a million dollars by the time i'm 50? where do i sign up?
brian, being the business minded man that he is, has me reading this book called, 'smart couples finish rich'. brian's hope is that we'll have a couple million dollars stored up by the time we retire. uh, sounds great but just how much sacrificing will i have to do in order to help us accomplish that?! i'm not a particularly grounded person when it comes to money. granted, i pay all my bills on time and have no debt (aside from my student loans) but i do like to indulge every now and again. plus, i don't understand money talk. the first chapter kept talking about 'net worth' and 'overhead' and 'IRA' and i just looked at brian and told him i apparently needed an independant study course in finances before i can help him achieve this goal.
my thing is, i hate money. i hate that it runs my life and that i often have to think the thought, "do i have enough money to buy groceries this month?" my goal in life is to just have peace of mind about money. i want to be able to buy healthier food and not have to worry about going into debt because of it. i just want to get to a place where i can buy the things i need and not have to worry about the money being there to cover it. brian assures me that if we do what this book says, we'll learn the way money works and we'll be able to make it work for us. he says money is 'fascinating'. i'm not quite there yet but i'm open. and hey, a couple million dollars waiting for me in retirement? i can dig it.
most people aren't so impressed with his goal, telling me a million dollars doesn't go very far these days. pish posh. then why do so many people go on survivor to starve and beat up their bodies for a million dollars? and hey, a million dollars is a lot of money to ME. do YOU have a million dollars? you also have to remember, i currently make $12,000 a year. that's A YEAR. um, that's considered POVERTY. i can be happy with a million dollars. the end.
my thing is, i hate money. i hate that it runs my life and that i often have to think the thought, "do i have enough money to buy groceries this month?" my goal in life is to just have peace of mind about money. i want to be able to buy healthier food and not have to worry about going into debt because of it. i just want to get to a place where i can buy the things i need and not have to worry about the money being there to cover it. brian assures me that if we do what this book says, we'll learn the way money works and we'll be able to make it work for us. he says money is 'fascinating'. i'm not quite there yet but i'm open. and hey, a couple million dollars waiting for me in retirement? i can dig it.
most people aren't so impressed with his goal, telling me a million dollars doesn't go very far these days. pish posh. then why do so many people go on survivor to starve and beat up their bodies for a million dollars? and hey, a million dollars is a lot of money to ME. do YOU have a million dollars? you also have to remember, i currently make $12,000 a year. that's A YEAR. um, that's considered POVERTY. i can be happy with a million dollars. the end.
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