Comments on: Making Your Own Financial “Luck” http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:35:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: NIUiceprincess http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-33905 NIUiceprincess Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:18:37 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/#comment-33905 I love this post. Thanks for sharing. I also know some of those people he mentioned, those that go out to lunch everyday (i'm in downtown Chicago, so it's more expensive...at least $7 a pop) and they grumble why they're so broke or that they don't make enough. Even though they have no dependents whatsoever, they have maxed out credit cards and no 401ks. it's amazing. I love this post. Thanks for sharing.

I also know some of those people he mentioned, those that go out to lunch everyday (i’m in downtown Chicago, so it’s more expensive…at least $7 a pop) and they grumble why they’re so broke or that they don’t make enough. Even though they have no dependents whatsoever, they have maxed out credit cards and no 401ks. it’s amazing.

]]> By: zen http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-33462 zen Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:51:31 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/#comment-33462 I, too, have heard the sting of people "having bad luck/boyfriends/spending habits" and it's "sooo not [their] fault." I had to chastise a friend of mine who has no retirement and no kids, and her first thought after paying off her 2001 Ford Explorer Sport last month was "what car she was going to get next." I managed to convince her to pay off some of her debts and setup her 401k (with company match) before considering the need for the "hot new car." One down, one billion to go! I, too, have heard the sting of people “having bad luck/boyfriends/spending habits” and it’s “sooo not [their] fault.”

I had to chastise a friend of mine who has no retirement and no kids, and her first thought after paying off her 2001 Ford Explorer Sport last month was “what car she was going to get next.”

I managed to convince her to pay off some of her debts and setup her 401k (with company match) before considering the need for the “hot new car.”

One down, one billion to go!

]]> By: pf101 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-32988 pf101 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:07:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/#comment-32988 This is great. I hear this a lot when working with clients. They talk about how they just can't get out from under and every time they get a little bit ahead something bad happens. Then we review the budget and I point out just how much they're wasting and point out how they could cut back so when those bad things happen it wouldn't hurt as much. This is great. I hear this a lot when working with clients. They talk about how they just can’t get out from under and every time they get a little bit ahead something bad happens. Then we review the budget and I point out just how much they’re wasting and point out how they could cut back so when those bad things happen it wouldn’t hurt as much.

]]> By: Deby http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-32888 Deby Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:55:56 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2007/04/making-your-own-financial-luck/#comment-32888 I love this! Day after day I see my co-workers go out for lunch, induldge in expsenive caffeine addictions, and buy the latest gadgets. Not to mention they max out their allowed unpaid time off each month. And then they wonder why they're so broke. And here I sit brown-bagging it with my 5-year old car, 4-year old cell phone and debt up to my eyeballs trying to figure out what else I can cut. We're all in the same boat, but I'm not making any excuses. I know why I'm in debt, and there's no one to blame but me. I love this! Day after day I see my co-workers go out for lunch, induldge in expsenive caffeine addictions, and buy the latest gadgets. Not to mention they max out their allowed unpaid time off each month. And then they wonder why they’re so broke. And here I sit brown-bagging it with my 5-year old car, 4-year old cell phone and debt up to my eyeballs trying to figure out what else I can cut. We’re all in the same boat, but I’m not making any excuses. I know why I’m in debt, and there’s no one to blame but me.

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