Thanks for this. I fully agree.

When I was younger I thought a lot about money and making money was the important factor. As I've gotten older the value of money is what you can do with it, and the freedom that it allows.

My #noloafingmoney project is all about getting out of the gig economy where trading hours for dollars isn't sustainable when I really want to spend more time in nature and with my kids. I'm not the type of person that wants to work hard for 30yrs, sacrifice all that time away from friends and family to possibly "retire" and then enjoy the last years of my life. I want to enjoy my life now.

Money is a tool and we can live without it.

Mostly agree, money itself isn't a necessity of life, but you must trade it for those necessities. So there is a minimum that you need to be content, and that minimum is a lot lower than some people think.