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<p>[QUOTE="redbirdsj, post: 815007, member: 1039"]</p><p>For me it's a constant assessment of directing spending toward areas where it will have the maximum effect on my happiness. This will obviously be different for each person/family. It will also change over time as you move through different phases of life. For us it's travel, splurging on nice meals with friends, high quality food generally, memorable experiences, and conveniences that give us extra leisure time (maid, spending extra for the better located hotel, etc.). It's <strong>not</strong>: fancy cars, a huge house, the latest toys/gadgets, memberships in social status clubs, or other traditional trappings of the rat race. </p><p></p><p>I know many high income earners who barely save at all because they follow the spending habits of their peers without much thought because that's just what people in their peer group do.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="redbirdsj, post: 815007, member: 1039"] For me it's a constant assessment of directing spending toward areas where it will have the maximum effect on my happiness. This will obviously be different for each person/family. It will also change over time as you move through different phases of life. For us it's travel, splurging on nice meals with friends, high quality food generally, memorable experiences, and conveniences that give us extra leisure time (maid, spending extra for the better located hotel, etc.). It's [B]not[/B]: fancy cars, a huge house, the latest toys/gadgets, memberships in social status clubs, or other traditional trappings of the rat race. I know many high income earners who barely save at all because they follow the spending habits of their peers without much thought because that's just what people in their peer group do. [/QUOTE]
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