Hi all
I'm wondering how some of you have handled the question of generosity as you've become wealthier. I've spent so many years optimizing and economizing, but now I have "enough" and I'm starting to wonder about how to handle some of the excess.
I seem to be getting more requests from family to, for instance, "use some of my extra airline miles" so that they can take a trip. Part of me wants to hang onto the extra since I "earned" them, but then I think about how much more wealth I've amassed than they have and feel like I'm being greedy to not be a bit more generous. I'm not sure if this is a slippery slope or what. I do wonder about "self sufficiency" and whether being extra generous is an enabling factor or what.
Similarly, when I think about the wealth I may indeed leave behind when I'm dead, I've started to wonder about the question of charity who who/what/where to deploy some of the excess beyond my loved ones.
Anyway these are new contemplations for me since I've crossed the "enough" bridge, and I'm very curious to hear how you've handled these types of questions. Do you have rules of thumb or just take it case by case?
Thank you!
I'm wondering how some of you have handled the question of generosity as you've become wealthier. I've spent so many years optimizing and economizing, but now I have "enough" and I'm starting to wonder about how to handle some of the excess.
I seem to be getting more requests from family to, for instance, "use some of my extra airline miles" so that they can take a trip. Part of me wants to hang onto the extra since I "earned" them, but then I think about how much more wealth I've amassed than they have and feel like I'm being greedy to not be a bit more generous. I'm not sure if this is a slippery slope or what. I do wonder about "self sufficiency" and whether being extra generous is an enabling factor or what.
Similarly, when I think about the wealth I may indeed leave behind when I'm dead, I've started to wonder about the question of charity who who/what/where to deploy some of the excess beyond my loved ones.
Anyway these are new contemplations for me since I've crossed the "enough" bridge, and I'm very curious to hear how you've handled these types of questions. Do you have rules of thumb or just take it case by case?
Thank you!