I dont know about you but I work hard for my money. The harder we work, it seems the more stuff we accumulate and the more we get the more we seem to need. It is not uncommon for people to get locked into a material battle as they work harder and longer just to keep up with the Jones. In our world of excess, maybe its time we all just settle back for a moment and discover what is really important.
Nice things are nice. Nice cars, nice homes, and nice furnishings make us feel like we have arrived. Those little rewards we get when we have worked really hard to obtain a goal are so worth the effort. However, once we have financed ourselves up to our ears and are working to pay the interest payments on all of our nice stuff, we have locked ourselves into a lifestyle of working excessively hard to squeeze in our playtime.
A good work ethic is a beautiful thing, and there are plenty of people in our society without the necessary work ethic. Yet the most successful people in the world actually live below their means, all the time, no matter what the bank account says. Living below our means gives us more options. Thinking about taking a job on the other side of the...