If you're not sure what you're earning money for, you're reaching the upper levels of the pyramid. I earn money because I need it to support myself and my family, immediately. If I stopped, we'd be destitute in a few months (or homeless, if we sold the house).

Yes, my first job, I was 17 going on 18, and got 30 kwacha a week (in Zambia), which I think was worth about £17. I remember buying a cheap guitar -- nominally for my sister, but in the end I got more use out of it, she wasn't really interested.

-- Jonathan