What is the purpose of money??

Today I decided to deep into some philosophy and meditate on the topic "What for?"

Seriously, what for do you need money? Or, as it was stated in the title, what is the purpose of money?

Money - is a tool

It would be insane to study, improve yourself, and spend enormous amount of time working, just in order to get some simple money. Of course money has always been a tool to help you achieve your goals or satisfy your needs. Usually I divide it into three parts.

tool for survival

I hope those who are reading this article do not belong to the category of people with no money at all. I was recently lucky enough to interview a friend from Mumbai and that's the place where money really has that meaning. Slumdog Millionaire would give you a very colourful description of it. The only thing left to add would probably be the smells...

tool for purchase....

Of harmony, beauty, respect, reverence… A small house in Cyprus, an average annual temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, a sunset with a glass of freshly squeezed juice and ocean views… Your own company full of white-collar managers carefully asking for your advice. Is that it?

tool for implementation of an important idea

But this is a different way of thinking, another mentality. To have the money so you can make the world better. Build schools; contribute to further development of the science and medicine. Genrich Altshuller in his book "How to be a genius: The life strategy of creative personality" described in a lot of details the criteria for an important idea and the most important - how people came to it.

What do you do with your money?