Great little article here.....
8 Ways You're Probably Overspending Without Even Realizing It
"Despite our best intentions, it's easy to be fooled — by emotions, clever advertising, shiny objects — into shelling out more than we anticipated. And the worst part? You can speed down the road to perpetual overspending without even recognizing the warning signs."
Of the 8 ways in this article, I feel the "keep up with the Joneses" one is the most dangerous.
Situations are different.
Salaries are different.
Priorities are different.
We all need to live our own life.
We all need to take actions based on what's best for our family, not what's best for making us "look good" to others.
If not, it leads to all sorts of crappy stuff... greed, anger, jealousy, stress, bankruptcy, death.
Death of fun.
Death of relationships/family.
Death of life itself.
Not worth it folks!!
Out for now.....
Matt