Men of Reddit, What percentage of your current life problems could be solved with money?

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1. All of them, every single one.

2. Roughly 80% give or take.

3. Probably 75 %

4. How much money?

   70% of them could be solved with £150k

   20% with 500k

   the other 10% money couldn’t buy.

5. Ive got 99 problems. And money can fix them all

6. 33% (i have 3 problems and only one has to do with money)

7. I have one problem.

   Money would solve it.

   So 100%.

8. Since I’ll be putting down my dog later today right now like 10% but this evening 80%.

9. Tbh I’d say 90% Because my depression isn’t connected to wealth

10. Literally 80% of it. The other 20% is working on myself, which in terms, it would also be solved with money if I could go to the gym. For now, all I do, is just running on the mornings

11. None of them I need time not money and you can’t buy time

12. Approximately 0.5% or less. I know if I solve a problem with money, the another problem soon comes to replace it. So I don’t think of buying happiness by money

13. 5%, id be able to buy a house now as opposed to a few years from now.

    Everything else are defects that their is no known cure.

14. I just want to buy an affordable house man…

15. Take it from someone who grew up poor and now has a fair bit of money, Money can fix almost any problem.

16. Zero. The worst place i’ve ever been in my life was when i was the wealthiest. I was also homeless at one point and although it sucked, it isn’t a traumatic memory for me.

17. Uhhh, maybe 40% by quantity, but not by weight… 60% by weight

18. Can money really fix loneliness?

19. Not that much. There are desires not problems. The whole needs vs. wants. Biggest problems can’t be solved with any amount of money. Money just makes you more comfortable and gives you more opportunities. I’d give away all my possessions and have a fresh start to have actual problems taken care of.

20. 98% easy

21. All of them. Sad

22. Literally all of them.

23. Money is just a tool. It doesn’t solve problems. People using tools solve problems

24. All of them, for a little bit anyways. What I really need to do is learn how to manage, and prioritize my money/spending better.

    Ever look back on your life and say “damn, my dad really was right. Wish I would’ve listened to every piece of advice he gave me”? I wish I were half the man that guy is.

25. At this point in my life what I’m lacking most is time. Energy, motivation, personal connections, etc. could also use a boost.

    Most of these problems could be partially fixed by money but not entirely. If I had absurd amounts of money I could decide to quit uni which would end my lack of time but I don’t think I would

26. Literally 100%. Not because money buys me the things I need to solve them but buys me time back to invest effort in the things that matter to me

27. None, I make great money. My biggest problem is being a married guy with a high libido that doesn’t get laid. Money can’t fix people.

28. Not as many as I probably assume

29. Honestly like 10%. Most of my problems are due to how I look at things in my mind. Shifting my perspective is much more important for me.

30. I don’t know about percentage, but the only problem I have that requires money and nothing else to solve is how hard it is to buy a home. If I got 200k tomorrow I’d buy a house. If I got a million, I’d buy a house, and put the rest into a pension and savings.

    Everything else requires effort on my part. Though money of course opens opportunities, I can’t buy my way out of wanting to die, poor self worth, feeling lonely and so on. Ironically, people thinking more money will bring them greater happiness and contentment is what traps a lot of people on the career treadmill chasing higher salaries in sacrifice of their well-being.

    The Buddha started from wealth and afluence and saw it wasn’t the path, the main benefit I think he got from that was not getting stuck wasting years chasing that level of wealth in the first place.

    And honestly speaking, as horrible as some things are – not being able to afford a hospital/vet bill, not affording rent, etc, these things aren’t inherently causing suffering to people. There are cancer patients dying young with a smile on their face; and hateful, miserable people living to 100.

    I’m not there yet myself, but I’m starting to believe that long term contentment comes from being fully accepting of whatever happens in life, and altering our own perspectives on our experiences until we aren’t so fucking tormented by just existing.

31. Few. Most of my problems are mine (internal) and takes meditation and time. Money is a distraction from fixing problems.

32. Uh. 75%? The remaining 25% is the burden of being a widowed single father.

    So it is all on me…I suppose paying for grief counselling or therapy for both myself and the kid so that would leave maybe 10%?

    Then again, I could also pay for “companionship”…so there is that, it would probably bring the final figure to 5%?

    So the final revised figure would be 95% of my problems would be solved with money.