Separating needs from wants

[dales]

[loCAtek]

uhhhhhhhh, that's why too teeny, but I assume it's hilarious

[alice]

It's not meant as a funny thing, loCAtek.
It's called Maslow's hierarchy of needs:

Hierarchy of five human motivational needs arranged by ascending order of importance, developed by Abraham Maslow. The five ascending needs are (1) physiological, (2) safety, (3) social, (4) esteem, and (5) self-actualization. Only unsatisfied needs are motivators. Once a need is satisfied, the next level emerges as a motivator.
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs is often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid, with the largest and most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom, and the need for self-actualization at the top.
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I got that from http://www.answers.com/topic/maslow-s-h ... y-of-needs. There is, of course, more detail in the description at that site, but I just wanted to give you a quick summary. If you type Maslow's hierarchy into any searchj engine you'll get heaps of info and a lot of bigger illustrations of his pyramid which will be easier for you to read.

[alice]

... but this one is funny ...


( from http://pleated-jeans.com/2010/07/14/mas ... eds-image/)

[Jarlaxle]

If it is, I'm a lesbian, because I'd agree that is a need - bunions run in my maternal family, so despite avoiding heels most of my life, I'm developing them and comfortable footwear is a priority.

No footwear in the world is more comfortable than a good pair of boots! I suggest Red Wing...expensive (mine were about $350), but comfortable and incredibly tough.

[Miles]

... but this one is funny ...


( from http://pleated-jeans.com/2010/07/14/mas ... eds-image/)

That's great! I sent the link to one of my Psych Profs from college and I know he will love it.

[rubato]

Looking back I have to say that the greatest blessings of life were all of the things that created suffering and hardship.

We are not made for ease and comfort, we are made for struggle and pain.

I'll go look it up and re-post it but John Steinbeck's letter to Adlai Stevenson is the most pungent expression of this I know.

yrs,
rubato

[oldr_n_wsr]

Being currently on unemployment, I can attest that the system forces me not to work unless I get a similar job with similar pay rate (50-100% of what I was making). I get $405 a week ($358 after taxes are taken out) which just barely covers my health insurance premiums per month. I would like to take at least a part time job while actively looking for employment in my field, but every dollar I would make, gets deducted from my unemployment benefit. If I were to take a job at $10/hour it would take 40 hours of work to equal what I get from unemployment.

Maybe I'll go hang out outside the 7-11 with the illegal aliens day-laborers and try and get work off the books.

[@meric@nwom@n]

If it is, I'm a lesbian, because I'd agree that is a need - bunions run in my maternal family, so despite avoiding heels most of my life, I'm developing them and comfortable footwear is a priority.

You are just now developing heels?

And yes, I am picking on you.

[loCAtek]

If it is, I'm a lesbian, because I'd agree that is a need - bunions run in my maternal family, so despite avoiding heels most of my life, I'm developing them and comfortable footwear is a priority.

No footwear in the world is more comfortable than a good pair of boots! I suggest Red Wing...expensive (mine were about $350), but comfortable and incredibly tough.

'Cha, I've posted about my Agony of De'feet. Bunions is part of them, I'm told I have the feet of a fifty-yr-old.

Second the Red Wings; my last pair has lasted for over 20 years, no joke! and still wearing strong.

[BoSoxGal]

@w:

Still, I hang my grammatically-challenged head in shame.