I came across this article on The Simple Dollar today, and I really connected with it. The idea is this: each time you spend money, you are allocating some of your hard earned money (and sacrificed time) to purchase that item. Is it really worth your dollar? If you make $20/hour, is the $80 dress really worth 1/2 a day of working? Does it mean that much to you? Did you receive fulfillment in proportion to the amount of life energy spent? I found it fascinating to think about...how over time if you work for 40 years, that's approximately 100,000 working hours. How much of your time could you get back if you cut out a few frivolous things here and there? How much earlier could you retire? These ideas really helped put some things in perspective for me...and helped fuel my motivation to keep up the challenge this year.
I really enjoyed the article, and I'm currently on the waiting list at the library to read the book on which the review was written.
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