| Saving is important but is rarely done in the | | | | the sense that you save so much you don't |
| United States in our society today. In the earlier | | | | know what to do with it. You can save too much |
| part of the 20th century, saving money was a | | | | by being too frugal or, dare I say, stingy. If you |
| well honored tradition, but it has fallen to the | | | | deprive yourself of everything just to save a |
| wayside over the past few decades. This is due | | | | buck, you are saving too much. Do you stay |
| to credit mainly. If you want to buy something | | | | home and read books or talk to yourself instead |
| and don't have the money you can just charge it, | | | | of going out because you can't spare a few |
| whereas 50 years ago, you would have to wait | | | | dollars for a dinner with friends once in a while? |
| to buy it until you had enough saved. | | | | Have your parents forgotten what you look like |
| Credit has become a problem for many of us | | | | because you refuse to take the 35 minute extra |
| because it has put us in debt. Saving money is a | | | | drive to their house for fear of wasting too much |
| foreign term to many Americans. Luckily, some | | | | money on gas? Are you wearing the same worn |
| people have been turning around. If you search | | | | clothes you've had the past 5 years because you |
| the web, you can find many blogs and sites | | | | can't part with your cash? |
| devoted to saving money and eliminating debt. It | | | | You have to balance your life. Spend money |
| has been somewhat of a revolution that has | | | | where you can afford it and only on things you |
| swept the internet, and hopefully affected the | | | | truly need and will truly enjoy. Give yourself some |
| lives of many families and individuals. | | | | spending money in your budget, and if you have |
| It's great to see someone focused on saving | | | | trouble spending it, make it a requirement that |
| money. They want to save money for college, to | | | | you have to spend that money on things you |
| build an emergency fund, to buy a new house or | | | | want. |
| car, or to invest and prepare for retirement. | | | | If you are in heavy debt and need to get out of |
| These are great goals to achieve and can only be | | | | it, I recommend throwing everything you can at |
| done with diligent saving. Still, problems sometimes | | | | it. In this case, be stingy! Hopefully it will only take |
| do arise. When you begin to save, you may get | | | | a year or two and then you can transition to a |
| caught up in it. Are you saving beyond your own | | | | more comfortable lifestyle. |
| comfort level? Are you affecting the people | | | | Do you want to learn more about personal |
| around you and your own well-being by saving | | | | budget planning? Find out more about financial |
| too much? | | | | planning at FinancialPlanningMadeEasy.info. |
| Yes, it is possible to save too much, but not in | | | | |