GandalfDaGangsta_007
GandalfDaGangsta_007 t1_j9aiabp wrote
Reply to comment by doyouhavetono in LPT: To stop being the “I have $300, so spend $300” person, put a sock on your money so that whenever you try to spend it, all you get is the sock by doyouhavetono
That is definitely different. My point was for people who could easily save and don’t because they spend it all after meeting all their needs
GandalfDaGangsta_007 t1_j9ahuc4 wrote
Reply to LPT: To stop being the “I have $300, so spend $300” person, put a sock on your money so that whenever you try to spend it, all you get is the sock by doyouhavetono
I have little pitty for people that live paycheck to paycheck due to their own bad spending and complain about not having money.
“No one ever taught me to budget/save”
Well, you want to save money but end up spending everything. How about you simply don’t buy as much stuff you don’t need?
GandalfDaGangsta_007 t1_j3raskq wrote
Grenade type stuff was definitely used since around gun powders use wherever it was present.
But Iike you said, part of it was the danger of using early grenades.
Part of it was the practicality of them in line warfare. You’re standing in lines shooting at each other. By the time you’re close enough to light and throw a grenade you’re probably dead lol.
There were times grenade type things were used, but not often in typical line warfare because the style of war just didn’t work out well for their use
GandalfDaGangsta_007 t1_j9atrmg wrote
Reply to comment by OkMarsupial in LPT: To stop being the “I have $300, so spend $300” person, put a sock on your money so that whenever you try to spend it, all you get is the sock by doyouhavetono
I make decent money but still spend like I did when I was making 45-50K a year.
I was able to cover my expenses then and still live pretty comfortably. Stuff could be a bit tight, but never to the point where I had concern about not being able to do/buy something I wanted/needed.
To this, I also believe making more money does not mean you should spend more money. I will drive a nice Toyota RAV4 rather than having a BMW SUV.
I will buy a $300,000 house rather than a $700,000 house.
I won’t eat out any more often than I do (which I rarely do anyway).
I will comfortably buy wants and treat myself slightly more often, but otherwise I’m all about saving.
$5 a day is $1,800 a year. Not buying a coffee/snack every day literally allows me to go on a vacation and possibly still not spend as much as buying a $5 drink/snack every day lol.