{"id":2198,"date":"2010-05-06T19:49:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T03:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2013-08-22T09:33:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T17:33:19","slug":"timely-expenses-are-wise-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/timely-expenses-are-wise-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Timely Expenses are Wise Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of my favorite posts on this blog is the one that is titled \u201c<\/a>It\u2019s Ok to Spend Money on Stuff You Love\u201d,<\/a> <\/em>simply because it vindicates my position in the standoff that I currently have going on with my spouse. I feel that it\u2019s ok to spend on the things that we both enjoy while he insists that they\u2019re frivolous expenses and that we need to save our money for the future. While I see the wisdom in his point of view, I also feel that the money we earn after much hardship and struggle is best used in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

For example, going away on a much-needed vacation will definitely drain our bank balance by quite a number of dollars. But I feel that it\u2019s money spent on a worthwhile cause, especially because we\u2019re both still young enough to feel and experience the romance of travel and appreciate the beauty of the places we visit. Now if I were to go along with my spouse and save the money instead, we would have enough and more in our bank when we retire. But the problem is that we would have lost out on our youth and may no longer feel the desire to travel and enjoy new experiences.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a time to spend money, and when you lose this opportunity, you lose out on life. Sure, you do need to be careful, cautious and thrifty, but what\u2019s the use of hoarding away money that you\u2019re not going to spend in your lifetime, or rather, when you have enough life left in you? In my opinion, it\u2019s ok to spend money on what you love, even if the expense may seem frivolous, if:<\/p>\n