"I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today"

[tjtonmoy]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that could give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

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[Samlucky O]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

Such is life. It has always been like that wright from the oncept. There is a difference between the rich and the poor. The rich will always go for expensive things which the poor can not afford. I think that's the way they can show or express the use of their money. Every body have class and desire, it does not necessarily mean you must buy what is equivalent to your salary. You shoygo for what you can afford. Rather than putting yourself to emotional jopady.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me financial freedom is when you have extablish yourself financially. By setting up various business that would be generating fund from time to time. Which could be durable for a long time, because short time investment does not guarantee financial freedom.

[sunsilk]

Financial freedom's description varies per person. Someone might say that it's financial freedom when they can eat everything they want and don't have to be problematic with their bills.

The others could say that it is all about having all the material things that they never have. And the rest will just say it's all about having like lots of money that you can't imagine.

What I've learned from the others about being financially free is that, they can do everything and they all have the time to do things that they want to do while earning passively.

[hugeblack]

Financial freedom is one of the topics that is always discussed when talking about money, business and investments, but you rarely find a precise definition of this wording, so everyone who talks about it simply talks about having enough money, but it means living a luxurious life without being forced to work, and here  job will be just a choice. Many people complain about their salaries, but what is more important than the salary and job is enhancing your assets so that it generates more and more money and profits for you easily.

[gunhell16]

Well, literally speaking, there are people whose knowledge and understanding of financial freedom is that when you have a lot of money, you can get everything you want materially. You don't worry about money.

But the real financial freedom is that the money follows you, not that you follow the money. I hope you get my point about what we are talking about here. Another reason is that we have financial freedom because we have different businesses that produce money, so we never run out of money.

[TakeItEasy]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

As we always have heard we can't predict life as it is completely unpredictable, but if someone's fortune have decided it anything then he have to get it at any cost. Sometimes people loss their temper just for a single thing or for that thing which is not too important. But the main thing we should consider always run according to the waves. For example if there is a loss in something we should take one step back and follow another way to cross the barriers.

I have seen even many poor people that was on road and even they love to or like to study but they don't have money to study, they have are beautiful enough to work in any office but their money can't allow them to work as in this sense. Which hurts me too much sometimes. But they didn't have a mistake in it, as we all know life is so crucial and we have to deal with it sometimes.

[Hamphser]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

Success would only determine on how you would really be living your life and making out some wise decisions or not. If you do able to experience some sudden improvement on the time you are earning that much
then it would be normal that you would really be upgrading your living as well on which means that you arent that minding on tending to save up for some investment or business but rather you do cherish out
the current situation that you are in. Not all would really be that mindful about future events or plans but rather they would really be that minding on the current situation they are in.
When the time comes that the source had been cut or facing up some problems then this is where regrets do start to show or come up.

Regrets do always come at the end and dont wait for those consequences to slap you in the face on which you should have able to avoid such scenario if you had just that made
yourself that sensible and mindful about your finances. We do know that there's nothing permanent into this world. This is why you should really be wise
on taking decisions.

[famososMuertos]

There is a premise that says that financial freedom is when money is produced while you sleep, a traditional job will never give you financial freedom, but it is the red carpet to do so.

When you read any author who deals with the subject, they tells you that you have to write a book, buy the rights to songs, a rights license to "...", in short there are many things that give you that financial freedom, that are not linked to traditional sources of income.

[Captain Corporate]

I would say there are lessons to be taken from it. I wouldn't want to be the person who bought a perfume that is worth your salary, but I would love to be the person who sold a perfume for your salary, now that is the person that is lucky in that transaction. Don't get me wrong, if you have 25 million dollars in the bank, and 200+ million networth, spending 10k dollars on a perfume is not a "stupid" move, some people think that it is, but they are so rich that it doesn't matter to them at all. I think it would make sense for those people to spend like that, because if they buy a perfume that you can buy too, then why did that become so rich? But the real person I envy a lot is not that rich person, its the perfume manufacturer, I would love to own a brand like that, more than be able to buy it.

