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Originally Posted by LuxLiving
hahaha - another voracious reader who had the exact same thought tinap!!
OP your post also brought to mind that story of the guy on the tropical beach being harrangued by the corporate worker on vacation who tried to intice him to the working world so he could retire to the beach. I'm not saying that working harder/smarter/more goal oriented is wrong, but at some points along the path you have to decide what you're having to give up in order to gain a few more dollars.
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That is exactly my thought on being frugal, If you are happy being frugal then by all means wear two sweaters and turn down your heat and never go out to dinner.
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If your spending your life worried about ways to cut things out of your life that you might otherwise enjoy, then perhaps you should find ways to add value to yourself.
Its interesting to me that anyone could argue with adding value to yourself. Learning about new ways to make money, or to have a better relationship, or ways to develope a passion that you might not have been able to through lifestyle scimping, doesnt seem wrong to me at all.
Thats why is said if you like being frugal like jordan like b-ball then stay with it.
I can clearly remember going through life thinking of little things to cut out that would save money, but make my life a little less enjoyable. The candybar I might have wanted, turning the heater on in the dishwasher, gettng a pop with dinner rather than going for lemon water everytime, buying my wife that pair of jeans that she wanted.
I am not talking to people who like being frugal more than they like exploring other ways to make money. I am talking to the person that perhaps would like a nicer car, maybe a few more clothes, to go out to dinner once a week with a spouse, or to have there heat at a normal level.
You can have happiness with or without being frugal, with or without money. Happiness is not something that can be had through material things. Happiness can only be had when you give yourself permission to be happy. So if you give yourself permission to be happy evertime your frugal then by all means stay frugal.
What is a bit harder to have when your frugal is pleasure, the taste of a godiva chocolate, a one hour message, a weeks vacation that you have always wanted to hawaii. Pleasure comes from the little and big things that you do for yourself just because.
If cutting things out of your life, is more enjoyable than adding things to your life then by all means keep snipping.
Im not saying your wrong but at somepoint you have to decide whether following your true passion in life, and making money with it is more important than sitting in cold a cold house eating pancakes. Just kidding, maybe not!
Eric Medemar