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Weren't your purchases impacted the quality of life you had at the moment? I don't know your particular context, but living in the moment vs. preparing for futu
by userulluipeste 4y ago
Weren't your purchases impacted the quality of life you had at the moment? I don't know your particular context, but living in the moment vs. preparing for future is an old and common theme to many (i.e. almost all) of us, and buyer's remorse is a real but unfair frame of thought to judge ourselves. Also, investment requires discipline and foresight (intelligence) that come a bit later, as we grow. I for one, am glad for acquiring the benefits of that growth when I did, although it didn't hurt to have had it earlier.
- sizzle 4y agoI like your take on this and you are kind to yourself, wish I could learn to take that perspective. I’m not talking about spending money traveling and on experiences, I think those are worth every penny. I’m talking about blowing money living paycheck to paycheck instead of growing my savings on designer clothes and modifying cars, etc. trying to look a certain way among people my age and trying to impress the opposite sex. None of that stuff matters now and didn’t back then in retrospect. I found my spouse partaking in a free hobby. I guess hindsight is 20/20 as they say, back then I was surrounded by social and single college friends looking to find partners to date.