Comments on: Spend Some Money http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/2009/11/25/spend-some-money/ Personal Finance Notebook: Ideas, education & motivation for financial success Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:40:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Give of Yourself — Personal Finance Notebook http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/2009/11/25/spend-some-money/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Give of Yourself — Personal Finance Notebook Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:51:06 +0000 http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/?p=557#comment-167 [...] Click here to read on to Part 3 of the series [...] [...] Click here to read on to Part 3 of the series [...]

]]> By: Wojciech http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/2009/11/25/spend-some-money/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Wojciech Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:16:59 +0000 http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/?p=557#comment-138 Happy to have discovered your blog! You have a cool series going here, and I'm glad you took the approach you did to cover all three major aspects of where your money goes. One strategy that has worked for my family that relates to your five tips is creating a wish list of things we want. It lets us list and prioritize our purchases and research the best stores and prices. The lower we can get the prices, the sooner we can buy the product, so it's great motivation to do research. We put away extra cash each month specifically for this purpose and don't buy anything on the list unless the money is available for it. Great post! Happy to have discovered your blog! You have a cool series going here, and I’m glad you took the approach you did to cover all three major aspects of where your money goes.

One strategy that has worked for my family that relates to your five tips is creating a wish list of things we want. It lets us list and prioritize our purchases and research the best stores and prices.

The lower we can get the prices, the sooner we can buy the product, so it’s great motivation to do research. We put away extra cash each month specifically for this purpose and don’t buy anything on the list unless the money is available for it.

Great post!

]]> By: Patrenia http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/2009/11/25/spend-some-money/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Patrenia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:43:52 +0000 http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/?p=557#comment-137 I know that had to be an awesome feeling. Congratulations on your debt free purchase! I know that had to be an awesome feeling. Congratulations on your debt free purchase!

]]> By: Andrew @ Earn Give Save http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/2009/11/25/spend-some-money/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Andrew @ Earn Give Save Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:49:40 +0000 http://www.personalfinancenotebook.com/?p=557#comment-136 You are right on with your thoughts here! Spending money becomes easier when you've considered it in the context of your entire financial plan. For instance, we bought a brand new Samsung LCD yesterday, but we had planning for it for some time. Because of that, it was actually a really <b>freeing</b> experience to make that purchase. Also, none of the guilt (that could have come had we bought a TV the minute we wanted to) came as we were walking out of Best Buy! You are right on with your thoughts here! Spending money becomes easier when you’ve considered it in the context of your entire financial plan. For instance, we bought a brand new Samsung LCD yesterday, but we had planning for it for some time. Because of that, it was actually a really freeing experience to make that purchase. Also, none of the guilt (that could have come had we bought a TV the minute we wanted to) came as we were walking out of Best Buy!

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