Be Fully Involved In Your Life

"The rich have money, but the wealthy have time.” This quote by Kevin Kelly, the founding editor of Wired magazine, was discussed in a recent episode of the Rich Roll podcast. He delves into society's relentless pursuit of extreme wealth, highlighting the fallacy that money alone can bring true happiness.

Everyone knows that money cannot fill the voids in our lives or buy genuine happiness. And yet, as a society, we still deceive ourselves. We persist in our belief that financial wealth holds the key to solving all our problems, driving us to focus on making and accumulating money.

But happiness? Happiness is a relative term. It varies from person to person. What makes you happy may be completely different from what makes me happy.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote in his book Flow that, “by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly," or by trying to buy it with material possessions.

Embrace your unique abilities and express your individuality, whatever that looks like. Don't focus on outcomes or work just to make money. Focus on the process of doing things.

Be in "the state in which you are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that you will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it," as Mihaly explains.

True wealth is having time to do the things that matter to you. Time to spend with your loved ones. Time to dedicate to your hobbies. Time to go on adventures. Time to meet and have fun with friends. Time to reflect and be still. Or time to do nothing at all.

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