How to rich

Just how rich is rich, really?

We all have our own idea of how much money it would take to fulfill our financial fantasies. Some say they want to be 'comfortable.' Me, I'd like to be rich.
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By MP Dunleavey

Editor's note: Columnist MP Dunleavey and six other women have come together online to strip away the myths surrounding money, speak frankly about their finances and liberate themselves from debt. Follow the quest for financial fabulousness of these "Women in Red" every other Monday in Dunleavey's column on MSN Money.

Do you want to be rich? I want to be rich. At least I thought I wanted to be rich. But what is rich, exactly?

Not everyone attaches a dollar amount to that word, and not everyone uses the R word to describe the life they want, as I discovered when I asked the Women in Red that question.

But we all have vague, beautiful ideas billowing through our heads:

Carole: "I want to own a home in New York City; I want security, stability. I want the flexibility to be able to do what I want."

Lyndsey: "Being rich means not living paycheck to paycheck. I'd like to own a nice house, a nice car -- to help out my parents and my brother, if they needed it."

Beth: "My idea of rich would be to pay any bill I get the instant I get it. To quit my current job and maybe find one that inspires me each day. To travel wherever and whenever I want. To ensure my extended family is financially secure. So maybe just being comfortable is enough for me."