I herrrrd dat.
Yesterday I was walking from a nearby store (I did not buy anything, just went on the walk) with some coworkers. One of them semi-jokingly said this when they saw my car: "Who owns this dumpy little black car?"
I was like: "It is paid for." haha
She is about to buy a 4runner, probably used, but still way more car than she needs.
and then there are the millionaires that own zebras. Yea don't even ask. And probably really not that uncommon, you really don't know how the other (well not half) lives. Whole businesses are kept alive with just that demographic.
Trees don't grow on money
As Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
This is us. We didn't have bedroom furniture until we had been married 17 years. We went to Ethan Allen and ordered solid cherry, wrote a check and we still love it 21 years later. Set for life.
I purchased the last car of my life at 55. Mercedes C300 (highest safety rating 2y in a row), wrote a check.
In our early years we bought locally made unfinished solid oak table/bookcase/stereo stand/desk for our family room. We still have all those pieces....will keep forever.
Leather Natuzi sectional-lasted 23 years.
We bought a trashed cabin in the mountains that our inspector said was solid and would last us 50 years. Didn't write a check but we paid it off in 54 months. We're not done rehabbing it after 15 years, but we'll be done by January with the last room.
I buy my clothes at thrift stores and Ross. It doesn't matter. Cheap can last as long as expensive. I spend money on my footwear.
When our team went to the Vegas Bowl in December we had no problem dropping $3k on a 60 hour round trip taking in a Lady Gaga concert cuz, well hell, she was there and tickets were available. THAT was super fun and totally indulgent and luxurious. Europe? no thanks. South America? no thanks. Cruising? no thanks.
So yes, there's an example of frugal minimalism while spending money.
Last edited by Gardnr; 9-13-18 at 10:05pm.
I would argue that a person could live an unconventional and interesting lifestyle on the cheap. Jeff Yeager did it to a large degree. Look at all the van dwellers and rock climbing dirt bags and trout bums. Now, they don't have a million bucks in their wallets but they are living interesting lives on the cheap.
I admire them. Though I'd probably not veer that far from convention.
I read a book I had downloaded a while ago and forgotten about: The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
Regarding minimalists getting flack, she kind of alluded to that: when she gave up meat, she got flack, when she stopped drinking, she got flack, and she got flack for posting pictures on her blog of her uncluttered minimalist apartment. It was a pretty interesting book, because she was honest about the ups and downs and near-relapses in the minimalism department. Not that earth-shattering--a lot of people blog about their no-spending challenges, but her writing style is easy.
This doesn't have much to do with the Millionaire Next Door, but I thought of it when I saw the comment about minimalists getting flack.
Re MND, I read it and I thought it made a ton of sense.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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G: sorry but that money would be a week trip to many places . I think you are missing out by not traveling.
REALLY!?
Sigh. She just said she “ traveled” to
Vegas ( pull my fingernails out rather than making me go there, and puncture my eardrums before making me listen to Lady gaga, please!) so she IS experiencing new sights and fun thing even if those things are not to my taste or to your taste. For gods sake.
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