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What's the point though. You just skimped your whole live to end up old and with a bunch of abstract "wealth". Best way to do it is to buy exactly what will fu

What's the point though. You just skimped your whole live to end up old and with a bunch of abstract "wealth". Best way to do it is to buy exactly what will fulfill you, and not a cent more. Maybe that 3 week trip to ___ will, maybe the expensive dinner won't. Etc.

horsawlarway 5y ago
I think you're implying a value judgement I'm not making. Who's to say they think they're skimping? Who's to say that they didn't buy exactly what fulfilled them, and it was only 20% of their take-home pay, so they just shoved the rest of it into investments? Basically - money certainly matters, but only to a point. Once you're fairly comfortable satisfying your genuine needs (food, clothing, shelter, time) more money isn't really going to change how you feel. It's a mental trap to assume that happiness can be bought, if only you had a bit more money. It leads to empty, hollow, soulless people. --- > Best way to do it is to buy exactly what will fulfill you My advice? Buying things will never fulfill you. Real fulfillment isn't about having the next shiny ____. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy that thing, but you should be doing it with intention - How does this fit into my life? What uses do I have for it? Who will I share it with?
- randomopining 5y ago
  No I think we are on the same page. I'm just assuming these are "excessively frugal" type people. Agree 100% that money only matters to a point. I've traveled to many places, and had a few "luxury" type experiences and I'm certain that the juice isn't worth the squeeze for that type of stuff. I would say the main two goals would be to: have enough money to work when/on what you want (this could be like 500k), and the long term goal is have enough money to make a bigger impact on a community or even the world (prob like 10 mil - 1 bil).

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What's the point though. You just skimped your whole live to end up old and with a bunch of abstract "wealth". Best way to do it is to buy exactly what will fu

by randomopining 5y ago

horsawlarway 5y ago
I think you're implying a value judgement I'm not making. Who's to say they think they're skimping? Who's to say that they didn't buy exactly what fulfilled them, and it was only 20% of their take-home pay, so they just shoved the rest of it into investments? Basically - money certainly matters, but only to a point. Once you're fairly comfortable satisfying your genuine needs (food, clothing, shelter, time) more money isn't really going to change how you feel. It's a mental trap to assume that happiness can be bought, if only you had a bit more money. It leads to empty, hollow, soulless people. --- > Best way to do it is to buy exactly what will fulfill you My advice? Buying things will never fulfill you. Real fulfillment isn't about having the next shiny ____. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy that thing, but you should be doing it with intention - How does this fit into my life? What uses do I have for it? Who will I share it with?
- randomopining 5y ago
  No I think we are on the same page. I'm just assuming these are "excessively frugal" type people. Agree 100% that money only matters to a point. I've traveled to many places, and had a few "luxury" type experiences and I'm certain that the juice isn't worth the squeeze for that type of stuff. I would say the main two goals would be to: have enough money to work when/on what you want (this could be like 500k), and the long term goal is have enough money to make a bigger impact on a community or even the world (prob like 10 mil - 1 bil).