The Wealth of Nations(Adam Smith)

 1. Self-sufficiency in the modern era is foolish.


For example, a wool jacket worn by a day laborer may look crude and rough, but it is the result of the combined labor of many workers. Shepherds, wool selectors, wool carders, dyers, weavers, filament workers, and finishing workers, all combined their different skills to complete this poorly made object.

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Most of the items we buy and use are the result of someone's effort and labor, and are ultimately sold to us through many hands.

Every part is a product of the combined efforts of today's science, technology, distribution, industrialization, etc.

We now live in an incredible world where we can receive items tomorrow morning with just one click.

I think the delusion that we can return to farming or a self-sufficient life in this wonderful world is extremely problematic. Of course, if you are good at farming or have a job that you really need to do, there is no problem, but you may want to return to your hometown due to avoidance of jobs or unprepared old age.

However, if you return to the countryside, you will be giving up all the benefits such as medical care, culture, distribution, and services.

I think that staying even though it is difficult will eventually help you when you get older.


2. Spending or saving, that is the question.


The waste that encourages spending comes from the desire to enjoy something right now. This desire is sometimes very intense and difficult to suppress, but overall, it is momentary and impulsive. However, the principle that recommends saving comes from the desire to improve living conditions. This desire, which is usually calm and composed, comes from the womb and does not leave us until we reach the grave.

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It seems that it is very difficult to maintain a balance between spending and saving.

It is always difficult to know how to achieve moderate spending and moderate saving.

This worry increases even more when raising a child.

These are the parts about wanting to do better for the child and whether our family should save and save a little in the long term.

However, it seems really difficult to spend when you need to and save when you need to.

It is easy to say that we should restrain our desires and save for the future, and enjoy our current desires and think about the future, but in reality, if we encounter this, we need to think about it while finding an alternative.

I think we have had these concerns in the past as well, and I will continue to think a lot and find a better way for our family.


3. Avoid simple jobs.


People who have spent their entire lives doing simple jobs with the same or almost the same results will not have the opportunity to use their understanding or creativity to overcome difficulties that have never occurred before.

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As this saying goes, if you work in a simple job for a long time, your brain will become hardened.

As we live our lives, we face various problems. If we continue to do the same or similar work, we will be able to handle that job or related content faster and more accurately than anyone else, but if other variations occur, we will face great difficulties.

For example, if you have been working under someone else for a long time, you can handle that work very quickly, but if you become the CEO or a manager, you will face numerous problems such as problems that arise between people, work that gets tangled up and you have to revise the timetable, collaboration with other partner companies, collaboration with other departments, etc.

If you become the CEO or a manager without knowing or experiencing these things, problems will inevitably continue to arise, and if you focus on filling in the gaps where problems have occurred, you may miss out on important tasks.

That is why we really need to experience a lot, and new problems exist everywhere.

I think that humans should continue to challenge themselves and find new things, and not be eliminated.

If you are simply helping others, I think you should think about it at least once. I think that if you always think about how you should handle things in your own case by planning or taking the initiative, you can come up with better directions or methods, and through that, you can have experiences that will help you excel or rise to a higher position.

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