Have you guys seen this video?
Where a home of their own is an elusive dream - Gut_Check - MSNBC.com
Having been a saver all my life, I sometimes forget how a lot of people feel about saving money. To me saving money is uplifting, it's one more step towards freedom, it's empowering, but in all fairness it requires work, discipline and sacrifice and it's not always fun.
For many people though, saving money gets in the way of life. The woman's attitude in this video is very telling: I would love to save money, I would love to have a house, but I don't want to sacrifice my current lifestyle to reach those goals. Actually it's like she does not even believe that saving money is doable, so her attitude is why even bother...
She reminds me of my sister who has always had nicer TVs, nicer computers, nicer furniture than me, but who always complains about how hard it is to save money and buy a house. She complains that the cards are stacked against her and that it is impossible for her to get ahead in this world. But when I suggest that she starts saving her money to improve her financial situation, she always looks at me like I am talking crazy. Recently she told me of her retirement plans: she thinks that saving money for retirement is futile because she expects to inherit enough money from our parents to retire comfortably.
So do you know anyone like the woman in the video? Is that attitude toward saving prevalent in your opinion?
Where a home of their own is an elusive dream - Gut_Check - MSNBC.com
Having been a saver all my life, I sometimes forget how a lot of people feel about saving money. To me saving money is uplifting, it's one more step towards freedom, it's empowering, but in all fairness it requires work, discipline and sacrifice and it's not always fun.
For many people though, saving money gets in the way of life. The woman's attitude in this video is very telling: I would love to save money, I would love to have a house, but I don't want to sacrifice my current lifestyle to reach those goals. Actually it's like she does not even believe that saving money is doable, so her attitude is why even bother...
She reminds me of my sister who has always had nicer TVs, nicer computers, nicer furniture than me, but who always complains about how hard it is to save money and buy a house. She complains that the cards are stacked against her and that it is impossible for her to get ahead in this world. But when I suggest that she starts saving her money to improve her financial situation, she always looks at me like I am talking crazy. Recently she told me of her retirement plans: she thinks that saving money for retirement is futile because she expects to inherit enough money from our parents to retire comfortably.
So do you know anyone like the woman in the video? Is that attitude toward saving prevalent in your opinion?