Enough

What’s enough?

A fan of my work made an interesting remark today that got me thinking.

He remarked, in good taste and in honour, that he hopes one of our upcoming projects will “add ten houses” to our portfolio.

This is a very lovely comment, intended to share good spirits and high hopes for the performance of the project’s launch.

And I was interested to notice my knee-jerk response was to say, “Yet I can only live in but one house at a time.”

Seneca the Elder wrote that the “measure of wealth” is “first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to what what is enough.”

I don’t need eleven houses. I’m not driven by ‘more stuff’. I love my family, my philosophy, and the process of creating things that (I believe) are meaningful. This is enough.

Knowing what “enough” is can unlock untold freedoms in your days, liberating you from empty pursuits that distract you from what you love.

What’s enough for you?