Comments on: The Road to Financial Armageddon #4: The First Taste of Real Money http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lee http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-759324 Lee Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:57:36 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/old-the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-759324 It took me 7 years to realise this. Ho hum.

]]> By: Tara Bartee http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-731474 Tara Bartee Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:02:59 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/old-the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-731474 I think I stayed in this stage a lot longer than you did. Buying stuff I didn’t need to impress people I didn’t like with money I didn’t have. Eventually this passed. Not because I was so smart, or because I finally “got it”, but as I aged I found I just didn’t want as much stuff. I hope this happens to those of you who still consume more than you need, and I hope it happens to you earlier than it happened to me.

]]> By: ERAU Student http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-341857 ERAU Student Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:30:56 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/old-the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-341857 I find this series of articles absolutely intriguing. I’m 18 and entering my dream college this year, although I come from an affulent background, I am a huge saver. I would rather save my money than spend it, with the exception on one thing, that I have wanted ever since ’97, a large SUV (my parents are environmentalists).

At any rate reading your transformation is proving to be entertaining, and insightful. Congratulations, on you transformation.

]]> By: BigBuddha http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-5327 BigBuddha Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/old-the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-5327 This is a part of your story that resonates so strongly with me because that was me coming out of college .. spending up big because I’d landed a good paying position … but my dream became a nightmare as more and more debt payments kept eating more and more into my pay until I barely had enough to pay to feed myself and pay the debts … crazy stuff … I must read on …

]]> By: dimes http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-64 dimes Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:46:35 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/11/03/old-the-road-to-financial-armageddon-4-the-first-taste-of-real-money/#comment-64 We see this problem all the time with young military personnel. They don’t realize that you lose a lot of income to taxes right off the bat, and that friends who seem to have more may be getting a lot of help from parents or may be up to their eyeballs in debt. It’s dangerous to start getting a paycheck without having a budget in place first.

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