You Don’t Need F*ck You Money to Say “F*ck You”

‘F*ck you money’ is defined by UrbanDictionary as ‘the exact amount of money required in order to tell an individual or organization to go f*ck themselves without facing repercussions’. But most people take ‘fuck you money’ to mean extreme amounts of wealth — you know, yachts, private jets, penthouse apartments — and they never see themselves in a position of having such money.

And in today’s material world, people are forever seeking more.

A fatter salary. A nicer house. A faster car. A hotter girlfriend.

Thanks to our innate negativity bias, we’re predisposed to asking “what’s wrong with this picture?” or “what could be better?”, and ”how is this person’s life better than mine?” (which social media’s intensely selective posting does a terrible job at answering, by the way).

As a result, we become hamsters on a wheel, forever running to close the subjective gap between our observation of what is and what should be.

The Arrival Fallacy

Once I get that person, then I’ll be happy, we tell ourselves.

Once I get that promotion, then I’ll be happy.

Once I get that house, then I’ll be happy.