Saving or Spending Money - What is the best lifestyle?

Money doesn't make happy? You will never hear a wealthy person say this.
It's better to be poor and healthy as to be rich and ill is a statement based on nothing. Who lives in poverty isn't healthy, can't afford good food, a good doctor, a good education, a good place to live. Poverty and health do not go hand in hand.

Grandma Duck worked her entire life on a farm. She is at least 100 years old by now and still poor. This kind lady has family, even a wealthy brother but no one helps her out. The help at the farm is a lazy, fat goose. He spends his days sleeping or eating. If grandma is out of money she sells what is dear to her, one of the animals on the farm.

Does it pay to work hard and be kind? The answer is no. Grandma Duck only attracts abusers living on her account, family included.

Donald Duck is poor. His sister left her three kids at his doorstep. This single parent has a hard time. He's always jobless or on his way to be sacked. How can he save money if he has three children to care for if he can hardly take care of himself? He is always behind with the rent, at times 4 months and although his rich uncle is the house owner there's no benefit.
Donald always has bad luck no matter how hard he tries.

Guus Geluk (Lucky Guus a goose) never worked a minute in his entire life. If he needs or wishes anything it's in front of his nose. This lucky goose never shares and lives like a dandy. He is the personification of selfishness.
If you want to keep luck at your side you should not pity others and never share.

Dagobert Duck (Scrooge McDuck) is grandma's rich brother and he worked hard for it. Is he a scrooge? If so he is for himself as well. He does take cousin Donald and the nephews along with him traveling the world. He pays everything but they have to "work" (help him out) if he's at work, investing, on a treasure hunt and so on. To the nephews it's an adventure.

Dagobert Duck is hardworking and he saved a lot. The best moment is when he can swim in his safe. He is happy if he counts his money (scientist say counting money makes happy) and he cherishes each coin and indeed they are polished (one of those jobs Donald should do if he cannot pay off his debts).

Should we save or spend?
For both counts we can only do so if we have money. Most Steemians are like Donald Duck. A few might be like Guus Geluk although Guus would be too lazy to hang around.
Those few Dagoberts are the whales on Steemit, the investors. They let the money work for them and next to that they have enough to enjoy life.

It's good to know what the costs of living are, to calculate what is needed and count with unexpected expenses as well. Savings are helpful in case of need but we shouldn't forget to live, to reward ourselves especially if we live with many hardships and on a tight budget.

#Steemit... If we do our best should each Steem earned only be invested? Should we only grow SP? At times it feels like it and it's hard to see how easily people are banned, no longer allowed to join a club if they are in need and power down. Even a given upvote is taken away if you powerdown. To me this is proof it's not about working hard or writing good content but about who is the richests and automatically receives the highest upvotes even if only 3 lwords are posted.
My own accounts are proof of this. Same writer/Steemian, different SP, an no matter how hard I work and upvote and comment I will not be rewarded for it.

@ibesso @yaladeeds @pousinha @fadthalib @rokhani everyone can post here, do so in English (translate what you wrote)

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4-5-2024
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