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> You can't imagine the freedom you feel when you discard your first handful of change! I get this from gambling, actually. A $20 haircut or $30 dinner feels l
by mikec3010 8y ago
> You can't imagine the freedom you feel when you discard your first handful of change!
I get this from gambling, actually. A $20 haircut or $30 dinner feels like nothing compared to blowing $2300 at a casino so I never complain about petty expenses. It annoys me to hear people in my life (who have healthy incomes) complain about the costs of things or talk about saving a few bucks at costco. It just doesn't matter.
But ironically I do keep my change!
- zackbloom 8y agoWait, obviously not everyone in your life is losing $2300 at a casino regularly right? So to them a few dollars might be important? A $30 dinner every day is $11k at the end of the year.
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- mikec3010 8y agoNone of my friends gamble. So you're correct they don't have my perspective. But I don't make money gambling either, so we make about the same amount. And I know that saving $3 on strawberries at the grocery store isn't going to make or break them so it seems irrelevant and petty to even talk about.
- ericd 8y agoThe thing is, though, small differences in daily spending do matter, when summed over your adult life, and can make a meaningful difference in when (or whether) you can retire, especially if your savings rate is near zero. But sure, if you're tossing away thousands at a time for fun, then you've probably got some lower hanging fruit you can cut than saving a bit at Costco.