Our least romantic evenings were when we would go to an expensive restaurant, wait two hours for a table, have a cranky waiter, and spend a hundred dollars for the hassle of being there. In Southern California I rarely enjoyed myself going out to eat. The restaurants were so busy and they didn't care if they were nice to you or not.The joy of seeing your child born has to be the very best thing in life! Does making a baby cost anything? Does hearing her first laugh cost you a dime? Does hugging and holding your child cost money? Our lives are so full of the most wonderful things. You can live richly and happily with very little money at all.
So why do we pursue riches so vehemently? Why do people even kill for money? I think it comes back to our basic survival instinct of "kill or be killed." People think they will not survive without that money. In actuality they will, and they would be far better off just getting a job and learning higher skills to make more money in time.
I think the most important thing to do with your money is enjoy it. You should take a portion of each paycheck, decide on a figure, say five or ten percent, and do with that money whatever you want. Buy some new clothes, put it in a savings account for a trip you want to take, get an ice cream cone. The key being you should consciously spend your money on what you want. You earned it, and this reminds you that working is not just to pay your lousy bills, but to make your life great.
I have always thought how you make your money is important, too. If you make a lot of money but you hate your job, then your life is not better. There are empty jobs. Making money on the stock market or by turning over (flipping) houses is a way to earn a living, but is it rewarding? Do you
Dr. Doug Ikeler http://www.ikelerbooks.com/
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