn about money. I'd love to have the desire to study economics and learn about the federal reserve. I want to want to learn about the value of the dollar and how compound interest is calculated. But when it comes down to it, I just don't. I wish I wanted to, but I don't. #money
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2007-03-08 13:29:01
hey i feel the same way about money. right now i am in-between jobs and i can't find the motivation to go get one. i quit a well paying job to go back to school to pursue medicine. i figured if i was helping save people's lives then money wouldn't be so bad. but medicine isn't just about saving lives - there's a lot of business in it as well. not everyone does medicine to help others (meaning, that is not their first priority). now i'm in a city with a few homeless shelters and i can actually do what i wanted to do - without medicine - help others. but this money thing sure is a demotivator... i just hate the concept of money. nothing good has ever come from it.
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