https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-goal-of-saving-is-spending/ Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 03:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-goal-of-saving-is-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=232#comment-386 m & yp – Excellent points! A vacation home can be viewed less as a splurge and more as an investment. This is certainly a lot different than spending a week long vacation in Vegas, where you have nothing to show for your trip but memories.

]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-goal-of-saving-is-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=232#comment-385 I agree generally with your comments however there are 2 points I’d like to mention. 1. Your splurge also happened to be an asset that will grow in value and one you can continuously enjoy. Unlike a vacation for instance which just uses your money up, and lasts for one time only. So you’ve hit a sweet spot with the beach house. 2. However another consideration is, to use an economic term, opportunity cost. Is the enjoyment from the splurge worth working an extra week, month, few years, in a job you don’t like. I haven’t really enjoyed the jobs I do, so I save and invest even harder knowing of the years I’ll be able to do what I want. I keep in mind this end game and only splurge a small % of my income.

]]> https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/the-goal-of-saving-is-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=232#comment-380 Totally agree with you. So long as one is able to find a good balance between saving and splurging, of course. Your house is a splurge that will also appreciate in value so that makes it a particularly good splurge!

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