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I Wanted To Be A Millionaire

Name: I Wanted To Be A Millionaire
Uploaded: 2025-01-17T03:15:29+00:00
Duration: 49 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this personal monologue, the speaker reflects on how his aspirations have changed over time. At age 20 he wanted to become a millionaire; now that he…

17 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, the speaker reflects on how his aspirations have changed over time. At age 20 he wanted to become a millionaire; now that he has achieved that wealth, he wishes to be 20 again. He extends this pattern, noting that at 40‑45 he would trade his current life for being 32, illustrating a recurring desire to reclaim younger years. To anchor himself in the present, he describes a self‑crafted "operationalizing of gratitude": he imagines losing something valuable and then regaining it, using the relief of that imagined recovery as a concrete way to feel gratitude for what he currently has. The technique is presented as a mental exercise to cultivate moment‑to‑moment appreciation.

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When I was 20, I wanted to be a millionaire. Now that I'm a millionaire, I want to be 20. So I saw this and it like really hit me. It kind of like stopped me in my tracks when I thought about it because I was like, man, now when I tweeted this, I think I was 31 or 32. And I was like, I would give everything that I have to be 20 again, for sure, no question. And so then thinking forward again, I was like, well, that means that when I'm 40 or 45, I would give everything I have then to be 32. And it was an attempt for me to to try and feel more gratitude in the moment. I have an operationalizing of gratitude. So gratitude— imagine losing something and then getting it back again. That is gratitude as an operation. So you want to feel bad and then realize that you have it after imagining that you lost it, and what you've gained in your life for getting it back, that feeling of relief. That is my attempt at being more grateful for the moment.