[komisariatku]

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Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

Yes, there are people who have a luxurious lifestyle with abundant wealth and maybe my monthly salary is the same as the price of the perfume they use or the price of the food they eat at a fancy restaurant. It sounds so sad and how unequal life is between the super rich and us ordinary people

Of course everyone wants to achieve financial freedom and works hard enough to achieve that goal but circumstances and luck in life are often different. For me, financial freedom is when I can provide for all my family's needs and can help other people. When it comes to money there will never be enough, humans have greed and always want more than we need. One way we can get financial freedom is by investing and I believe Bitcoin can take us there one day.

[Mahanton]

There is a premise that says that financial freedom is when money is produced while you sleep, a traditional job will never give you financial freedom, but it is the red carpet to do so.

When you read any author who deals with the subject, they tells you that you have to write a book, buy the rights to songs, a rights license to "...", in short there are many things that give you that financial freedom, that are not linked to traditional sources of income.

Something which is passive and something that would really be that considered to be the pinnacle of success on which reaching out into a point that you wont really be needing to work for you to earn
then this is the sweetest spot i would say.It is really just that people would really be living which is more than with their means as long they could really be able to buy up the things that they do
want then this what matter the most. They dont care on whats on tomorrow as long they do have the money today then they would really be spending it up according to their likes.
Sounds really not that reasonable or something that wont really be that wise because we know that there are really moments in life on which you would really be that experiencing some hardship
on which it would be causing that financial devastation.

People would really be just only to start on making some savings or minding about business and investment on the time that they are experiencing some hardship and not on the
time that they are still experiencing some extravagance. You would really be expecting that something like this to happen for most people that on the time that they
are on that situation where they can buy something then they wont be minding if this one is really that ideal or a good choice or decision.

[DrBeer]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

This is a completely normal situation! It doesn’t bother you that when you come to a restaurant you can spend as much in one evening as probably 20-30% of the Earth’s population earns in a month (if not the majority)? Doesn't bother me. Your car can cost - as much as the annual income of an entire family in a third world country, or the poor part of even very developed countries! Although this is quite an average-priced, non-premium car...
In the end, the manufacturer has the right to set any price at which the product will be purchased from him! Yes, the world is not very fair... For some you are a wild spender with inadequate expenses, for someone you are the same wild spender with inadequate expenses. This is how the world works. Either you need to choose your niche, or rise to a higher level, there is no other way.

PS may be a little harsh and not humane, but this is the truth of life. By the way, is there a price indication there? It would be more interesting - we could discuss a specific figure

[eightdots]

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

We have always encountered such things in life and we will continue to do so. Some products are only for some people, and the reason for this is the unnecessary consumption behavior that comes with the concept of wealth.

If you want to buy something and others can't buy it easily, there is a social class difference and the rich want that difference to be obvious. Most of them don't, but I would say that's generally the case. I think that's one of the mistakes that society has to overcome.

Financial freedom consists of a regular income that can enable a person to get what they want without creating any problems in their financial situation.

[EluguHcman]

Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person?

Laugh and not sorry because non of them has done wrong.

It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today?

My dear, if you feels sad who do you blame? Just laugh over it because it sounds funny and that is just one of the mysteries of life.
Asking where we are today, we are at where good's and services including  rate of living is extremely high. Everything grows but salary remains the same.

There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

Of course it is ought to live your life by what you can afford. If you earns little then live a normal life just as said @ OP also, If you earns hugely live a luxurious life all buttressed at your net values.

What is financial freedom to you?

Financial freedom is a set backup source of finances in which there is basically logistical plans and personal reliances to maintains a stabilizative portfolio of financial flows in purposes including reliability to debt free and retirement  by investing and saving of cashes at the readiness of now and for the future.

[dothebeats]

There are some things in this world that is unfathomable to us but is pretty common to others. Same goes to extravagant prices of common items such as this perfume.

If I were to be asked on financial freedom, I'd say I'll see it as something that enables me to not think on how to fund my wants and needs for the next 5 years. Sounds so simple but that's basically what having more than enough money means. You don't have to worry about where will you be getting your money from for the next years and live comfortably without having to hold back on spending. Being rich is asking for too much, and while that per se is also financial freedom, I don't think a lot of people will ever be able to reach that.

I'd rather be able to afford that perfume, and choose not to buy it rather than want to buy it but not have the means to do so.

