{"id":1001,"date":"2007-04-06T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/06\/dumb-things-i-sometimes-do\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T20:06:06","slug":"dumb-things-i-sometimes-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/dumb-things-i-sometimes-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumb Things I Sometimes Do"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve made great progress with my personal finances over the past year. I am paying off debt. I established an emergency fund. I even opened a Roth IRA. But I’m not out of the woods yet \u2014 I still do stupid things from time to time.<\/p>\n
For example, I just returned from a trip to the bank. I deposited a couple of checks which caused my balance to increase to what, for me, is an enormous sum. (Next week I’ll share my dilemma over what to do with this money.)<\/p>\n
Rather than come directly home, I had<\/i> to stop at the comic book store. This isn’t necessarily bad. I’ve been training myself to buy only comics I genuinely want, not to buy for the sake of buying. Today there wasn’t anything that I had to have. I should have left empty-handed. I didn’t. Instead, I found a couple of books that looked mildly interesting. I spent $50.<\/p>\n
This is stupid. I know perfectly well that the several new collections I want are due out later this month. I should have saved for them. But because I was feeling flush, I craved the rush of a new purchase. So I spent $50.<\/p>\n