Tag : filthy rich

The following is a guest post. Alden Tan is a rock star blogger who quit his job to follow his dream to be a writer. He blogs about inspiration, and has the uncanny ability to not care about what others think.

You have tons of money, and without a care in the world, you’re always ready to spend a bucket load on your friends.

I mean, who doesn’t like free stuff? Surely you’re making them happy.

Then you feel all high and great about yourself, thinking that you’re the cool, rich friend who’s super generous.

That must be a pretty awesome life right?

No, not really.

I’ve seen it and felt it with my own eyes.

I used to party a lot and hung out with rich folks, who were all too ready to always buy people drinks.

That’s cool.

But I got envious. I actually thought it would make me a big man if I did the same.

And with a new credit card, I did just that.

It was a trap.

The idea of being generous with money just because you have it. The enticing lure of wanting to be rich and feeling like you’d be elevated to such financial…