Stop Spending More Than You Can
Spending More Than You Can
Unwealthy people pay for things that they cannot afford.
Because they are overwhelmed with their spending habits, they allow money to TAKE happiness away from their lives. (Money does not make you happy but it can take happiness away from you.)• Anna overspends on food, she loves eating at great restaurants even if she can’t pay for it.
• Peter overspent on his car, it was a great deal and he always wanted to have it.
• Sophia overspent on her house, she needed more space.
• John overspends on clothing, he loves to look smart and successful.
• Carolyn overspent on her college, she can’t pay her loan back without a second job.
• Mark overspends in dinners and dates, it is the only way to meet the right woman.
• Joan overspends in everything, she doesn’t have anything else to do during the day.
• Tom overspends on his kids, he needs to make sure they know he loves them. • Lisa overspends in traveling, she will find a way to pay for the experience later.
• Paul overspends in sports, he has to do it now before he is too old to enjoy it. If you overspend, you have several pressure points being hit at the same time in your life. You need to balance your finances more carefully, you are scared you cannot pay on time, your costs are higher because you pay short term interest, you feel trapped into doing work you dislike because you need to pay for what you bought, you sell yourself short because of your debt, you don’t feel “smart” over the way you spend money and your self-esteem is diminished.
Unwealthy people don’t consider what they can or cannot pay for and fail to evaluate the impact of their overspending in their lives as a whole. They live to the limits of their spending at a current stage or even above it. They expect to be able to pay with future increases in income. They have not experienced living as wealthy and feel their lives are filled with needs that are never satisfied. When people overspend, they put money first and their lives second and they get into a circle of worries that is unnecessary. The vaccine against overspending is fixing the amount of money you can spend on pleasurable things. Wealthy people put aside 10% of their income to enjoy it, and they spend it fully in whatever gives them pleasure, but they also save at least 10% off their income to invest. Wealthy people know that they can be smart about their resources and feel good about their spending choices, because how they feel about their resources is more important than whatever gratification they get from their purchases. Wealthy people live off their investments not of their income. Think about how you can reduce your spending without depriving yourself the pleasure you get. Put a limit on how much time you will devote to paying the debt, sell your assets, and restructure your life, so you can enjoy living.
I’m proud of you. That takes an incredible amount of courage/humility/forethought, etc.
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