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To most people, living rich is about having ‘unlimited cash’ sitting in a bank account and ‘unlimited want’ for fast cars, designer bags and several other expensive things. However, when it comes to others like me, living rich is having enough cash and less want in any way possible.

Sometimes, I wish I can live the minimalist life—and to be frank, I intend to do so one day. I have a friend who is currently living under the minimalist doctrine with several thousands of pounds sitting in his account, simple because he doesn’t really need to buy any of those things we so much want but do not need. To me, this friend is living rich compared to several people who purchase everything they want and are left with nothing in their banks or even have to make the purchases on credit.

Living rich is not about what you’ve got but rather living in such a way that your needs are accurately met with a lot of surplus cash sitting in your bank for investments or savings.

Let me tell you about the minimalist lifestyle of my friend which has placed him in the ‘living rich’ category—free of financial stress and pressure. He has just 4 jeans, 8 shirts, a laptop, a few under wears, a kindle where he stores his books and a suitcase which is big enough to carry all these things listed. He has almost 55,000 pounds sitting in his bank and has different layers of investments too.

To him, if he needs to wear a suit tomorrow and it is absolutely necessary, he will walk into a shop and buy one. And if he needs a new shoe, he will purchase one too. But he does not need to have more than 4 shoes so the moment he buys a new thing, the old one must go—must sell or be given out to someone who also really needs it.

Anytime I visit my friend, I find his life so beautiful and rich in comfort—with no materialistic pressures hovering over his head. He has a lot of time for himself, for friends, family and to do those things that matter to him. After all, he doesn’t have to work like a donkey just to be able to buy a brand name or something that he doesn’t really need in life.

I also know of several persons who have no time for themselves, for their children and for their own health—all because they have 2 or sometimes even 3 jobs to do, to be able to afford 3 expensive mobile phones, 2 large TV sets in their flats (and they are never home to watch), an expensive car which they only get to drive on Sundays on which they are paying a rocketing insurance, countless shoes and clothes which they can only wear one at a time. To these people, living rich is about killing yourself just to have a tall list of things you do not need but just want—and will continue to want more…

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