Comments on: the shame and the glory http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/ thoughtful personal finance, career and health advice Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Slinky http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-29669 Slinky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:42:34 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-29669 Great post! I've never understood people who save for the sake of saving. I save for the sake of doing the things I love, whatever those things may be. Personal finance isn't really about giving up nice things. It's about giving up the things that don't matter for the things that do. Great post! I've never understood people who save for the sake of saving. I save for the sake of doing the things I love, whatever those things may be. Personal finance isn't really about giving up nice things. It's about giving up the things that don't matter for the things that do.

]]> By: Slinky http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28944 Slinky Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:42:34 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28944 Great post! I've never understood people who save for the sake of saving. I save for the sake of doing the things I love, whatever those things may be. Personal finance isn't really about giving up nice things. It's about giving up the things that don't matter for the things that do. Great post! I've never understood people who save for the sake of saving. I save for the sake of doing the things I love, whatever those things may be. Personal finance isn't really about giving up nice things. It's about giving up the things that don't matter for the things that do.

]]> By: Personal Finance Links (Bandwagon Red Sox Fans are Free Now Edition) | acneadvocate.com http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28708 Personal Finance Links (Bandwagon Red Sox Fans are Free Now Edition) | acneadvocate.com Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:13:39 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28708 [...] Blap goes over the shame and the glory of frugal [...] [...] Blap goes over the shame and the glory of frugal [...]

]]> By: thesweetmagnolia.com » Blog Archive » Personal Finance Links (Bandwagon Red Sox Fans are Free Now Edition) http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28704 thesweetmagnolia.com » Blog Archive » Personal Finance Links (Bandwagon Red Sox Fans are Free Now Edition) Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:40:12 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28704 [...] Blap goes over the shame and the glory of frugal [...] [...] Blap goes over the shame and the glory of frugal [...]

]]> By: thesweetmagnolia.com » Blog Archive » Personal Finance Links (Bandwagon Red Sox Fans are Free Now Edition) http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28705 thesweetmagnolia.com » Blog Archive » Personal Finance Links (Bandwagon Red Sox Fans are Free Now Edition) Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:40:12 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28705 [...] Blap goes over the shame and the glory of frugal [...] [...] Blap goes over the shame and the glory of frugal [...]

]]> By: Overdraft_Savvy http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28672 Overdraft_Savvy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:43 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28672 "You don’t save money so you can save more. You save money so you can spend it on things you value instead of things you don’t."<br><br>What a great quote. It's amazing how we always seem to be short on cash. And yet, if people just stopped spending on things that they didn't really make them happy, they would be a whole lot closer to reaching their financial goals, if not making them. <br><br>We should approach everything we spend on with a simple little cost-benefit analysis like this. “You don’t save money so you can save more. You save money so you can spend it on things you value instead of things you don’t.”

What a great quote. It's amazing how we always seem to be short on cash. And yet, if people just stopped spending on things that they didn't really make them happy, they would be a whole lot closer to reaching their financial goals, if not making them.

We should approach everything we spend on with a simple little cost-benefit analysis like this.

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]]> By: Funny about Money http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28643 Funny about Money Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:07:13 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28643 Nice insight! There's a point where asceticism...well, has no point. Unless you're saving for some reason, denying yourself can morph into a kind of pathology.<br><br>Now...my feeling is that instead of keeping up with the Joneses, you should BE the Joneses. The trick is to do something everyone else wishes they'd done: do it first, and do it conspicuously.<br><br>Some years ago (quite a few somes), I took it upon my lush young girlish self to haul a shovel and a wheelbarrow into the front yard and work like a freaking horse to upgrade and renovate the landscape. Pretty quick, the guy across the street starts to fix up his yard. And then another house gets spruced up.<br><br>Guy Across Street to Lush Young Woman's Husband: "After seeing what you did, I felt like I had to keep up and do something to our house, too."<br><br>LOL! That neighborhood gentrified fast and is now one for the most irrationally overpriced in the city. ;-) Nice insight! There's a point where asceticism…well, has no point. Unless you're saving for some reason, denying yourself can morph into a kind of pathology.

