Gen Z soft life trend?

[ArizonaTea123]

You are born with nothing and you will leave with nothing.
Everything you ever worked for, saved, built, designed, invented, discovered, bought, invested......will eventually belong to someone else when you die, or go to the state if you dont have a will or trust.
Dieing with the most stuff or money isn't helping anyone or anything.
While I'm still alive I spend and do what I want,
When you're dieing your material wealth and possessions don't matter anymore.
Your Mercedes or Ferrari won't visit you in your hospital bed. Chase bank or Wells Fargo won't send you a get well card. Your stock broker will still want his commission.
Family and close friends are all that matter.

 

[Yaworski]

You are born with nothing and you will leave with nothing.

 

[41Dude]

I am not clicking on the link. Great song. But if I hear it it will be stuck in my head for days. :D

 

[Jeepnik]

Dieing with the most stuff or money isn't helping anyone or anything.

Ah! but you have forgotten the adage by which many live. He who dies with the most toys wins. And I intend to come in first.

 

[454Redhawk]

I'm a Gen X'er. I started working on our farm when I was maybe 10. At 21 I became a cop and retired in 2018. I got my work ethic from my dad who has worked since he was 10 or so. He finally retired in Jan 1, 2003 after my mom died in Nov.

 

[Hertervillian]

You are born with nothing and you will leave with nothing.
Everything you ever worked for, saved, built, designed, invented, discovered, bought, invested......will eventually belong to someone else when you die, or go to the state if you dont have a will or trust.
Dieing with the most stuff or money isn't helping anyone or anything.
While I'm still alive I spend and do what I want,
When you're dieing your material wealth and possessions don't matter anymore.
Your Mercedes or Ferrari won't visit you in your hospital bed. Chase bank or Wells Fargo won't send you a get well card. Your stock broker will still want his commission.
Family and close friends are all that matter.

There is something to be said about having the means to enjoy yourself. Travel and sightseeing, hunting and fishing trips, a nice camera to record those trips to trigger memories in the future. I plan to hand down the means to hunt to grandsons. Having a couple thousand $s jumpstart means a common kid can hunt very early vs years slowly collecting the means. I don’t like to think tools would hold back those kids.
Not trying to discount family and friends. A lot of my adventures include my family and friends

 

[The.Tumbleweed]

There is something to be said about having the means to enjoy yourself. Travel and sightseeing, hunting and fishing trips, a nice camera to record those trips to trigger memories in the future. I plan to hand down the means to hunt to grandsons. Having a couple thousand $s jumpstart means a common kid can hunt very early vs years slowly collecting the means. I don’t like to think tools would hold back those kids.
Not trying to discount family and friends. A lot of my adventures include my family and friends

Tools, motorcycles, vehicles, and guns.

That's all I have to pass down. All are worth their existence, will cost my family nothing to keep/hand down.

Should everything go to hell, those things will always have intrinsic value, BUT may have sentimental value to the family. It's all I have for a lifetime of existence, and I'm okay with that.

I never needed much beyond that, and anything more was just icing on the cake.