I dreamt of having 246.000.000 € in my bank account.

[piano]

So apparentally it was found out that I was a relative of Chopin (one of the greatest Pianists who had ever lived) and I was send his inheritance or something like that. It was 246 million €, casually sent to me.

How do you think I reacted? I just found out that my gramps was one of the coolest musicians ever and I casually got a bit of pocket money.
Probably well, right?
But I wasn't really feeling it. I was like "just like this? This doesn't feel so good. Do I even deserve it?".
The next thing that happened was that I was feeling anxious about all this money. What if somebody steals my credit card? How do I deal with inflation? Hell, how do credit cards even work?? I'm 16!!
I wasn't feeling glorious and even thought about still learning how to make money anyways.
I can't really remember much as my dream recall has been pretty bad since last week, but I do know that I was feeling more of an existential dread than something like happiness.

What do you guys think?

tl;dr: I inherited 246 mio. € and didn't really like it. I wasn't proud of myself and was kinda scared to handle so much money.

 

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[FirstLawMotion]

So apparentally it was found out that I was a relative of Chopin (one of the greatest Pianists who had ever lived) and I was send his inheritance or something like that. It was 246 million €, casually sent to me.

How do you think I reacted? I just found out that my gramps was one of the coolest musicians ever and I casually got a bit of pocket money.
Probably well, right?
But I wasn't really feeling it. I was like "just like this? This doesn't feel so good. Do I even deserve it?".
The next thing that happened was that I was feeling anxious about all this money. What if somebody steals my credit card? How do I deal with inflation? Hell, how do credit cards even work?? I'm 16!!
I wasn't feeling glorious and even thought about still learning how to make money anyways.
I can't really remember much as my dream recall has been pretty bad since last week, but I do know that I was feeling more of an existential dread than something like happiness.

What do you guys think?

tl;dr: I inherited 246 mio. € and didn't really like it. I wasn't proud of myself and was kinda scared to handle so much money.

I'd imagine becoming wealthy by earning it yourself with your blood, sweat and tears feels a whole lot better than being handed the money. You'll always have that voice at the back of your mind asking you if you could have done it yourself; if you could have built something from nothing.

Naval Ravikant, one of my favourite entrepreneurs and thinkers has a thought experiment where he says that your goal should be to live your life and to create processes so that in 49 out of 50 timelines, you'd become rich. You don't want to be the guy who gets lucky once, you want to be the guy who almost always figures it out, regardless of starting circumstances.

 

[jdm667]

So apparentally it was found out that I was a relative of Chopin (one of the greatest Pianists who had ever lived) and I was send his inheritance or something like that. It was 246 million €, casually sent to me.

How do you think I reacted? I just found out that my gramps was one of the coolest musicians ever and I casually got a bit of pocket money.
Probably well, right?
But I wasn't really feeling it. I was like "just like this? This doesn't feel so good. Do I even deserve it?".
The next thing that happened was that I was feeling anxious about all this money. What if somebody steals my credit card? How do I deal with inflation? Hell, how do credit cards even work?? I'm 16!!
I wasn't feeling glorious and even thought about still learning how to make money anyways.
I can't really remember much as my dream recall has been pretty bad since last week, but I do know that I was feeling more of an existential dread than something like happiness.

What do you guys think?

tl;dr: I inherited 246 mio. € and didn't really like it. I wasn't proud of myself and was kinda scared to handle so much money.

In The Millionaire Next Door, the author interviewed people from all walks of life.

Kids who knew that their parents were rich (or worse, were given lots of money) did not accumulate as much wealth on their own.

Kids who thought their parents were poor/middle class accumulated much more wealth on their own.

As it turns out, you walk the tightrope better when there is no safety net.

I agree that it will feel better if you earn it than win/inherit it.