I’m sure this is a topic all of us have thought about again and again..How much is really enough? I guess its part of our DNA to be never satisfied with what we actually have!

I’m sure like most of us, pay day was just a few days ago or soon and i got mine as well.So i find myself paying up bills and watch a month of work going towards the little extra’s we call “comfort” and just like that over minutes,i’m left with a fraction to live it through the month!! I remember when i was back in college and living on my dad’s doe, i seriously had more money for myself ! I guess as you earn your own money your definition of comfort also increases with that. When is it really enough? A roof above your head, food to eat, clothes to wear..a car? when you draw that line when your happy?

Weird! Thank god, life is treating my decent.Ive got pretty much everything i need to live a decent life but for some reason, just as you think its enough..your mind wonders for more! Messed up isn’t it?

I had this conversation with a friend of mine today,he was talking about someone he knows in a high up position in a multi national that earns close to 30k a month! Thats bags of doe! But then we started drilling down…He probably 2 cars which are worth double of what we own,that takes a chunk..Maybe a house double the size of ours..another chunk..With all that comes the lifestyle as well!! add all that up and you think he has much left?? Now how about that?!?

The question - > When do you put the brakes on this comfort zone thing?? I guess it boils down to self control..get to a decent level..then hold your horses!! Its good to strive to make a good some of money but improving your quality of life at a faster pace can only spell trouble!

What y’all think?

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  • ¬ danny
    #26 September 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 am

    Well, not many people would wanna warn rm 30 000 and practice a RM3000 life. As you said Abi, discipline.
    My goal is on RM5000 and I’ll be fine, my new thinking is ” a rich man is not rich by what he own but by how much he has in his bank account” :)

  • ¬ Annie
    #27 September 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 pm

    Could’nt agree more with Danny :) Guess the math is simple, just retain the same lifestyle and save the extra. The tricky part is being discipline to do so especially considering the number of sales we have in one year these days and warehouse clearance throughout the year?
    Well here is another thought, if you really dont have the discipline to save then just use the the extra money to pay up debts such as car loans and housing loans which will still save a whole lot on interest especially the later.

  • ¬ kopgod
    #28 September 4th, 2007 at 9:45 am

    How hard is a 10-15% a month savings of your take home?
    Imagine this…You earn 3k…you save a mere 300,thats 3.6k a year!
    now put that into multiples of 10years..(average working life of a person is about 30years?) 36k,72k and then 108k ..All this with a simple 10% savings, now how about THAT!!

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