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Is it wiser to invest in luxuries and experiences than saving and securing your financial future?

Anish Asokan @RevivedWarrior (3853) • India 8 Sep 24

Personal finance is an important aspect for all. We need to have our budgets and financial goals. Good personal financial habits would help to tackle emergency situations and also lays the foundation for financial independence. It...

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Exactly during my nap.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 15 Mar 23

I have never known about the different times and hours in the rest of the world. I learned very young that Australia was ahead of us because my niece was born there. Then we spoke through horrible phones and we had to go...

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I got Amazon video prime instead of my vacations.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 22 Aug 21

Every year I go for a week or 2 of holidays. I have a timeshare at Aruba and some years I trade it so I can go elsewhere. This year, as the year before, I have stayed at home. The frontiers have been closed for the most part. I...

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I do not shop anything but groceries and meds.

marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 18 Dec 19

Things change with age. I used to buy material to sew nice clothes for me. I had then youth and a nice body. And I could have beautiful dresses for a small amount of money as I knew how to sew. Now sewing at home is not worth the...

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a washing machine in the kitchen ... disgusting!

Elizabeth @Poppylicious (11134) • United Kingdom 14 Jul 17

There is some right rubbish which gets itself spouted by idiots. This week the nonsense chatter has been focused on washing machines being in the kitchen. Kirstie Allsop - privileged lass that she is - apparently caused a...

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Advertising Lies

Warren Brown @warrenbrown (173) • London, England 4 Apr 14

Almost every Advert we see today is a lie with a promise to give you much. In fact almost every advert is a scam to mislead you into giving the company more of your money for products and services which are not upto a reasonable...

Sleeping in: One of my favorite things to do

sherrybelle @sherrybelle (707) • United States 25 Jul 12

This morning my alarm clock didn't exist and it was so nice. I love being able to wake up naturally where I'm in the stage of sleep where I'm halfway between being in my bed and being in heaven. When I first wake up I'm...

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Why I Don't Have TV.

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 4 Dec 11

I have a TV set, but it's just a monitor to play games and watch DVDs... So why? Well, it all started back when I went disabled. Money was tight, and we had to dump all the family expenses that weren't necessary. Since cable is...

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there's things in collective bargaining...

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 12 Mar 11

There's things in collective bargaining that have to go, not the bargaining rights, but bullying rights, Scott Walker's been in Milwaukee where it's been a mess of abuse for a long time, causing hardship to the people of...

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Giving up luxuries to gain certain luxuries...are you doing it too?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 4 Jan 11

I'm driving home from work today and I'm just thinking about the fact that it is almost time for another car...well...I have had my car for ten years and paid cash for it...it's not the greatest but it's by no means the worst....

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Desert Island Luxuries

catalady @catalady (363) 14 Aug 10

You are going to be sent to a desert island for a year, all the essential basics will be provided for you but you are allowed to take just 5 luxury items with you - What are these items going to be? Mine will be : A pair of...

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How would you spend. . .

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 16 Feb 10

If you were to suddenly get a deposit into your checking account of $10,000 how would you spend it? You were expecting this money so it is not a error on the bank's part, but it is also far more money than you've had on your hands...

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Luxuries in Life

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 31 Dec 09

There are several luxuries that we all in have in our lives whether we realize it or not. I was thinking yesterday as I was going over our budget for January about the luxuries that we have in our life and I was thinking about...

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Here's the place to complain. Since the economy flipped what have you given up?

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 12 Nov 09

I normally am not one for whining or listening to whining but I know that sometimes folks gotta vent sometimes, and sometimes it helps when we feel that we are being deprived of something to look at the view through someone else's...

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If you ran a prison how would handle prisoners?

wlee9696 @wlee9696 (595) • United States 20 Oct 09

I responded to a post that got me thinking how would people run prison. I think prisoners have too much. They don't pay their debt to society and that is why we have so many repeat offenders. I think prisoners should have to work...

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Do you enjoy peace of mind?

pormadi @pormadi (1300) • Indonesia 16 Sep 09

I think I can enjoy peace of mind I give up my materialistic desires. It means that I give up the great joys, wealth, luxuries and tragedies in our life. Instead, I revel in joys of thought, the joys of inner peace that exist only...

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Naughty, But Oh So Very Nice!

Brian @wolfie34 (26770) • United Kingdom 9 Sep 09

I love ice-cream, who doesn't but I love Haagen Daz the best, especially Strawberry Cheesecake flavour it's delicious, it's divine, it's absolute heaven. Wolfie can easily eat half a tub in one sitting! At the moment...

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What do you consider luxuries because everyone has different ideas on this?

eaforeman6 @eaforeman6 (8979) • United States 22 Jul 09

When you consider what is an actual luxury to you or a luxury that you do not consider a nessesity of life, what comes to your mind? Do you feel that you are allowing yourself many luxuries these days? What is a luxury to you?

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define success.. can you consider yourself successful now?

lai_cram @lai_cram (29) • Philippines 19 Jun 09

Many of us would define success or measure it by the number of valuable things that they possess.. wether new cars or a new hous and lot maybe.. but how we really do define success? Well for me success is when you feel you are...

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What luxuries do you allow yourself?

TrvlArrngr @TrvlArrngr (4044) • United States 25 May 09

What luxuries do you allow yourself in life. I just bought a hot tub and love to relax with all the jets on. This is a luxury for me as I do not need it to be happy and to live. Sometimes I will buy a really good chocolate bar...

what luxuries do you allow yourself in life

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