Archive - May, 2012

Spending on Minutia.

Spending on the little things

My favorite bean.

Large purchases typically don’t do us in.  They don’t induce the downward spiral of financial hardship.

It is the accumulated dispensation on minutia.  The day-to-day “drops in the bucket” that define who we are as consumers.

Are you spending $3.00 per day on coffee?

That $3.00 is an illusion, cloaking a larger cost.

That $3.00 defines your priorities as a consumer and erodes them.

Your daily gestures may seem trifling, but they hold much weight and characterize your financial self.

Subtracting Your Effects.

My possessions do not define meWhen you take a step back and look at yourself, what do you see?

Are you a snapshot of your possessions?  The car, the house, the furniture, the clothes…

We spend so much time broadcasting every detail of our lives, but who exactly are we?

Treasure your important holdings, but subtract the effects.  Step into the Rialto and unload the unnecessary.

Then, make sure your broadcast is you and make sure it is enough.

Rhythm and Routine.

Rhythm and RoutineIn our epic quest for stimulation, we become bored with our daily cadence.

The journey becomes a grind.

In our desire for more, we lose sight of what we have.

Embrace your daily rhythm and routine and you will be rewarded with contentment.  For me, it’s shaving, grinding (coffee), cooking (breakfast) and writing.  It’s peaceful time with my family.

Stop chasing your desires.  Find comfort in what you have.  Find repose in what you do.

Reap the rewards.

The Infinite Rialto.

It’s 2012 and the World Wide Web has created a boundless marketplace.

We noOnline Marketplace longer have personal possessions, we have inventory.

Nothing (almost nothing) should get discarded.  Everything can be sold.

Somewhere, someone wants what you have.  I have proven this to be true time and time again.

This Internet is an immense web of wormholes, providing a path by which your unwanted trash becomes someone else’s prized treasure.

 

Saving State of Mind.

Saving is a state of mind.

It is the ability to act rationally.

Saving

It is the capacity to prioritize yourself, family and your financial future.

Spending (irresponsible spending) is a state of depredation.  Whimsy decisions based on desire and urge.

It is the inability to control impulse.  It is a cut to your reason.

 

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