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[quote=Anonymous]My DH and I try to live below our means. This year we bought a house that cost way less than we could afford. We're still driving old used cars. Etc. I'm usually pretty good about resisting peer pressure. I'm a lawyer and our HHI is over 300k and have friends kind of balk about our vacation (cheap, local) and other choices and point blank ask me why I don't upgrade considering my income. Our goal is financial independence, earlier retirement, funding kid's college fund -- those kinds of things -- rather than a nicer house, cars, whatever. Occasionally I find it tough to resist the pressure -- like I find myself obsessed with renovating this or that when it's not necessary and probably a bad investment at our home's price point. My question is -- if you have similar goals to us, what do you tell yourself to keep yourself in line?? I usually pull myself back from the brink but it's tough to stay disciplined. Tips welcome![/quote]
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