I'm wondering too. It's pissing me off.

I dwell on this sometimes and get really mad. Especially people that were born into wealth and have never had to worry about finances. I just try to remember that even though some people seem to have it all, we don't always know the full story. A couple of formerly wealthy families from my hometown (that I always envied) have fallen on hard times and are living in worse conditions than I've ever lived in. Life is unfair and unpredictable but the more you have the more you have to lose so sometimes it makes me feel better to think like that.

Here's what I do when I get the distracted of "envy". I have taken the time to set up the tent out back, put a sleeping bag inside it, and looked at the things I have. I find time to appreciate what I do have, and then let the rest go.

It's hard to understand that having more means more stress, more work, less time, less enjoyment. I know neighbors who have lots of toys, and they are still not happy.

Best wishes to finding your place of comfort.

I think working hard can't JUST be about the pursuit of money, although money is a nice side-effect of working hard. You have to find the MATERIAL that the work ITSELF is ENJOYABLE. That is, you have to find beauty or pleasure or the satisfaction of the attainment of some sort of EXCELLENCE in the work you do a pleasure. Then you'll WANT to go to work everyday and you'll want to do A LOT of that which you do, which a lot of it is required to make a lot of money. How do you want to spend your time, your every waking breath? What motivates you? What turns you on? What gives you an adrenaline rush?

Me, I like video production. I've been eeking out a living filming weddings and other family events. It's free-lance, a scary, violatile industry, but when the work is there, when the season is in full swing, I'm really busy, really hustling and making a lot of money. I want to work on other stuff too. Would love to shoot movies and scripted TV shows. I enjoy working as part of a team, being effective in doing my part within a team environment to help the whole team run smoothly.

I'm a cinematographer and editor. I like creating and capturing images, then manipulating the timing of those images with sounds and music. I like working with a camera, framing, composing elements or subjects within a frame, doing selective focus, working with the aperture to achieve the perfect exposure, working with lighting, exposure tolerances, differences between highlights and shadows, working with color or lack thereof, to make what I feel are gorgeous images that evoke the mood I'm trying to convey.

I also like using camera to trick the eye into believing there's something that isn't there, using single-frame animation to make you think still objects are moving, time-lapse to rapidly speed up otherwise slow-moving events, doing multiple exposures to composite objects together. You guys ought to see my early FX work I did as a kid on Super-8mm film! I'm having some film transferred to digital now and will post the link when I've got it uploaded to youtube.

Also, who says people born into wealth don't worry about finances? They sweat finances as much as anyone else! They have to worry about being sued, having a member of their family kidnapped and held for ransom, etc.!

As my grandmother used to say, nobody promised that life would be fair. I just can't look at life that way. So many people, including children, are suffering - starvation, fatal diseases, abuse, homelessness. I may not be rich, but I do have blessings. I do work hard, and sometimes feel like I'm not getting ahead, but I have a home, food, and a bit of fun and leisure too.

I just can't figure out how some people can be so sure of them selves.
They can just walk into a room and fit in. Not afraid to ask questions or
join a conversation.

It's really depressing... Life is that way though because people themselves made it that way. The people who made society the way it is now, started from many years ago. It's not going to change anytime soon probably, things seem pretty set in their ways for now.

We are all born equal.....really (we are born naked, cold, and own no belongings). It is what is taught and what we believe.
If you don't believe me......check out Law of Attraction.
Like attracts like.....it's the law of physics.
I found this while trying to banish anxiety. I have indeed conquered the anxiety. I work less and make more. I am a positive person...but I wasn't always. I became grateful for what I DO have and more has flowed into my life since I've been taking care of myself and living a more positive life. It took a lot of time and energy.....the same time and energy I wasted on being negative and ruminating about the world problems and unfairness.
You can let life happen to you......or you can make it happen the way you want.....but it takes being positive.
I was not born into wealth. I've never inherited money. I have been abused my whole life. I have gone through agonizing losses .......and I have almost died twice.
I have done the work (thanks AdventureGuide and LOA) and it was well worth it.
Anxiety is curable.....but it takes work.
This is my shiny nickels worth :)

I don't look at life that way at all. My life has been full of heartache and tragedy and I still love life. Nobody makes us worry. That is a choice. Some people do have to work harder than others but I have never seen a point in complaining about that. Complaining will never move me forward and envy will never move me forward so I just don't waste time with them.

I am sure that there are starving people in the world who would look at your life and think its so unfair that you can eat food every day. Now those are the people who have it bad. I think we are actually really spoiled as a country and have no idea what hard work really is and how hard life really can be.

I am sure you are just venting and don't mean to take away from that because we all need to purge bad feelings from time to time, but just in case this is how you feel on a daily basis, its really toxic and such a waste of time. Focus on you and your path and don't worry about what every body else is doing . Somebody will ALWAYS have it better.

Those who walk into a room and instantly own it have a killer instinct and a sense that fun will prevail.