Comments on: Beginning Frugality with the End in Mind

By: LEE

LEE — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:24:47 +0000

Thanks for this post Trent, this is something my family have done for the first time. We have always planned but in a very nebulous way before without really stating our objectives.
ie retire somewhere warm and sunny –ok, where?
Pay down our bills –ok how?
we are now adressing these and other issues. so again thank you .
Ps where do the critics of your posts come from !
there are some very negative people out there who must have too much time on their hands or something!

By: lurker carl

lurker carl — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:22:09 +0000

I see a huge disconnect with moving to that dream house in the countryside not requiring money. In my universe, that is impossible until the dream becomes a nightmare.

When we mapped out our future, we didn’t need to review the plans often because we were living them. We set goals, mapped out how to achieve them and took the actions necessary for success. We altered things as life interfered, some goals came quicker than expected and some goals morphed or were abandoned as unexpected events changed our intended course. Births and deaths, good health and sickness, excellent fortune and bad luck, wise decisions and foolishness. All in all, we are where we intended to be – just not following the original path we charted and not exactly where we expected to land. But we wouldn’t change it for anything.

By: moom

moom — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:14:18 +0000

Every few months?

By: kc

kc — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:12:25 +0000

How much, after an entire 3 months have passed, does your 5 year vision change? Perhaps you’re overdoing it a bit – an annual review would suffice, no?

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:28:04 +0000

Looking back at the plans that you made for yourself 5 years ago…are you where you thought you’d be? How are you progressing? It’s nice to dream, but dreams don’t get you anywhere. If you want to get in better shape, you can’t just *want* it, you have to work. Are you working? Or just thinking about it? Your health is a recurring theme here on the blog, but I wonder if you’re doing anything about it? Or enough to make a difference?

When will you be in a place to make a move on the “dreamhouse” in the country? Or will it always be a dream because you’re just not quite ready yet?

Risk versus reward. You don’t prepare just to prepare some more. You have to take action. Pull the trigger Trent. Tell me what you’re doing, not what you’re thinking about doing.