Following SGYI posts (which I thought was very well written) recently on  "Practising Frugality to Achieve Happiness in a High Cost of Living Environment", I thought this post was going to be somewhat related.

You see, many of us are fortunate enough to be in the shoes we are in right now. The problem with us is because we up the level of comfort we live in, we tend to take many things for granted, and when we start doing that, we begin to lose an appreciation of how our society have evolved over the past couple of years.

Take traveling for instance. I think it is fair to say that most of us can well afford to travel to anywhere in the world we want to go. The tickets and accommodation are expensive depending on where you go but they are generally affordable once you start working. ...