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UH2L’s comment sparked another idea on slowing down the mini David in me that likes to splurge.
So when I want to buy nice things that are somewhat expensive, I plan ahead and I budget.
What would happen if we stop buying everything from now on when we want them and instead plan and budget for it? [...]

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Whether it’s a lavish lifestyle, a luxury experience or an exotic products, we have all desired something unaffordable. Sometimes, just the fact that it’s unattainable makes us want it even more. How do we cope with it when it happens? Here’s my version of this last night.
Off and on, my wife and [...]

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It’s not that I don’t like saving money (yes I do), but when weeks go by without me splurging, that wallet of mine seems to vibrate by itself. The urge is always to press snooze by buying something, but the silence only lasts for a short while.
It’s amazing to me how this works but [...]

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One of the questions that often pop into my inbox is “When is it appropriate to spend my money?”  When people ask, they often want someone to give them a general answer that will solve their problem.  They want a step by step guide because they want to splurge but don’t want to jeopardize their [...]

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Lately, I have a hard time figuring out what to spend money on. It’s a strange feeling because my urge to buy something hasn’t gone away yet I can’t think of something to buy when I want to. I know I end up being able to keep my money in my bank account [...]

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No matter how frugal we are, everyone eventually ends up spending money. Christmas is coming up so the need to make difficult buying decisions will fall onto our shoulders. It is at these times that people who are frugal can really spend much less money than people who aren’t.
It is also during these holiday times [...]

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I helped my company closed a very fruitful deal with one of our customers and I am contemplating whether I should buy something for myself to celebrate.  These “celebration slurge” seem to be extremely common in our society but how should we control the amount that we spend when these events happen?
I always hear about [...]

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