Comments on: Simple Money Ideas for a Balanced Life

By: Stay at Home Mom CFO

Stay at Home Mom CFO — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:05:08 +0000

No freaking way, I think you read my mind! I just spent a crazy past couple of days of stress and troubles because of "automating my financial life". I'm out of the automation game now. And I think it would do me good to touch real actual money sometimes too! I swipe dang debit card everywhere and lose sight that it's MONEY and not a credits and debits game. .-= Stay at Home Mom CFO´s last blog ..Don’t Count Your Money Until it’s “There” =-.

By: Neal@Wealth Pilgrim

Neal@Wealth Pilgrim — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:37:03 +0000

Thanks M,

I’m of the mind that once I reach my savings goals, I don’t care how much I spend. That’s a very easy way to budget — and it is an extension of the “pay yourself first”
idea. I think it’s great because it just shuts down excuses or arguments.

By: Monevator

Monevator — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:26:53 +0000

Hmm, maybe I should go check out Adam’s book – I could use the affiliate income, but more importantly this is exactly how I run my life.

I do recommend people automate at least their savings (pay yourself first etc) but as a financial junkie I don’t do t (I pay myself as often as I can!)

Nor do I budget etc. I think it make something dull, duller. And I’ve never been in debt in my life, or even overdrawn.

So I certainly could buy Adam’s central premise.

Too many people hope to put money out of their minds. That doesn’t work well, whether you go the automatic or unautomatic route.
.-= Monevator´s last blog ..US historical asset class returns =-.