Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • How We Are Different
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • Your Survival Guy
  • The Great Reset
  • COVID-19
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • The Swiss Way
  • Dick Young
  • Debbie Young
  • Key West
  • Paris
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Dick Young’s Safe America
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • Critical Race Theory
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Work to Make Money/Invest to Save Money

Yes! Money Can Bring You Happiness

April 30, 2020 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

By VGstockstudio @ Shutterstock.com

It was a typical Sunday morning. The kids were up early, shows had been watched, books read to them, and pancakes eaten.

Standing up with a cup of coffee, looking out at the backyard full of leaves and sticks, I thought to myself:

“I could easily let the morning go and forget about the yard. Or, I could get the job done in a couple hours and perhaps catch some of the Pats game.”

As I was tying my boots, I felt them staring down at me. One of them asked, “What are you doing?”

“I’m going to rake the yard. It won’t take long.” I said.

“Can we help?” they asked.

“Maybe you can come out later,” I said.

An hour later, falling out the front door, we gathered the rake and, walking to the backyard, I explained how to make piles of sticks under the big tree, and showed them what I meant.

I remember how serious they were (initially) watching me do the job, the look in their eyes, staring at me while I showed them what to do, and having their complete attention.

“OK, I can do that!”

“Me too!”

I think the Pats won that day. I don’t remember.

But I remember that day like it was yesterday.

I would take another one like that in a heartbeat. I guess that’s why being a grandparent is so great. (You also get to go home when you’re tired).

Being a young parent is hard. The memories are priceless, but you tend to realize this in reverse.

You also realize that money can bring you happiness, especially when it helps your kids and grandkids make memories of their own.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy. 

Related Posts

  • Protect Your Money
  • Trump on the Money
  • The Destruction of Money
  • The Free Money Truck
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com
Latest posts by E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy (see all)
  • If You Have a Plan, I Believe You’ll Get to Where You Want to Go - May 26, 2022
  • Georgia Proves All Politics Are Local - May 25, 2022
  • The Virtue of Trump Supporters vs. Antifa and ESG Investing is Like This… - May 24, 2022

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • Are You Prepared to Run Out of Water?
  • Sen. Hawley Makes the Case Against U.S.-China Relationship
  • Your Survival Guy’s 2022 Super States: #1 New Hampshire
  • To Me There Isn’t a Better Way to Live
  • What’s the Best Survival Currency?
  • The Three Best Retirement Decisions I Ever Made
  • Your Odds with Statins: 500 to 1?
  • What a Way to Make a Living: New Hampshire #1
  • CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY: Alabama Becomes 22nd Permitless Carry State
  • America’s Colleges Have Become Progressive Liberal Rat Holes

Our Most Popular Posts

  • Jean-Pierre: Economy "Not Something that We Keep an Eye on Every Day"
  • Consequences of Biden Killing the Keystone Pipeline
  • Harvard Professor Calls Homeschooling a "Threat to Society"
  • Tucker Carlson Interviews My Favorite Florida Farmer
  • PRIMARIES: Trump Endorsed Candidates’ HUGE Night
  • PARTY'S OVER JOE: Republicans Crush Democrats in Local Elections
  • Are You Suffering from One of These Nutrient Deficiencies?
  • Our Daily Bread Threatened?
  • President Joe Biden’s Good Question
  • BUY THE DIPS? Can You Catch a Ginsu Knife?

Disclosure

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • If You Have a Plan, I Believe You’ll Get to Where You Want to Go
  • There Are Tech Companies “Still Dreaming of Boundless Growth”
  • Nowadays, Everyone Is Getting Some Dividend Religion
  • How Can the Fed Prevent Stagflation?
  • How to Avoid the Restrictions of a Target Date Fund
  • Now You Can Own Your Vacation and It Doesn’t Have to Be a Time Share
  • Watch Out for Your Worst Enemy
  • Big Banks Adopting Blockchain for Short-Term Trading
  • Job Market Survival Advice for Graduates and for Those YOU Love
  • BULLWHIPPED? Inventory Overhang Could Slow Growth in Certain Sectors

Americans Are Abandoning ESPN and Woke Professional Sports Leagues

If You Have a Plan, I Believe You’ll Get to Where You Want to Go

President Joe Biden’s Good Question

Georgia Proves All Politics Are Local

VIDEO: DeSantis: America “Cannot Have a Ministry of Truth”

Can America Cut It’s Spending in Half? YES! It’s Been Done Before

Copyright © 2022 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives