Would you rather be wealthy or healthy? Is the outloud answer to this question different than the answer given in private? In alot of cases I imagine it is. Most people would say, what would be the use in being wealthy if you were to die early. Damn you Robert Redford, you ginger-haired provocateur. Sleep with my wife for a million. Give me an extra 100 pounds for a million. Two hundred pounds for five million. The caveat is that you can’t take it off. You have to stay that weight forever and you get all the health problems that come along with the extra weight. Would you do it? Think of how much five million dollars is.
A healthy life is within the reach of most of us. Multiple millions is not. I think this question has different answers depending on your situation. Do you have someone that you want to enjoy a lifetime with? Do you have kids you want to see grow up? Another question has to be: does health equal happiness? Its a huge assumption that skinny minnies are happier people. Santa seems happy.
At this point in my life, I feel like I would turn the money down. I still hold on to dreams of achieving financial comfort on my own. I feel better thirty pounds lighter. I think I will be even better when I lose fifty more. Does the weight loss make me happier? How much would cost not to have my kids have to worry about me? Is a gazillion a number?
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