Now…my feeling is that instead of keeping up with the Joneses, you should BE the Joneses. The trick is to do something everyone else wishes they'd done: do it first, and do it conspicuously.

Some years ago (quite a few somes), I took it upon my lush young girlish self to haul a shovel and a wheelbarrow into the front yard and work like a freaking horse to upgrade and renovate the landscape. Pretty quick, the guy across the street starts to fix up his yard. And then another house gets spruced up.

Guy Across Street to Lush Young Woman's Husband: “After seeing what you did, I felt like I had to keep up and do something to our house, too.”

LOL! That neighborhood gentrified fast and is now one for the most irrationally overpriced in the city. ;-)

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]]> By: Weekly Roundup - Hands Off My Clunker Edition | Start Living Frugal http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28633 Weekly Roundup - Hands Off My Clunker Edition | Start Living Frugal Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:21:26 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28633 [...] The Shame and the Glory [...] [...] The Shame and the Glory [...]

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]]> By: Curmudgeon http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28627 Curmudgeon Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:37:16 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28627 No, no, no. The key is to spend your money on what you need, not on what your neighbors have. I couldn't tell you what kind of cars my neighbors have, and I'm pretty sure most of them couldn't tell you about mine. You acquire what you need, and what makes you happy. It has nothing to do with those around you. If you can internalize that message, I guarantee you will be happy. No, no, no. The key is to spend your money on what you need, not on what your neighbors have. I couldn't tell you what kind of cars my neighbors have, and I'm pretty sure most of them couldn't tell you about mine. You acquire what you need, and what makes you happy. It has nothing to do with those around you. If you can internalize that message, I guarantee you will be happy.

]]> By: TheWealthSquad http://www.bripblap.com/the-shame-and-the-glory/comment-page-1/#comment-28625 TheWealthSquad Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:53:17 +0000 http://www.bripblap.com/?p=1670#comment-28625 Dogma can kill you in anything. To believe something without thought is very dangerous. Now if keeping up with the Joneses is causing you to overspend and get deep in debt.. by all means break the hold and stop the insanity. But if buying a German car fits in your budget, your lifestyle and your desires... then buy one. <br /><br />I agree that saving money to put in the stock market may not be the greatest idea. I was commenting on <a href="http://www.thedigeratilife.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">www.thedigeratilife.com</a> about a post she made on the stock market and her expectations and it ended up being a fairly long post on my blog with some good free resources. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.askthewealthsquad.com/blog/stock-market-prediction-year-2009/" rel="nofollow">http://www.askthewealthsquad.com/blog/stock-mar...</a> You and your readers may find it interesting.<br /><br />I much prefer to build a small sideline business. I think it may be the only way to stay ahead of inflation but even then our government is making it a tougher challenge with new regs, taxes and requirements. I prefer it because there it depends on me and my plan .. not some CEO I don't know and a business I may not understand. Dogma can kill you in anything. To believe something without thought is very dangerous. Now if keeping up with the Joneses is causing you to overspend and get deep in debt.. by all means break the hold and stop the insanity. But if buying a German car fits in your budget, your lifestyle and your desires… then buy one.

I agree that saving money to put in the stock market may not be the greatest idea. I was commenting on http://www.thedigeratilife.com about a post she made on the stock market and her expectations and it ended up being a fairly long post on my blog with some good free resources.

http://www.askthewealthsquad.com/blog/stock-mar… You and your readers may find it interesting.

I much prefer to build a small sideline business. I think it may be the only way to stay ahead of inflation but even then our government is making it a tougher challenge with new regs, taxes and requirements. I prefer it because there it depends on me and my plan .. not some CEO I don't know and a business I may not understand.

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