Being a man, I’m very good at compartmentalizing thing so I view giving and charity in its own box of things that I do. I hold what I do around charity and giving and this kind of thing in extremely high esteem especially because I work within myself, within my soul, within subtle realms, and this kind of thing. However, while I guess that is a method of giving I think living a good life and having sufficient resources to invest in oneself is a far safer bet than giving away as much money as possible. You really have to think of yourself in order not to become a charity case yourself. Doing that which is fulfilling and making you a better person has a duplicative effect and amplifies all that you do without the burnout or poverty stricken state that I think this system leads to. I agree that to the person doing it its not as hard as it might seem. I live on very little an most people think that I’m crazy or that its so hard but its not. However, there are moments like when my car needs something done or there is an event I’d like to go to that I really wish I had those resources to just pick up and go do that thing. I guess in that way I don’t see this extreme sacrifice method of giving is conducive to a good life. Does that make sense?
“You really have to think of yourself in order not to become a charity case yourself. Doing that which is fulfilling and making you a better person has a duplicative effect and amplifies all that you do without the burnout or poverty stricken state that I think this system leads to.”
This is a good argument against donating too much, but you can still keep enough for yourself to avoid poverty and burnout while earning to give. For example, of what my wife and I earn this year we’ll be dividing the money up like:
50% donations
23% taxes
21% saving
6% spending
You can see we’re saving several times our annual spending, which gives us a good safety margin in case something goes wrong. Part of why we’re able to have a budget like this is that we (me, wife, daughter) live frugally, and part of it is that we’ve tried to earn more so we can give more.
Good for you then for finding this lifestyle and creating a way to make it happen. I’ll admit I would probably do the same thing differently in different ways in a more spiritual sense of things.
Being a man, I’m very good at compartmentalizing thing so I view giving and charity in its own box of things that I do. I hold what I do around charity and giving and this kind of thing in extremely high esteem especially because I work within myself, within my soul, within subtle realms, and this kind of thing. However, while I guess that is a method of giving I think living a good life and having sufficient resources to invest in oneself is a far safer bet than giving away as much money as possible. You really have to think of yourself in order not to become a charity case yourself. Doing that which is fulfilling and making you a better person has a duplicative effect and amplifies all that you do without the burnout or poverty stricken state that I think this system leads to. I agree that to the person doing it its not as hard as it might seem. I live on very little an most people think that I’m crazy or that its so hard but its not. However, there are moments like when my car needs something done or there is an event I’d like to go to that I really wish I had those resources to just pick up and go do that thing. I guess in that way I don’t see this extreme sacrifice method of giving is conducive to a good life. Does that make sense?
“You really have to think of yourself in order not to become a charity case yourself. Doing that which is fulfilling and making you a better person has a duplicative effect and amplifies all that you do without the burnout or poverty stricken state that I think this system leads to.”
This is a good argument against donating too much, but you can still keep enough for yourself to avoid poverty and burnout while earning to give. For example, of what my wife and I earn this year we’ll be dividing the money up like:
You can see we’re saving several times our annual spending, which gives us a good safety margin in case something goes wrong. Part of why we’re able to have a budget like this is that we (me, wife, daughter) live frugally, and part of it is that we’ve tried to earn more so we can give more.
Good for you then for finding this lifestyle and creating a way to make it happen. I’ll admit I would probably do the same thing differently in different ways in a more spiritual sense of things.