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I was wondering if anyone else has this issue and how you have dealt with it.....
I literally get paralyzed when it comes to spending money.....whether its for household goods, or an investment. I think frugality and being an aspiring fastlaner go hand in hand. Prior to reading TMF , i practiced frugality after being turned onto rich dad poor dad by a friend of mine several years ago. I started looking for deals and trying my best to avoid paying top dollar for things I needed or wanted. Plus, being cheap just naturally runs in my family. We tend to think like preppers and hoarders in terms of spending money, but, but we dont like that extreme.
Perfect example of this.....I needed a better wheel barrow. I literally stood at home depot for an hour looking at the wheel barrows and gave myself a headache analyzing them. Then I went home and looked around on craigslist and didnt really find anything heavy duty that was within a reasonable distance of my house. So I went back to home depot the next day and reluctantly bought the one i wanted. We were only talking about an 85 dollar purchase......not really that much money.
Another example, my wife and I have found a product we want to test, but because I havent been able to nail down a good source, three months have past and we havent really began any testing. My fear of spending money is crippling us. I think that I can never really be a fastlaner if i cant even overcome this fear.
How do you all balance frugality, business decisions, good deals, etc......(hope this all makes sense to someone)
I literally get paralyzed when it comes to spending money.....whether its for household goods, or an investment. I think frugality and being an aspiring fastlaner go hand in hand. Prior to reading TMF , i practiced frugality after being turned onto rich dad poor dad by a friend of mine several years ago. I started looking for deals and trying my best to avoid paying top dollar for things I needed or wanted. Plus, being cheap just naturally runs in my family. We tend to think like preppers and hoarders in terms of spending money, but, but we dont like that extreme.
Perfect example of this.....I needed a better wheel barrow. I literally stood at home depot for an hour looking at the wheel barrows and gave myself a headache analyzing them. Then I went home and looked around on craigslist and didnt really find anything heavy duty that was within a reasonable distance of my house. So I went back to home depot the next day and reluctantly bought the one i wanted. We were only talking about an 85 dollar purchase......not really that much money.
Another example, my wife and I have found a product we want to test, but because I havent been able to nail down a good source, three months have past and we havent really began any testing. My fear of spending money is crippling us. I think that I can never really be a fastlaner if i cant even overcome this fear.
How do you all balance frugality, business decisions, good deals, etc......(hope this all makes sense to someone)
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