It’s one of those days again when you sit back, relax and have a good time. You take the family out, get some home shopping done, pay for it and head back home. As you drink your cup of tea you start to think about things. Business, life, location, past, present and the future come rushing towards you at once demanding attention. It’s hard to ignore the fact that everything I just mentioned in the previous sentence involves money at all stages.

What a revolting reality.

Why do we as a civilization see money as being an absolute part of life? It’s polluted our senses to such an extent where most people see it as being a necessity for existence, a barometer of one’s worth, separating populations based on printed denominations and an instrument that can bring much desperation to a mechanized human mind - a.ka. getting fired.

Most of the worlds population spends money because they are told to. Be it your newspaper, the ad on your coffee cup, billboards, your lunch receipt, virtually every page on the internet and every other 5th minute on the radio and every 12th - 15th minute on your TV. The very nature of money in your mind is to spend it.

How about if we changed our mindset and used it. Sure there are a few necessities that you can’t help but pay like rent, utilities etc… but what if you cut everything else off unnecessary. I’m not going to tell you what you should cut off, and keep, as everyone has their own necessities in life.

What did I cut off?

Being an internet junkie I have my fair share of online expenses. The most of which are hosting fees. Many of my sites are hosted on shared servers at various providers. I decided to get myself a dedicated virtual server. That one move alone will save me around $300 a year.

How did I use it?

I took that money and used it to pay for an e-learning course and some online tools that I’ve just begun using, which will help me make more money. So instead of spending it on the latest iPod {I’ve yet to own one} I invested in myself.

Because at the end of the day my knowledge will keep me afloat no matter what situation arises in the future. Not a gadget. That’s one example of using money, in lieu of just spending it. I’m sure once you really get into it you can come up with some better ideas at using money.

The end lesson is here that you need to start seeing money as a tool. The better you get at using this tool the more you can do with it. It’s not a necessity for survival.

“Only when the last tree has withered, the last fish has been caught, and the last river’s been poisoned, will man realize we cannot eat money.” - citizens wisdom by BehindDarkEyes.

About the author

Hyder has been blogging for the past two years on this blog. He started Weborithm, his web company, in 2007 and along with designing blogs and websites also releases various web related products.