Every Time You Spend A Dollar, You Sacrifice A Bit Of Your Future

Via The Fourth Checkraise, an excerpt from the Unclutterer:

Five years ago, I believed the above sentence was foolishness. I was 24 years old, working at a high paying job, and about to get married to a wonderful woman. I had just spent almost ten thousand dollars on a wedding ring and an exorbitant honeymoon in Europe, and I was actively shopping for a new vehicle because, well, my current ride just wasn’t quite good enough.

Roll forward three years. I had $17,000 in credit card debt and literally not enough money to pay my bills. A good chunk of the debt incurred for that honeymoon still sat on the credit cards. My wife, son, and I lived together in a tiny apartment, trying to figure out what we were going to do next.

Everywhere I looked around me in that apartment, I saw stuff I didn’t need. Video game consoles piled high under the television, along with a small mountain of games for the consoles. Over a thousand DVDs. A gigantic television set that dwarfed our living room, looking almost comically out of place. A huge collection of Magic: the Gathering cards. So many books that half of our child’s bedroom consisted of bookshelves. Two nearly-new cars sitting outside.

And yet I felt empty inside. I held my child close, thinking about all of the things I wanted to give to him, but instead I had chosen to spend all of my money on stuff

Comments

[Heidi Sue]

My kids and I just moved into our own apartment with the breakup of my marriage. No debt, and no money. But we have food in the fridge, the lights turn on, the furnace, too. There's gas in the tank. I'm wearing clothing! and so are they.
God takes care of us, one piece at a time.

blessings

[Heidi Sue]

My kids and I just moved into our own apartment with the breakup of my marriage. No debt, and no money. But we have food in the fridge, the lights turn on, the furnace, too. There's gas in the tank. I'm wearing clothing! and so are they.
God takes care of us, one piece at a time.

blessings