2. From a money hungry kid to a
happy loving adult.
• I always thought money was one of the most important things in life, I
thought that money was a measure of ones success, that was until my
parents went bankrupt my freshman year of college without warning.
Now, I believe that having meaningful relationships with my family and
friends as well as love are the most important things and are really true
measures of your success in life.
• Before
• Greedy, materialistic thought money was the most important thing
• During
• My parents went bankrupt, I realized money is not the most important thing in the
world
• After
• Happier with the relationships with my friends and family. Doing what I love, now
what will make money.
3. “Money, some people so
poor; all that they've
got is money... Oh, and
diamonds... Some
people waste their life
counting their
thousands...(Keys)”
4. When I grow up I want
to be a ballerina rich.
• In fifth grade we had a project in school, we had to write
all about what we wanted to be when we grew up. This
project was easy for me, I knew what I wanted to be since
first grade, rich.
✔
5. Money = Success
• Growing up I was sure that the only way you could truly
have a successful life was if you were rich.
• I thought money was the only measure of a persons
success.
• I thought money was the end all be all. I had to be rich if I
wanted to be happy when I was older.
6. Money = Happiness
• I always assumed that if you had money you would be
happy.
• I figured nothing else mattered too much as long as you
could live very comfortably.
7. I want it all …
• I was writing a
paper and I asked
my brother to give
a description of my
personality and he
said “ well you
definitely enjoy the
finer things in life
and you like having
nice stuff”
8. …well I used to
• My parents declared bankruptcy in December
of my freshman year of college.
9. And the shift begins
• Following the news of the bankruptcy. I had a few major
moments of clarity for me.
• I realized I didn’t need material things or money to make
my life full and happy, I just wanted the people who were
most important in my life to be happy.
10. A helping hand
• When my parents declared bankruptcy, two of our family
friends generously gave my parents money to help keep
everything afloat.
• I was in awe when I heard of their incredible generosity.
• I again realized how important having meaningful
relationships with friends and family are. You need people
to surround yourself with when life gets hard.
11. I get by with a little help
from my friends.
• What is success if you don’t have anyone to share it with?
• I have realized that having strong and meaningful
relationships with my friends and family is more important
than becoming rich.
12. So what do I want to be now?
• Now that I’m not so
worried about being
rich, I’m following my
passions in
Psychology and
Music.
13. Materialistic ? Not me, well not
anymore.
• Sometimes ill look around my room at home and feel like
I’m drowning in “things”.
• What the heck did I need all those random things for?
• I feel lighter now, no longer weighed down by greed and
envy.
14. Happily Ever After
• My family is closer now than we ever have been, and I am much
closer with my friends, and family friends who supported my family
and I so much through the change.
• Going broke so to speak, was kind of a good thing now my family and
I are all rebuilding our lives and not looking back.
