Comments on: Self-Worth vs. Net Worth in Trying Economic Times

By: stacy c

stacy c — Fri, 14 May 2010 07:35:15 +0000

So happy I stumbled across this blog. It reminded me of my grandma laughing telling stories about the depression. People speak of great memories from poor times.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:57:33 +0000

Even when I made more money I still had worries that it was not enough. This is forcing me to take inventory and make some tough decisions about how much really is enough to be happy. The conclusion that I am coming to is that it is not about how much money can make you happy at all. There are much simpler things that are going to bring you peace and happiness, and to keep all of that tied up to how much money and wealth that you achieve is never going to make you the kind of person that you want to be.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:07:27 +0000

I like Christine’s idea. To be honest, I already am bartering with friends, siblings, neighbours and its gotten us through. Doing 2 very small part-time jobs is still not enough to feed my family of 4.

By: Teri

Teri — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:00:07 +0000

It’s hard to not think of money when you need it to make ends meet. Money is important, but it’s not the only thing in life you need and it’s not the most important.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:34:10 +0000

Can we all just go back to bartering so that money will become not so big of a deal? I wonder if my credit card companies would go for that?

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:24:37 +0000

Stacy makes a good point. I remember when I lived at home with my mom, who was a widower, raising 4 kids on her own. We did not have much at all, but when I look back it seems that is when I was the happiest.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:02:35 +0000

We all fall into this trap sometime or the other. Hard times actually hit us where it hurts. Its difficult not being able to think of money as an important factor in self worth.

By: Mary Catherine

Mary Catherine — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:52:15 +0000

Everyone is so right that we have let the amount of money that we have in our bank accounts determine how important and well thought of we are. But that is such a big lie that we have all been feeding ourselves. That is why this recession over so mnay others has really taken its toll. Not only are people losing their material wealth but they are losing the ideas that they held about themselves all because for most of them it has been tied up in how much money they make and spend. What an eye opener for so many of us.

By: Rihaana

Rihaana — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:57:57 +0000

My husband lost his job 3 months ago and is now an odd job man while applying for jobs. We see him through the same eyes that we did 3 months ago and I can tell you for sure it takes a very petty person to tie someone’s self worth to net worth. It also speaks volumes of their level of maturity.

By: Stacy L

Stacy L — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:49:15 +0000

When did it become the norm for everyone to have their self worth tied into how much money that they bring home? That seems like skewed thinking to me. I have never relied on money to bring me happiness but today it seems like there are an awful lot of people who do that. My parents grew up with nothing and they say that they were always happy just being together. Maybe more of us should go back to trying this approach with our own kids and give us all a good dose of reality that is missing from society. We need to get back to the basics and maybe then we could all do a little better at seeing more light at the end of the tunnel.

By: John

John — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:30:33 +0000

Some of my friends have been made redundant and one of them is on the verge of a divorce because of this one thing called self-worth. His wife called him a good-for-nothing loser while she was going through her stressful day and he didnt let that one careless definitely unwarranted remark go. He has filed for divorce and I think he is pretty messy at the moment.

By: Carter W

Carter W — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:10:18 +0000

My money fears are very real and so are those of so many other workers. The sad reality though is that even before the hard times hit money was already a huge worry and very much a part of who I was- now it has only gotten worse.

By: Mica

Mica — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:43:36 +0000

I really do hope that the economy turns around for the good. It’s time for things to start changing.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:40:07 +0000

I recently lost my job and as I have been trying to deal with all of the financial pressures it finally dawned on me just how much value I placed on myself because of the money that I was able to bring home. I have kind of a unique situation in that my husband is a stay at home dad, now I guess we both are for a while, so it always made me feel so good to be able to support my family and to give them everything that we all needed and so much more. I have been really down on myself since losing my job because I know that our lifestyle has to change and I can no longer be the provider that I have been for them for so long. This has definitely brought us all down a few pegs. I am trying to stay upbeat and hope that this economic downturn will not last for long, but in the meantime I know that I have a lot of soul searching to do.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:25 +0000

This is so true..When we start getting tight with money and wonder how we are going to pay bills, if we are going to have enough, it seems like that’s when arguments start and it doesn’t have anything to do with us, its the money problem. I do believe it’s the fear of “what if” and yes, we have been through some rough times, but God has always brought us through it.