tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post8588698232381021412..comments2024-03-29T17:14:25.039+08:00Comments on BULLy the BEAR: Are you surviving or living?la papillionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01372278083694506953noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-6068426680028729722011-06-19T22:56:40.611+08:002011-06-19T22:56:40.611+08:00Hi divy warrior,
I agree with you. Surviving or l...Hi divy warrior,<br /><br />I agree with you. Surviving or living has nothing to do with happiness. We can be surviving and happy yet be unhappy when living a lavish life. <br /><br />So do you think you're surviving or living? haha :)<br /><br />I find it's good to have credit cards. It helps me in my cash flow and there's also discount and rebates for getting things that you have to buy anyway. The danger lies in overspending, but that's the user fault, not the tool :)la papillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372278083694506953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-40211099904191987402011-06-19T13:35:45.208+08:002011-06-19T13:35:45.208+08:00Hi LP,
For me, I will always have a budget for en...Hi LP,<br /><br />For me, I will always have a budget for entertainment. I dun have a credit card too. So, I dun need to worry whether I am spending recklessly. And I will make sure I enjoy myself and spend the money.<br /><br />Being happy is the most important.<br /><br />Actually, some people are equally happy with just surviving. E.g. the Vietnamese and Philippinos. They are poor but happy.Dividend Tech Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10905667545384063302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-37321819862031848552011-06-17T01:39:55.734+08:002011-06-17T01:39:55.734+08:00Hi PG,
I agree with you...accumulate experiences ...Hi PG,<br /><br />I agree with you...accumulate experiences instead of accumulating material things. Good and bad experiences will make life richer :)la papillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372278083694506953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-90758658533689683992011-06-16T09:04:18.142+08:002011-06-16T09:04:18.142+08:00Hi LP
My own thinking as I grow older is that hap...Hi LP<br /><br />My own thinking as I grow older is that happiness with life is truly within oneself.<br /><br />Stoicism or detaching yourself from the emotional highs and lows of gaining/losing things and circumstances is something I'm trying to read more about. <br /><br />One can be materially rich or poor but so long as the basic needs of food, shelter, income, health are present, really the having or not having that additional "thing" in one's life doesn't make much of a difference.<br /><br />Thus, I now seek to live within my means, accumulate less material stuff in my life but accumulate more interesting experiences before I pass on from this world.<br /><br />Be well and prosper.PanzerGrenadierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836438378215893219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-82863951203925123872011-06-16T01:10:04.159+08:002011-06-16T01:10:04.159+08:00Hi coconut,
Thanks! I think everyone can find the...Hi coconut,<br /><br />Thanks! I think everyone can find their own balance. My balance might not be your balance, but it must be something that I can have inner peace. It's a struggle between delayed gratification and having it right now.<br /><br />Hi JonXP,<br /><br />I dun like to rely too much on luck. I believe in creating my own luck, haha :) <br /><br />Hi temperament,<br /><br />You're right, the uncertainty of not knowing when we're exiting makes it hard to do planning. In the event of uncertainty, err on the side of caution, just don't err too heavily, haha :)<br /><br />I like your way of viewing spending. I found that as I get older and wealthier, I get looser and more generous with my spending :)la papillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372278083694506953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-84374143773100559072011-06-15T11:48:29.954+08:002011-06-15T11:48:29.954+08:00Hi LP,
It's really very difficult to balance o...Hi LP,<br />It's really very difficult to balance our spending against our saving for the main problem is we don't know how long we going to live. Relatively speaking, it's best to save "too much" when young and able then to find you are short of money when you are too old & feeble. So accumulate as much as you can until you feel you can "splurge" occasionally without feeling the pinch. Ha! HA!<br />NB:<br />When i was young i was very thrifty until i make my first 40 or 50 thousand $ from shares. That is i don't spend until i have "extra incomes".<br />Shalom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-65453875414030059062011-06-15T10:35:03.101+08:002011-06-15T10:35:03.101+08:00I like to think of myself as living, but the truth...I like to think of myself as living, but the truth is, I am still in the "surviving" region. <br />Let's hope with hard work (and a little bit of luck), I can work towards the equilibrium point soon.JonXPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37872616.post-12868056303573292972011-06-15T08:13:33.394+08:002011-06-15T08:13:33.394+08:00short but right to the point, i like it. congratul...short but right to the point, i like it. congratulate for the discovery.<br /><br />balancing oneself is hard and impossible to achieve but that is not an excuse not to do it.<br /><br />the goal is unreachable but the journey is far and rewards unlimited.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.com