About the grind of saving

This blog is all truths about my own years of trying to achieve little goals; this is very applicable when you first attempt to gather some dollars.  What do I now recall about this journey?

1. It seems to take forever to gather enough cash to make a meaningful purchase. Just keep persevering!

2. When I really think about it, the real pleasure was in the "dreaming", imagining what this purchase will look like!

3. Feeling impatient? The next thing that comes to mind "is it possible to break this purchase into a few stages?" Make a sketch and see what you can come up with.

4. When the cash is starting to grow and looking good one's mind can change. How?  It is often realised that if the cash was available in the first instance, your dream purchase may not have suited what you really needed!  As the purchase time gets closer the focus tends to hone in on the more practical aspects of the purchase and that might mean a little bit more saving. Things like size, design features, purpose, durability, value for money all need to be part of the "dream".

I guess I am saying the longer the savings take the more functional and precious is the decision when finally purchasing the "dream". Chapters 4 and 5 apply.

Keep dreaming!

Benjamin Franklin said "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest"