Is having a lot of money necessary? Does having more money truly make life easier?

Having a lot of money is not necessary but it will determine the quality of your lifestyle. Learning to earn enough money to take care of yourself and your responsibilities is necessary.

Let's think about it. You can do everything yourself or you can pay someone to do all or part of the work for you. The more you can pay to have work done, the less you have to be responsible for. You can work hard to accomplish your goals and wear yourself out by doing everything yourself.

■ You can clean everything yourself or you can pay someone to do the cleaning for you, which frees up your valuable time.

■ You can cook everything yourself or pay someone to cook meals for you; or purchase the food already prepared from restaurants and that in itself will free up your valuable time devoted to shopping, cooking and cleaning up after meals.

■ You can rely on your parents to be your babysitters. Some grandparents want to be babysitters and some don't. A lot of parents cannot afford the cost of childcare so they have to rely on free, low cost or subsidized childcare provisions. Or,

■ You can pay to have a nanny pop in everyday for a full day of babysitting. Maybe she can drop off and pick up school age children and maybe do some light housekeeping. Those are examples of how money can truly make life easier.

Does having more money truly make life easier? I THINK SO.

ORIGINAL QUESTION: Is having a lot of money necessary? Does having more money truly make life easier?