Topic: How to spend money determines whether you can avoid unnecessary problems - page 3. (Read 1445 times)

I agree with you. In most cases, when an individual's income gets a significat raise they tend to adjust their spendings as well. Humans are greedy and will never be satisfied, once they get something good they adjust their needs as well. The problem with this is we will never get the stability we want if we continue being like this. To make it simple, say if we continue adjusting our spendings with how much the raise of our income goes, it will never look and feel that we are getting more cause we are spending just the same. If I am earning 100$ a day and I am spending 50$ a day then I will only save 50$, then if I get a raise and my daily earnings goes to 150$ and I adjust my spending to 100$ because of that raise, in the end I will only be able to save the same amount as before.

The temptation to upgrade our lifestyles when we earn more is pretty common, and many fall into this trap. It's crucial, just like you said, to assess whether the increase in income is sustainable before making such decisions. If the new income source isn't steady, it's a serious risk to adjust our spending upwards

Unexpected financial hurdles can pop up at any time. It's always a sound plan to save more when we earn more, rather than increasing our expenses. Allocating funds for emergencies, future plans, and investments should take precedence. It's also vital to differentiate between wants and needs. Buying non-essential items should be a controlled action, not a regular habit. Prioritizing financial stability and security will lay a solid foundation for a comfortable future, preventing the distress of financial instability. Your insight is valuable and serves as a prudent reminder for many

Unnecessary spending has become a bad habit in our community. People want to show off how rich they are. They think this shows their capability and ability to do whatever they want, but they end up in debt and broke. If your monthly expense is $40,000, then you need to have sources that can bear this consumption rate. People wanted to spend money on fancy things until their pockets were empty.

We live in an era of consumption, when people with a good standard of living buy things without even thinking about whether they need these things or not.
I make these purchases in order to show others my status. And for this, many people are willing to shell out huge amounts of money just to show off how much they can spend. This is called a consumer society. I believe that you need to buy only the necessary things, as is customary, for example, in Sweden or Norway, where people choose only really practical things. Which will serve these people for a long period of time without breaking. This approach also makes it possible to solve the problem of ecology and uncontrolled use of resources on our planet.

I think that every person who earns an income should save. But when one's income increases, one stops saving and wants to buy the things one wants. He even wants to buy things he does not need and spend what he earns. The important point to be considered here is this. This spending should not continue continuously. In other words, even if he does not save for a while, he should continue to save again later.

In general, everyone needs to be cautious about spending. That is, we should organize our spending and avoid spending money on unnecessary things.

Raising your standard of living is really that something like a suicide specially if your income source isnt really that something that could be able to compensate such changes and this is something that you do really need to look on before making out such step but we know that common human being mistake or errors is that on the time that they do earn more than on what they do earn in the past then they would automatically be changing up their standards without even trying out to realize that it cant really be able to sustain. Why i would say so? I have made out that kind of mistake which i did really regret after wards on which i did really make out that hard lesson learned on the time that i had devastated my financial situation and goodness i do able to resolve it out on the time that i did make out some adjustments and this is something that you would really be needing to do so.

Dont spend into those things which arent really that useful or relevant. Somewhat its not really that bad on buying up your wants or something like this but of course it would really be on that controlled manner.
Everything which is excess and not necessary would really be just that a complete waste and something it isnt really that recommended on doing so specially if your funds
arent really that big or something that could sustain where youre spending is more than on what you do earn. You would go overdropped.

thats true the inflation of the lifestyle is definitely a concern nowadays, mainly because some people are having lifestyle change following the increase in their income which can be disastrous if the money they earned always getting spent for something useless following the lifestyle.
imagine earning from $1000 to making some earning about $2000 but can't save because lifestyle is also increasing.
this is why spending responsibly nowaday might even be considered a skill because it takes patience on its own to avoid getting carried away by such lifestyle.

Agreed with the thought of preparing ourselves for the better future than raising the standard of living. Not everyone follow this, because when a person have a transition to a better position he/she will try to keep themselves along with the trend. In simple words a person who prefer using low brand dresses and accessories will move for a better brand. There won't be much changes, but small changes here and there on a combined valuation looks big against the wage. This depends between the people and the better part is to concentrate on maximizing savings/investment and limit the spending.

If the purpose is valid then it is okay but most of us have just seen it somewhere like from a friend or on social media. We tend to want it already even if it is useless to you. Let's say you want a smart watch as it is needed for your productivity at work. That's good but if it's just for fancy things that's not good.

If we do have tons of money that makes it impossible to go broke then it is okay to have those kinds of fancy things but if we are just struggling financially then it is not good as it makes us more stressed.

