I must be in the minority. I grew up poor (collected pop cans from my local Sun office as an office cleaner and sold them for deposits), so its scar will always

I must be in the minority. I grew up poor (collected pop cans from my local Sun office as an office cleaner and sold them for deposits), so its scar will always be with me. But when I was younger, someone once said 'money is not the thing; money is the thing you use to get to the thing.' So now I can switch between being thrifty or being 'careless', depending what I really desire- and this requires constant self-reflection, a constant self-question of would spending this money do anything for my goals (which should include helping others.) In other word, like that Japanese cleaner lady, I ask myself would spending this bring me joy?