Money Saving Tip Of The Week – Soar With Eagles
Here is this week’s money saving tip. Surround yourself with frugal people.
This one is a little harder to implement than it sounds, but if you need to be frugal, it is worthwhile.
There is an old saying: It is hard to soar with eagle if you work with turkeys.
What the heck does that mean? It means that if you want to be a success, you need to surround yourself with successful people.
Group mentality is very strong. We are social, community-oriented people. We are strongly influenced by the people around us.
It is extremely hard to break away from the influence of the people around us.
Think about it, if everyone around you has a lot of money or is living beyond their means, then it will be very hard for you to do differently. Who wants to wear secondhand clothes when their friends are wearing the latest designer clothing?
Do you want to eat-in when your friends are dining at 4-star restaurants?
Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with re-purposing clothing and there is nothing wrong with occasionally rewarding yourself with designer jeans. However, if you consistently live the highlife, you will find yourself helplessly getting in over your head more and more, going further and further into debt.
Here is another thought, another way to look at it. No matter how good your intentions – if you are doing something different from your friends, they will make fun of you. They will pick on you and convince you that your ways are wrong. Right or wrong, your family and friends, thinking they have your best interests in mind will tell you what they think is right. It will be hard to see that they are just set in their ways. In reality, as long as you use your best judgment, will know what is really best for you. You can do the same as them and end up like them, or break away and find your true future and success.
If you are satisfied with they way things are, great! Don’t make any changes.
However, if you are not satisfied, reconsider who you spend the majority of your time with. (Don’t abandon your family or friends, just adjust who you spend most of your time with.)