I don't think it's wise to have that kind of thinking, I mean when you say we should choose our standard of living based on our wages or income. Indeed, I will not deny that when a person's income is large, the greater the costs they spend on living needs, I don't know exactly why this happens, but what I see is always displayed as I said.
For me, when we have a higher income than most people every month, it is an opportunity for us to prepare for the future. We don't know how long we will have a high income, and preparing for the future is the best option compared to raising the standard of living.

That's right, such a problem is found everywhere. This is called spontaneous spending. For example, you want a smart watch for yourself, but you understand that it is expensive and do not buy them. Then some event happens in your life that pushes you to this purchase, for example, your friend bought himself such a watch and brags. And then you go and buy them. At the same time, later regretting, because this money could have been invested. From this way of thinking, it helps to keep a diary with all expenses and earnings.
I do that.

The higher income you get the more you spend. This is really what I heard most and saw in my previous workmates who got promoted. When they get their first big salary higher than their previous one they tend to spend it and say that it is their prize for having a promotion and they should celebrate which is not wrong as it is your first salary in that position but if you do it on a monthly basis after receiving your salary then that is not good because that is the time to save. Just imagine you'll be able to survive on your previous low salary. How much more on the bigger one? So you should save because you'll regret it later on if you need some money.

This is a problem of many and I have seen this many of my countrymen. I even grew up in a simple family that doesn't have much in life but fortunately, I know how to spend wisely and my lifestyle is still just the same as before. But to those that also have a lifestyle inflation. They're spending a lot of money to things that are fulfilling their childhood dreams and they're buying things that they can't buy before when they're younger or when they're still poor.

And not only that, they'll either get some loan for the other expensive things that they wanna buy. Since they've got jobs to pay for that, the mindset is that they can pay it even by taking a loan because they've got a bi-weekly or monthly salary that will have as a routine in calendar.

Earning the 1500 from the 700 dollars is like the double the money from the previous month.So the person who try this should double their earning sources from two to three or four.The multiple income source alone help the people to multiple their money earning.The person should ready to spend their time in the work to earn more.The spending should reduce on the next month which will save some dollars to reach their monthly target of 1500 dollars from the 700 dollars from the previous month.

Lifestyle change is a big problem that is found with most of the people. When does this happen? Mostly it happens when a person gets into a better position earning $1500 from $700 in the previous month. This gives him the choice to spend. Here most of them doesn't follow strict guidelines and end up borrowing at the month end. In some cases, they manage everything within it, but the savings will be the same as when he earned $700. There is nothing good or there is no room for improvement.

We should choose our standard of living based on our wages. Human needs and demands have no limits. The more he gets, the more he wants, so we should be realistic and pre-defined in our minds. That is my goal. If I get this, it will be enough for me. If we chase our desire and try to fulfill it with whatever wages we get, it will always be inadequate. Some people manage their families monthly expenses with an amount that can be someone's daily expenses.

We must understand that we may want to live a decent life and have all our needs met but on the other hand we must realise that we cannot try to exceed the income we get by spending more because this will make you always feel inadequate.
We must think of good management in this case because basically the income we have from salary can be sufficient even more than our needs but our desire for something more is what makes our income feel small because it is not comparable to the expenses we make.

Is it the fault of the economic system and inflation? it may be one of the acceptable reasons but in the end we also have to reflect on ourselves whether we can manage our finances well or not.

Well, not everyone gets the privilege to have a comfortable life whether it's their personal life or professional life. There are millions or billions of people who are doing jobs that they don't really like, but they do it because they don't have a lot of choices to make, they don't have savings to start doing what they like, and they can't just leave their jobs to find comfort in their lives as they have other people who are dependent on them like their family.

So, some people might do whatever they can to live a comfortable life, and that is because they are privileged to have this ability which everyone doesn't have. You can't have a comfortable life if you are not satisfied with everything you have and always want more, and you can only get more if you are earning a lot of money which is not the case with everyone.

Everyone who works will of course get income from what they have done, but if they can manage their finances well then this will be very beneficial for those with high incomes and low incomes and if they cannot manage their expenses no matter how much their income will be it is very difficult to meet their needs. I really agree with you, everyone has a different lifestyle, there are those who are able to live simply even though they have a high income and there are also those who have a low income but force themselves to look luxurious so that the income they get will not be enough to meet their needs them a month.

I agree with you. Since it is general knowledge that not everyone earns the same and have different lifestyle, we should also know that we have different financially capacity, meaning some of us can afford to spend on things others can't. Hence, in order for us to have a better standing in finance then we should find ways to increase our income.