Comments on: Budgeting and strategies for saving http://funny-about-money.com/2009/05/05/budgeting-and-strategies-for-saving/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:47:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Morgan http://funny-about-money.com/2009/05/05/budgeting-and-strategies-for-saving/comment-page-1/#comment-5084 Morgan Fri, 15 May 2009 15:38:24 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=5537#comment-5084 Thank you for sharing how you accumulate money and your overall approach to financial life. I often wonder how people do this...You make it sound so common sense and practical. You are 110% right about getting out of debt. It is a carnivorous beast that lurks behind every turn. Great, logical points. An approach I use in my blog is to use our dreams to drive financial goals. For example, if I realize my life long dream is to live in Paris for a year my direction in my spending and saving becomes crystal clear. Do I want season tickets to the Cardinals or do I want my dream? Do I want this noose of debt to keep hanging me or...do I want Paris? It's looking at the why, not the how. If my daughter needed an operation to save her life, and I had to have a hundred thousand to do this, I would move heaven and earth to get that money. If, however, I thought about building a mother-in-law quarters in my home so that my mother in law can move in...my motivation is not going to be the same. The why can make a world of difference. Thanks for your post. I'll visit again! Morgan at The Debt Dance.com Thank you for sharing how you accumulate money and your overall approach to financial life. I often wonder how people do this…You make it sound so common sense and practical. You are 110% right about getting out of debt. It is a carnivorous beast that lurks behind every turn. Great, logical points.

An approach I use in my blog is to use our dreams to drive financial goals. For example, if I realize my life long dream is to live in Paris for a year my direction in my spending and saving becomes crystal clear. Do I want season tickets to the Cardinals or do I want my dream? Do I want this noose of debt to keep hanging me or…do I want Paris?

It’s looking at the why, not the how. If my daughter needed an operation to save her life, and I had to have a hundred thousand to do this, I would move heaven and earth to get that money. If, however, I thought about building a mother-in-law quarters in my home so that my mother in law can move in…my motivation is not going to be the same.
The why can make a world of difference.
Thanks for your post. I’ll visit again!
Morgan at The Debt Dance.com

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]]> By: frugalscholar http://funny-about-money.com/2009/05/05/budgeting-and-strategies-for-saving/comment-page-1/#comment-4216 frugalscholar Tue, 05 May 2009 13:51:38 +0000 http://funny-about-money.com/?p=5537#comment-4216 Inspiring once more. I clicked on the link to your post with the Rossetti poem. A great post that I seem to have missed. Or at least I don't remember it. Inspiring once more. I clicked on the link to your post with the Rossetti poem. A great post that I seem to have missed. Or at least I don’t remember it.

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