Thoughts spurred off from here, Hmmm... pondering over the above statement. How frugal can one be? To make your life still as enjoyable? But does it mean that being frugal, you'll yield happiness in your life? If by being frugal, your kids, your family will have a "big" bank account waiting to be utilised in "rainy days" for education, for NEEDY stuffs?
This sort of topic can never have a true right or wrong. Life's perspectives varies from human to human. How about talking about my perspective, I wanna share and give me your thoughts, if you might.
I am trying to be as frugal as I can, in the aspect that I am not working, so equals I am not financially independent. Being financially independent allows me more cash to spend on the things I wanna spend. But since I can't earn much now except with the minute pay I am getting from teaching on a sat each week. I can spend just enough on my new hobby. However, I do have my debts to clear, like the Line of Credit, it is to pay off the Supplementary CC my bro gave me sometime back. Have been paying off for awhile already. So the pay I get is enough for this two items. That's my frugal life for now.
I don't advocate spend as much as you earn or twice as much as you earn, save for kid's education is important. But if life is going to be a lot of slogging at work, get your salary and with very minimal enjoyment in life, then what is life per say? As I am a Christian, both Olive Tree and me believe that our wealth, health is provided by our Daddy God. We are made rich as Jesus are made poor at the cross on our behalf. So, we have the inheritance of God's riches in the kingdom and we should never think that if we never save for a rainy day, we are doomed to die and no one can save us. Why do we have to have a mindset that bad things will befall on us, and we sure definitely be faced with many rainy days?? Can't we just pray for a lifetime of blessings, and that have the faith in God that He'll always provide? But that's my relationship and faith in the Lord. I can't force anyone else to take my point and my belief. Only when the person experience how much God has do with his or her life, will the faith and belief in God be established.
Olive Tree and I will try to provide the best for BB Seth, as we know that that's the same that God has done for us, and since he has given us such a wonderful mighty champion, he'll blessed our lives with abundance and protection. He'll always be there for us, through the trials and lift us up in our downs.
Like I always put it, He'll never let us be in a situation that is too much for us to bear. That's the love of our God.
So, Frugal living, hmmm..... totally not befitting in our lives. As we have a better promise.
This sort of topic can never have a true right or wrong. Life's perspectives varies from human to human. How about talking about my perspective, I wanna share and give me your thoughts, if you might.
I am trying to be as frugal as I can, in the aspect that I am not working, so equals I am not financially independent. Being financially independent allows me more cash to spend on the things I wanna spend. But since I can't earn much now except with the minute pay I am getting from teaching on a sat each week. I can spend just enough on my new hobby. However, I do have my debts to clear, like the Line of Credit, it is to pay off the Supplementary CC my bro gave me sometime back. Have been paying off for awhile already. So the pay I get is enough for this two items. That's my frugal life for now.
I don't advocate spend as much as you earn or twice as much as you earn, save for kid's education is important. But if life is going to be a lot of slogging at work, get your salary and with very minimal enjoyment in life, then what is life per say? As I am a Christian, both Olive Tree and me believe that our wealth, health is provided by our Daddy God. We are made rich as Jesus are made poor at the cross on our behalf. So, we have the inheritance of God's riches in the kingdom and we should never think that if we never save for a rainy day, we are doomed to die and no one can save us. Why do we have to have a mindset that bad things will befall on us, and we sure definitely be faced with many rainy days?? Can't we just pray for a lifetime of blessings, and that have the faith in God that He'll always provide? But that's my relationship and faith in the Lord. I can't force anyone else to take my point and my belief. Only when the person experience how much God has do with his or her life, will the faith and belief in God be established.
Olive Tree and I will try to provide the best for BB Seth, as we know that that's the same that God has done for us, and since he has given us such a wonderful mighty champion, he'll blessed our lives with abundance and protection. He'll always be there for us, through the trials and lift us up in our downs.
Like I always put it, He'll never let us be in a situation that is too much for us to bear. That's the love of our God.
So, Frugal living, hmmm..... totally not befitting in our lives. As we have a better promise.
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