Studies show that money makes you happier.
If you’re really poor, you don’t doubt that. Even if you’re quite well-off, you still don’t doubt that, but now you want a yatch and a BMW, not just a functioning car. So we all want more money.
But apart from its uses, where does money fit into your life? Well, you can either inherit it, marry it or win it. However, chances are you’re not a Rockefeller, you’d rather marry for love, and your chance of winning the lottery is less than your chance of getting struck by lightening. So you’ve got to earn it.
Most of our adult lives are spent trying to make money. However, every moment spent at a job is a moment lost.
In reality, most of us could live on very little. But there comes a point when we want time more than we want money – time to enjoy life, and to spend with our families. But – d’oh! – we don’t have that time because we’re at work.
As adults, most of us have to do a delicate balancing act between work and play. Unless your work is your play, which makes life easier, but even then you need to carve out time for yourself and your family.
This is why frugality is important to me – it’s not so much a way of saving money, but a way of life. Being frugal gives you the ability to quit the high-paying, high-stress job and do that lower-paying job you love. It gives you money to spend on the important things in life. Being frugal can buy you freedom.
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