Sometimes I think there’s something off about yearning to spend the money I earned just because I can. Not that I needed anything at the moment, but it felt like I needed to buy something for myself like a reward.
Perhaps, it’s not inherently wrong. Right?
Because, of course, we deserve to enjoy what we have earned.
But for some of us, spending just for the sake of spending becomes so pleasurable that others find themselves in an endless loop of consumerism — buying things they don’t really need.
How did we get here?
From Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way:
We learn very early on that money can buy us the things we want, like the toy we saw on TV or the candy our parents won’t buy for us. And we carry that belief into adulthood, using money to treat ourselves for working so hard or to make life more convenient. But that act of purchasing something we want is not the main transaction that happens with our money. The first and most important transaction is what gets that money in the first place: work. We trade our time, energy, and brain space for a paycheck. In essence, we’ve already paid for the money itself by the time it arrives in our hands.
With that being said, we don’t simply buy things with money. We buy them with our time, our energy, and efforts. We buy them with our life.
So on your next purchase, think again.
Is it worth your life?
jessa 