http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2003/09/16/how-to-feel-a-little-richer/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2003/09/16/how-to-feel-a-little-richer/#comment-16 Darren R. Sussman Thu, 18 Sep 2003 06:20:02 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=39#comment-16 I suppose. I mean, I don't consider myself "poor", but I certainly wouldn't consider myself wealthy. I think their way of looking at it is somewhat skewed. It's all relative to the person. I suppose. I mean, I don’t consider myself “poor”, but I certainly wouldn’t consider myself wealthy. I think their way of looking at it is somewhat skewed. It’s all relative to the person.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2003/09/16/how-to-feel-a-little-richer/#comment-15 Flexo Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:46:08 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=39#comment-15 Okay, fair enough. But you can't forget how lucky you are to have a huge home and the ability to own so many possessions. There is nothing that says you have to live like that. If you wanted to live like most of the people in the world live, the amount of money you earn would be (and is) considered a fortune. Your cost of living is so high only because you allow it to be.Most of those people making less money around the world wouldn't consider themselves "impoverished." They have a much lower cost of living, and don't need to earn the fortunes that we need to make in order to sustain the conditions in which we are used to living. Okay, fair enough. But you can’t forget how lucky you are to have a huge home and the ability to own so many possessions. There is nothing that says you have to live like that. If you wanted to live like most of the people in the world live, the amount of money you earn would be (and is) considered a fortune. Your cost of living is so high only because you allow it to be.Most of those people making less money around the world wouldn’t consider themselves “impoverished.” They have a much lower cost of living, and don’t need to earn the fortunes that we need to make in order to sustain the conditions in which we are used to living.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2003/09/16/how-to-feel-a-little-richer/#comment-13 Flexo Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:39:34 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=39#comment-13 Considering a "decent" salary in the US would be considered a fortune in most of the world, I think you missed the point. Considering a “decent” salary in the US would be considered a fortune in most of the world, I think you missed the point.

]]> http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2003/09/16/how-to-feel-a-little-richer/#comment-12 Darren R. Sussman Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:17:32 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=39#comment-12 Nope. Didn't make me feel any richer. Just made me realize how few of us are making decent salaries.... Nope. Didn’t make me feel any richer. Just made me realize how few of us are making decent salaries….

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