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Why are we always feeling poor?

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Why? Why? Why? You asked yourself why is it that you are working harder these days but you are hardly getting by with whatever you are earning? You are asked yourself why is it that after years of working with a rising salary and you are still unable to catch up to the rising economy? If you are asking these questions, do take a minute to think it through. What exactly is wealth? If you think that wealth equates to money then you have gotten it all wrong! Money is simply a currency that is used to complete a transaction. Essentially, it is a tool that is used to facilitate the process of bartering a trade. Its value is determined by the actual item that it is used for the exchange. Say for example, if you have a million dollars Indonesia rupiah, the value of a million dollars does sound decently high valued. However, when we convert one million Indonesia rupiah to Singapore dollars, it is only slightly under a hundred dollars. As such, having a high value currency does not represents w