Is there any way to stop?

quantic

I think its important to try and learn to enjoy your money when you are no longer in trouble otherwise its just as bad as when you were in debt except there is no end to it.

It took me a long time to do this. I set myself a savings target and once I had reached that I forced myself to buy a few things that I have wanted for ages. Made me extremely anxious at first but now that feeling is gone and I'm glad I relaxed a bit

Fella

Paying £1 in Poundland for stuff worth 10p isn't saving you anything.

Percy1983

I will say I do save more than I need to.

If I dodn't shop around for insurance/ebergy constantly and didn't shop in Aldi I would still be fine, but knowing I have saved money on the above to essentailly just waste it elsewhere stills feels like the right think to do.

I suppose I am living well within my means but do spend upto me means if I want something.

I suppose its the line between saving for a future (which may not happen) and living now (which is happening), where you are happy on that line is completely upto you and there is no right/wrong answers.

MrRee_2

quantic wrote: »

I think its important to try and learn to enjoy your money when you are no longer in trouble otherwise its just as bad as when you were in debt except there is no end to it.

It took me a long time to do this. I set myself a savings target and once I had reached that I forced myself to buy a few things that I have wanted for ages. Made me extremely anxious at first but now that feeling is gone and I'm glad I relaxed a bit

That's exactly the problem I face ... and have done for quitet a while now ...

I have a savings target and then when I hit it I set another! I cannot help myself ..... it's miserable to be honest with you.

At what point can you say you have enough? Will it ever be enough?

Carl31

i think its probably down to inflated cost

When you see something that cost 50p 30 years ago, now costs £25, you probably bregrudge paying it, even though you are probably actually getting better value now

Carl31

chewmylegoff wrote: »

I don't know about the opening question but it certainly is possible to stop wasting your time writing made up drivel on the internet.

but then he would have to go back to his real life job as a processing clerk, which in mind numbingly repetitive and dull

making up stuff on the net makes his day go faster

shortchanged_2

MrRee wrote: »

Didn't say I'd bought a new one ........

They are also very expensive to run and maintain or have you just SORNed it and left it in the garage to slowly rot away?

MrRee_2

Carl31 wrote: »

i think its probably down to inflated cost

When you see something that cost 50p 30 years ago, now costs £25, you probably bregrudge paying it, even though you are probably actually getting better value now

You have a point there - when I bought a car way back it cost me £825.

My grandma was shocked - it was twice the price her house cost, many decades before - when a £ was a £.

So, I think you have a point.

Conrad

MrRee wrote: »

Has anyone actually broken the cycle and stopped in enough time to spend and live life like money is no object - because, of course, at my time of life it isn't anymore.

The prognosis is not good for those that allow money to become their God, where it's accumulation becomes the end game rather than the means.


You'll be not alive for billions of times longer than your life span.


As with most things it's about getting the right balance.


Also I don't particularly go in for sweat shop products myself as I feel they exploit others around the world, so quite a few aspects of the MSE mindset for me are a bit

ruggedtoast

Conrad wrote: »

The prognosis is not good for those that allow money to become their God, where it's accumulation becomes the end game rather than the means.


You'll be not alive for billions of times longer than your life span.


As with most things it's about getting the right balance.


Also I don't particularly go in for sweat shop products myself as I feel they exploit others around the world, so quite a few aspects of the MSE mindset for me are a bit

A bit? A bit what?

An unfinished sentence. God. I hope nothing happened to him.