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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure. I feel rich. Maybe because I grew up not rich and I clearly understand the differences between then and now? I remember when I first felt rich:  I was having a party and I just bought what I wanted for food and drinks without regard to money. I still feel that way. [/quote]

This is me too.  It took me years to stop buying whole chickens and breaking them down vs. just getting thighs or breasts, or whatever I actually needed.  I just felt incredibly stressed by the price per pound difference, long after I could afford to buy whatever made our lives easier.

We now live in a neighborhood and are friends with a lot of truly rich people, who make magnitudes more than our $500K plus per year, and it hasn't really changed my perspective at all.  I get a kick out of some of the really fun ways they find to spend their money, but I don't have any envy.  Almost every day, usually on the way into work, I say a kind of prayer of thanks for my family's blessings, and I'm not religious at all.  Living life free from financial anxiety is an incredible gift.  If you make that much and find yourself feeling poor or financially stressed, this would be a great time of year to stop and really think about everything in life that you are taking for granted.[/quote]

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