what do you like the most in your life and is it what you spend money on?

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Anonymous wrote:I like financial security so this topic is obviously self fulfilling for me

Me too! I don’t spend nearly as much as I could because I love having enough money saved to know that I could walk away from my job at any time and be ok until I find the next one. The ultimate goal is to have enough F you money to not even need the next job. Oddly enough, I like my job and working, it’s just appealing to have the option to leave.

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I like spending time with my family... so I guess I "spend" my money on not earning money for a few years until the kids start school.

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We spend most of our discretionary money on food, but it’s not what brings me happiness. I’d rather spend money on travel, and home improvements/design. Of course those things are more expensive and not necessary, so they don’t get much attention.

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Clothes!

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Massage! And not the kind that Robert Kraft likes.

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I like my family. The mortgage is the biggest single line item in our budget but the biggest hidden expense is having my wife homeschool our kids. Kind of the same, I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:While procrastinating at work, I saw this discussion on a Reddit thread - people listing what they enjoy most in their lives, and those correspond to what they spend money on.

I found the conversation useful but also kind of Like obviously some of the things I enjoy most are what I also spend money on - our home, traveling, eating out/visiting with friends, our pets, books, new clothes. Others are just things I need - like student loan payments, gas for the car, allergy medicine (though I suppose breathing is one of the things I most enjoy).

Anyway, I was curious how you find that exercise. Folks on Reddit said that listing out what makes them happy helped them save money, by realizing they were frittering away $$ on things they didn't love that much. (It's a sort of Marie Kondo approach to spending, I suppose?)

link?

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I think when you spend future money on what you enjoy most in life, it can get hard to remind yourself that the loan payments are still a great expenditure.

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Travel (one "big" 3 week trip annually), books (I really need to start using the library with my Kindle), and yoga at the studio.

When DH and I were younger eating out was up there, but now it is less than once/month. So maybe that was one of those things I didn't "love" and cut out of my life?

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Travel, reading, and cooking. We already took one trip this year (10 days) and 2 more week long trips scheduled. I have a kindle with kindle unlimited and a separate budget of $20/month on books (I finish a book every 5ish days due to a 45min/way commute). Cooking wise we get Hello Fresh and once a quarter DH and I have a date night at Cookology (or similar).

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I love me some crazy workouts, so my solidcore habit is dollars well-spent! It's a lot, but I get so much pleasure out of them.

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My kids are grown, but I enjoyed that whole time and I still enjoy them as adults.
But now, and even then, dogs were right up there, and, you guessed it- it is where a lot of miney goes.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on where my discretionary income goes, I must really like beer.

Yep, beer and MJ

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Lots of children!

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Rub n tugs