yay! Money is a placeholder for time right-o? I spend b/c I can't grow and kill mmy own food...
It's just spend your time wisely towards pursuit of something. I guess if certain things make you happy then yay =)
Moneymonk
· 8 months ago
"We can do without a lot, but not without everything."
I'm glad you said that, because some people take frugal to the extreme
craig
· 8 months ago
Agree completely. Saving is great and necessary, but you have to enjoy your life as well and have experiences. In a lot of cases having those experiences requires spending money. Now doesn't mean you have to always spend a ton and have every material item, but there are some things that for individuals are very worth it. I paid a lot for my big screen tv, but I enjoy watching TV, watching games, playing video games, so for me all those experiences are worth it.
bubelah
· 8 months ago
For me it's Traveling. I don't mind spending any money on it.
Patrick
· 8 months ago
It means nothing other than a temporary victory against time.
Dude, powerful phrase!
With my first child on the way, I am questioning these things more and more often. Time is the scarcest commodity.
dawn
· 8 months ago
Well said! As usual, the media and marketers have commercialized the meaning of Earth Day, but the original sentiment behind it can't be forgotten or given up on.
Yo Prinzel
· 8 months ago
I think for some, the spending is a way to avoid acknowledging the misery of selling your soul....in order to buy. It's a weird circle of inappropriate logic. Not all spending, mind you, but some. To vilify all purchases and splurges is ridiculous. The amount of money I've spent on dinners on the water is ridiculous, but it's also one of my favorite things to do--and so i continue to do it.
ajc
· 8 months ago
Money clearly has one and only one purpose: to be spent.
Whether you horde it now to spend later, or spend now and risk your 'later' is a matter that is overly analyzed, particularly on the web.
Instead, simply:
1. Embrace the Life that you want to live - focusing on what is / will be vitally important to you; 2. Calculate how much money you will need (usually a necessary evil for most, but not all, Life plans); 3. Put in place strategies and tactics to ensure that you have at least that much money available when you need it; 4. Happily spend the rest (or horde it, or give it away, or ... whatever turns you on).
Moneymonk
· 7 months ago
agree AJC
well said, I have to blog about your comment, it really makes since
Moneymonk
· 7 months ago
agree AJC
well said, I have to blog about your comment, it really makes sense
Early Retirement Extreme
· 7 months ago
The dichotomoy comes when the marginal utility of the 3rd bathroom in a two person household clashes with the marginal cost of last tree that is cut down or the 95th hour of work in a week.
Money Funk
· 7 months ago
You are right. I think money does need to be spent on things that make our lives a little brighter. I do not feel guilt in buying a good book to read or having a latte.
And I would not mind spending it on having dinner in Barcelona. My only problem... like many, many Americans (or people in general), I did not trade my time for money wisely. And now owe $80K in debt.
You are right... when you have the money... save and watch it grow, but also spend it wisely on brightening your life, too.
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I spend b/c I can't grow and kill mmy own food...
It's just spend your time wisely towards pursuit of something. I guess if certain things make you happy then yay =)
I'm glad you said that, because some people take frugal to the extreme
Dude, powerful phrase!
With my first child on the way, I am questioning these things more and more often. Time is the scarcest commodity.
Whether you horde it now to spend later, or spend now and risk your 'later' is a matter that is overly analyzed, particularly on the web.
Instead, simply:
1. Embrace the Life that you want to live - focusing on what is / will be vitally important to you;
2. Calculate how much money you will need (usually a necessary evil for most, but not all, Life plans);
3. Put in place strategies and tactics to ensure that you have at least that much money available when you need it;
4. Happily spend the rest (or horde it, or give it away, or ... whatever turns you on).
well said, I have to blog about your comment, it really makes since
well said, I have to blog about your comment, it really makes sense
And I would not mind spending it on having dinner in Barcelona. My only problem... like many, many Americans (or people in general), I did not trade my time for money wisely. And now owe $80K in debt.
You are right... when you have the money... save and watch it grow, but also spend it wisely on brightening your life, too.