[o48o]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

I don't think anything has changed, there are just more humans and more things to buy. Just because we think it's waste of money, it might be worth it to someone else. And it's not like that money would be out of circulation. It just moves to other people. Who cares what item has been changed for the money?

I don't understand most of the things people buy, but at least that's something real that person bought. In comparison someone paid $23.7 million for CryptoPunk #5822 NFT.

To smell good is a good as reason as any for me.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

No me financial freedom, is basically same thing i value money in the first place. It's a freedom to live your life without being constantly afraid that you or your kids might starve.
Riches won't automatically make you happy, but they create one hell of a safety net. If you have ever been poor, you know what i am talking about.

It's also a freedom to pursue your interests without wondering if you are making money.

[salad daging]

There are many people who live their lives beyond their means such as buying perfume equivalent to your salary then it is excessive but there is a view that always defends it whether it is from love or confidence in the item purchased so that it can make them improve in the future.

If I myself do not want to do excessive things because I have the ability above it then I will think twice about buying perfume that is so expensive while this item if not owned is not a problem, right?

Financial freedom is always about how much money we have, but there are other interpretations that have different views related to investment or other types, yes I think if we don't have enough investment, not much money then it's not financial freedom.

[BitDane]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

Just be contented on what we had as long as we can meet our basic needs, I think there is no reason to feel sad.  People wealth are not equal some were born wealthy and some are poor.  Some people have more than capability to spend while some are even lacking.  If we look at it and be affected by it everyday, then we won't be living in peace in our entire life.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

Financial freedom according to the definition is:

Everyone defines financial freedom in terms of their own goals. For most people, it means having the financial cushion (savings, investments, and cash) to afford a certain lifestyle—plus a nest egg for retirement or the freedom to pursue any career without the need to earn a certain salary.

source

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

Your choices is somehow the same.  Why choose to have it in the future when you already have it at this moment.  If one still need to work in order to sustain his activity then that person is not in the state of having a financial freedom since according to the definition, one can do anything he wanted without the need to work to sustain his activity.

[tabas]

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

This is financial freedom. You don't have to sweat that much and you've made a system that generates you money passively. Mostly the CEOs are like this but they still choose to go to their office and work for some checkings and usual task. But I agree to you that this is it, we don't have to worry about future and we've got some setup already on how we're going to spend but unknown how much we're going to make this and next month. With that uncertainty, the assurance is no matter what you do, you'll still make money. And from that money we earn passively, we also can adjust our lifestyle but it's always the best thing to live within our means.

[paxmao]

Yeah, you heard me right. Today I was scrolling through some Instagram Reels and I saw a video of a person saying this. I'm still confused. Should I laugh or should I feel sorry for that person? So here's how the whole video goes. The man said and I quote" I saw my salary on a bottle of perfume today. So you are saying that someone out there smells like my salary."
It's kind of funny but also sad at the same time. Where have we come today? There are people trying to live a normal life with what little amount they earn. And there are people using the same amount of money just to smell good.

I bring up this to talk about financial freedom. What is financial freedom to you? Is it about having a certain amount of money that is required to have financial freedom or to have an amount of money which can potentially give you freedom in the future?

To me, I will choose the second one. If I am happy with what I have and I am certain that it will continue to help me in the future too, then I have successfully achieved financial freedom. But most people these days are caught up with the thought of using luxurious thing and being able to continuously use it is financial freedom to them.

Do you agree or disagree to this? Let me know your thoughts.

[Just for context, I am not talking about holding money. I am talking about investments that good give me passive income that will continue to come in the future and give me financial freedom. As long as I can survive with that amount of money and not worry about the future, then it is financial freedom to me.]

I think this guy is completely wrong, the perfume is probably good, but his salary probably stinks  

Nothing new here to be honest, there are people out there who have a shitload of wealth, and it is not those that appear in tv doing extravagant stuff, it is people who do not look at the money when they want something. If the restaurant is 1000 pounds, so be it, it does not matter. If the parfume costs 3000... whatever, it is the one I like. Basically a bunch of people who have forgotten the real value of money.

Look, the fee for attending the last forum of davos was 15.000 dollars.