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‘Society' has all the power. It tells us what we need to be aiming for and why as well as how. As exemplified in Dr Seuss's The Lorax, we need to be "biggering and biggering" productivity in order to expand and increase wealth. So when the pandemic hit, that was the focus of our leaders. But why do we need biggering? The argument goes along the lines of job creation and wage increases in order to keep people fed and happy. But the reality appears to be more aligned with linin

by EK Wills Have you ever really asked yourself what you live for? Or why are you living the way you do, right now? And, even more importantly, are you content with what you find out? Some of us do this on a daily basis: some people even call it navel gazing. While others don't take the opportunity and happily or not seem to drift through life. Last year I stepped out of my usual routine and took on a temporary position in another state. My goal was to help finance a trip for

by EK Wills Do you lavish each other with praise and gifts? Or are you restrained, aiming to teach about saving for the future? And how does this affect the next generation? Do they grow up with the same values as the parents: a learned habit that is handed on to the next generation? Does that affect your amount of monetary success? Our family had a modern split so step-parents were involved in complicating the level of family influence. The result was polar opposite approa