"Maybe you’ve started reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad or Dave Ramsey or Your Money or Your Life. Other people are trying to show you the way out. The trouble is, you set down the book and remember “I need a new belt!"
but shoes, not belts, are my weakness. argh.
we've not done well. tho i WILL say I'm not in any debt, save the house and cars. but i certainly am a contributor to the matrix. what a sucker i am.
but dave ramsey is collecting dust under the coffee table. did that cot damn "write down ALL expenses" for 3 farking months (it was painstaking, seriously) and we now have an idea where it all goes. i think jan. 1 we will try to get on track. i sure as hell see myself at "60 breaking even".
but it's my fault.
I took the "writing down the expenses" thing a bit further... in order to project the money we would have on hand for the wedding, I set up a spreadsheet in which I can log each day's financial transactions and it goes until January 2009, I put in our weekly grocery allowance, gas allowance, all of our bills and recurring expenses and I can tell you with relative certainty, what we will have in our bank account on any given day from now until January 2009, provided we don't deviate too far from our budgets."Maybe you’ve started reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad or Dave Ramsey or Your Money or Your Life. Other people are trying to show you the way out. The trouble is, you set down the book and remember “I need a new belt!"
but shoes, not belts, are my weakness. argh.
we've not done well. tho i WILL say I'm not in any debt, save the house and cars. but i certainly am a contributor to the matrix. what a sucker i am.
but dave ramsey is collecting dust under the coffee table. did that cot damn "write down ALL expenses" for 3 farking months (it was painstaking, seriously) and we now have an idea where it all goes. i think jan. 1 we will try to get on track. i sure as hell see myself at "60 breaking even".
but it's my fault.
I keep all my cash in a coffee can buried in my front yard.
edit - shit now I have to move it
i was just mapquesting you too.. truuuuuuu.... what do you guys do for a living?
but yeah.. same for us. eatin out, buyin what we want. i have more clothes and pairs of nikes than any heterosexual man should really have. i have .. um.. 168 inches of rims on the two vehicles. i have 25 hats. my consumption has to stop. we probably make north of 6 figures (i'm a six figgy -----!!! lmao) now that mama finished school and is working full time, and we spend it. all. i've got a few grand in savings and that's it.
i say this not to brag. i think it's therapeutic. thanks again for the post. serious talk.
) we bust our asses around here just to make it each month...and with a six-figure income, not only can you seriously play but you can also seriously save. you could be HOME-FREE and you're wasting it...WASTING IT! i want to strangle you 
Oh wow... yeah hey if SchmilK could start thinking like that we'd save a ton of money. He shops A LOT but it's mostly gadgets, gizmos and computer stuff... well that and food and his smoking stuff. He never can remember to pack a lunch to work.
this makes me sick to my stomach. (not a jab on you, sir.
you should really talk to someone and have them set up a budget for you so you can maximize what you're making...because you can really save a ton and still go out and have fun.
for the record, i bust my A$$ too. This is why you'll only see me in a bar when I'm on vacation or someone else is buying these days. Drinkin' at home is cheaper and more relaxing
I keep all my cash in a coffee can buried in my front yard.
edit - shit now I have to move it
