Money Wisdom from Bob Marley
This is a good reminder both for people who seek after happiness by spending money AND for those of us who seek after happiness by saving money.
“Money is numbers and numbers never end.
If it takes money to be happy,
your search for happiness will never end."
Such great perspective to start a new month.
Good point. I like numbers, but luckily I can ignore them when necessary. (Or at least I'm trying.)
After turning 18 yesterday on Leap Day, I began my new March list of basic expenses and compared it to my list from 2014. I now have only 6 basic expenses to pay monthly besides food and gas compared to a list of 10 from years before. I've worked tirelessly to reduce my expenses by eliminating cable, paying off debts and not using my credit card. It's been a long slow slog, but the end is in sight and the feeling of pride in myself for achieving this is unbelievable.
Happy 18th to you! 😉
Haha. I got an ad for a Lexus after the post!
Haha, nice.
Don't buy it!! 😉
For a while I was seeing ads for Jimmy Choo shoes from Saks Fifth Avenue on The Frugal Girl. I know this says more about my browsing habits than your site but...I appreciated the irony.
Oh yeah...it's totally based on user cookies and not on my own site content, as far as I can tell.
I turned "15" yesterday and scored a free personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut for being a Leap Year baby.
Like fellow Leapster Diane, I'm reducing my bills and just paid off another one. My husband can no longer work, so cutting our expenses became a real priority. I now have five bills left: the car, electric, home insurance, car insurance, and phone. Our house is thankfully paid for now, and I'm throwing any extra cash to get rid of that car payment. Chasing the dollar is never going to provide happiness, but money does help provide fiscal security, so I try to be wise with it, not worship it.
I love it when rich celebrities sing about how unimportant money is.
I do feel, though, that they are somewhat uniquely qualified to talk about the fact that the pursuit of money is empty. Rich celebrities usually have all the money the world can offer, and so if anyone can testify to the fact that piles of money does not necessarily equal happiness, it is them.
(it's worth noting that money which gets you out of the poverty level DOES increase happiness, but beyond that, it does not appear to have any notable affect on one's happiness levels.)
Hmm, gobs of money is not making them any happier.....but somehow they continue to pursue it. Sort of a mixed message there.
I like to think of money as a tool. Like a hammer, it's useless on its own. It comes down to what you do with it.
Ask most Lotto winners about this, and you'll see you're absolutely right. I've always felt, that if I ever win the lottery, that the key to handling it and enjoying it, would be to set aside enough to cover grandkid's educations and such, and then give the rest away. How fun should that be? Depending upon the amount won, think of how many people you could bless (anonymously! Even more fun)
I know, right? I'm very tempted to think that I would certainly handle the money well. But everyone thinks that, I bet! 😉
I was wary of where you were going with Bob Marley who I'm not too keen on, but after reading it I say, "Totally agree!"