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Originally Posted by cschin4
Well, what is "doing it right" mean anyway?
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To me, it means doing it the way that best meets our needs and preferences, while still being responsible about the costs involved.
I mentioned remodeling our kitchen. I couldn't care less about granite countertops. I'll be perfectly happy with laminate (that's what we have now) as long as there is much more counter space when we're done. We also have a design flaw in our kitchen that created a narrow passage between the counter and the fridge and we want to eliminate that problem. We want a larger stovetop as the one we have now has 4 burners but is so small that you can't actually have 4 pots going at once because there isn't enough space between the burners. Do we need a Viking professional grade stovetop? Absolutely not? Just something that will meet our needs a lot better than the current unit. So when I say "doing it right", I'm talking about that kind of stuff.
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I used to be more interested in buying stuff. Now I am more interested in experiences such as travel, eating out, etc. And, I can travel and put the memories in my brain instead of buying the $20 t-shirt!
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Same here. We buy far fewer souvenirs, though when we do buy them, they are of better quality (and higher price) than the stuff we used to buy. And they are of a different nature. We are less likely to buy things that will sit on a shelf (except for Disney, of course) and more likely to buy memory items, like photos on a cruise, or unique items like local crafts or handmade jewelry.