Before I was retired all I wanted was money, from the lottery or working.

Now it’s just not having to work, the prize is mine.

THAT IS THE TRUTH!

I have to agree with you 100% And of course, Most “Millionaires Next Door” have this view.

This goes right along with another article that you did about “Stop Trying To Impress People.”

Want to be broke? Just Fake it till you Make it!

One of the big problems with cars, however, is that many of the folks you see driving those Escalades, Hummers, Lexus (Lexi?), even those Porsches, etc. don’t own them. They’re leasing them because having the right “look” is so important. And when there’s a newer, richer, trendier car they’ll return the current one and lease the newer, trendier one.

That would be one of the things I categorize as a waste of time and money.

You, sir, are missing out.

I’m sorry, when again was a Porsche unaffordable? Hm? Pray tell, I might be insane then for wanting a Ferrari. Apparently Porsches are out of reach for everyone. Or could you even tell a Cayman from a Carrera? (The price differences can be astronomical, but I last saw an ’06 Cayman S for $35k. Sorry, is that unaffordable and expensive?)

I laugh more when I see people who HAVE to have that f’ing huge SUV. It costs more than most of those Porsches you see, I bet.

But that’s okay, keep telling yourself that… Maybe they can afford it, just have a smaller home and the Porsche. I’ll take a picture someday so you can laugh at me, I guess. That’s how I plan on living my life.

So… Why again is having a sports car a crime? I own two. I’m 21. I know, that makes me ridiculously rich and snobby and careless and all that….. (But I’m curious, “other sports cars”? Like what?)

And yes, it’s my nerve. o_o I’m sick of attitudes like this and being treated like crap by people who want to think I live a life I can’t afford, because my priority is in the driveway and not a bunch of numbers on a computer screen. Money’s a means to an end, I’m gonna enjoy my life…

And the people in stores who roll out wads of cash–I really laugh at them. Actually, I feel sorry for them because they’re just advertising themselves to get robbed.

I’d much rather prefer to “be” rich.

It’s not the rich people’s lifestyle that has ballooned, these last 20 years – it’s the middle-class professionals indebting themselves into giant houses and multiple cars and fancy clothes. And not fitting in with *those* people, especially on the stuff they can see, has measurable negative effects.

Me, I was raised middle class – i’ve got the dialect/accent, I’ve got the cultural background to blend. But when I was 22, 24, being able to put together a “professional” wardrobe on a pittance was a real issue.

If I won $1mn, I’d do little different except have my old Volvo completely restored to new condition, because I love that car, and buy a little house on a nice patch of land.

Here’s a question for your mailbag, Trent. We have two daughters aged 11 and 14, and this is the advice I always give them: if you want to get rich there are four ways to do it. Start a business, invest in mutual funds, buy property, or become a professional. Their father and I have done three of those four to really make sure we have our bases covered (we’re not professionals). Do you agree with my advice?

We walked in the store and the only customer in the place was Warren Buffett. He was sitting alone, in a booth, eating an ice cream cone and he seemed to really being enjoying himself. He was wearing a cap, polo shirt, and tan khaki pants.

When he finished his Dairy Queen, he walked outside, got behind the wheel of his used black Lincoln town car and drove off.

When you don’t have to worry about where your next Dairy Queen is coming from, now that’s rich!

-Little House

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