tl;dr - strong urge lately to want to buy things that don't make much sense. Any advice?
Lately, I have been struggling with wanting material things. Usually, I don’t have a lot of material wants. I have always tried to focus on the long term. I look at each dollar set aside as a long term employee (ala Richest Man of Babylon great easy to read book).
Don’t get me wrong, I have nice things acquired over the years out of either necessity (work) or pure value play (couldn’t pass on the deal).
I am going to share some info for context, please don’t read it as anything more than that.
For years I have sucked it up to fund my investments/businesses. I lived in a shoebox for years.
Lately, I have been searching for material items. Things I don’t really need. I sort of feel like a Vulcan who is having a temporary control problem. LOL.
I want a $1,000 pair of business shoes – makes no sense since I don’t have to dress business except rarely and I have like 12 pairs of very good business shoes.
I want a Rolex – but I rarely wear a watch, and I already have a nice respectable Swiss watch plus a cheap antique which I like better.
I want a new car – but my car works fine and my business partner will give me a BMW 6 series convertible free.
I enjoy simple things, I don’t usually get excited about stuff. As I child, I grew up with perspective and my family did well but kept that information hidden. Heck, my parents have offered to buy me a new car, I also know that if I told them I wanted to go on a 2 year long search for a bride they would be stroking checks right now.
But it is important to me to do it on my terms. Lately, it just seems like I have this buying bug.
Anyone ever go through this? Any advice? It isn’t a money thing, I just don’t like the idea that I am wanting unnecessary stuff. Maybe I denied myself too long? Lately, I’ll hop on CL and ebay for hours and just look at shit I could buy, and then I keep asking myself, “why, why, why?”
Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you very much.
Lately, I have been struggling with wanting material things. Usually, I don’t have a lot of material wants. I have always tried to focus on the long term. I look at each dollar set aside as a long term employee (ala Richest Man of Babylon great easy to read book).
Don’t get me wrong, I have nice things acquired over the years out of either necessity (work) or pure value play (couldn’t pass on the deal).
I am going to share some info for context, please don’t read it as anything more than that.
For years I have sucked it up to fund my investments/businesses. I lived in a shoebox for years.
Lately, I have been searching for material items. Things I don’t really need. I sort of feel like a Vulcan who is having a temporary control problem. LOL.
I want a $1,000 pair of business shoes – makes no sense since I don’t have to dress business except rarely and I have like 12 pairs of very good business shoes.
I want a Rolex – but I rarely wear a watch, and I already have a nice respectable Swiss watch plus a cheap antique which I like better.
I want a new car – but my car works fine and my business partner will give me a BMW 6 series convertible free.
I enjoy simple things, I don’t usually get excited about stuff. As I child, I grew up with perspective and my family did well but kept that information hidden. Heck, my parents have offered to buy me a new car, I also know that if I told them I wanted to go on a 2 year long search for a bride they would be stroking checks right now.
But it is important to me to do it on my terms. Lately, it just seems like I have this buying bug.
Anyone ever go through this? Any advice? It isn’t a money thing, I just don’t like the idea that I am wanting unnecessary stuff. Maybe I denied myself too long? Lately, I’ll hop on CL and ebay for hours and just look at shit I could buy, and then I keep asking myself, “why, why, why?”
Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you very much.
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Women and children can be careless, but not men - Don Corleone
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