tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post112931110878060371..comments2023-11-18T01:21:55.631-05:00Comments on My Open Wallet: How I COULD be living...Madame Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11536189690094235926noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-11236936506523312142008-09-22T13:04:00.000-04:002008-09-22T13:04:00.000-04:00How I would be living if I did not need to save a ...How I would be living if I did not need to save a cent?<BR/><BR/>I would buy a nice car. Maybe a convertible... eat in fancy restaurants and buy branded goods.<BR/><BR/>Oh well. Savings and investments are just delayed gratification. Hopefully once I am financially free, I will be able to live a lifestyle close to what I desire.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy your blog. Do visit mine =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1158175480827087222006-09-13T15:24:00.000-04:002006-09-13T15:24:00.000-04:00""Despite acheiving the 7-figure mark, I must cont...""Despite acheiving the 7-figure mark, I must continually remind myself of my bugdetary limitations."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, right. You make a 7-figure mark, you say? I HIGHLY doubt that, otherwise it's HIGHLY unlikely you wouldn't be sitting on a blog about trying to survive financially in New York. Hope you feel better playing pretend with monopoly money, LMAO."<BR/><BR/><BR/>I think miguel meant 7-figure net worth. Not so far fetched at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1154842558543597812006-08-06T01:35:00.000-04:002006-08-06T01:35:00.000-04:00Great Post! It made me homesick for New York.I lef...Great Post! It made me homesick for New York.<BR/><BR/>I left Manhattan for Miami during the 1990s. Life is somewhat cheaper in Miami, but not really.<BR/><BR/>Many of us where our wealth or lack of wealth on our sleeves..Frugal Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505138013388396364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1139599645282656532006-02-10T14:27:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:27:00.000-05:00tmwhalens, I interpreted Miguel to mean he has a n...tmwhalens, I interpreted Miguel to mean he has a net worth of 7 figures, not an income of 7 figures.<BR/><BR/>Big difference.Tiredbuthappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292908687495239545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1139536075137768092006-02-09T20:47:00.000-05:002006-02-09T20:47:00.000-05:00"Despite acheiving the 7-figure mark, I must conti..."Despite acheiving the 7-figure mark, I must continually remind myself of my bugdetary limitations."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, right. You make a 7-figure mark, you say? I HIGHLY doubt that, otherwise it's HIGHLY unlikely you wouldn't be sitting on a blog about trying to survive financially in New York. Hope you feel better playing pretend with monopoly money, LMAO.tmwhalenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245861715208418008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1129589994201254342005-10-17T18:59:00.001-04:002005-10-17T18:59:00.001-04:00That was a well-delivered and powerful post. Not m...That was a well-delivered and powerful post. Not much to add, you covered it pretty well.<BR/><BR/>While NYers are particularly vulnerable to the "keeping up with the Jones" syndrome, it happens everywhere. Maybe the rents are cheaper, but so are the salaries. We live in a society that is constantly conditioning us to buy now, pay later, as the American way.<BR/><BR/>It is a struggle at every point on the income and net worth scale. Despite acheiving the 7-figure mark, I must continually remind myself of my bugdetary limitations. Temptation lurks everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1129589976059791492005-10-17T18:59:00.000-04:002005-10-17T18:59:00.000-04:00That was a well-delivered and powerful post. Not m...That was a well-delivered and powerful post. Not much to add, you covered it pretty well.<BR/><BR/>While NYers are particularly vulnerable to the "keeping up with the Jones" syndrome, it happens everywhere. Maybe the rents are cheaper, but so are the salaries. We live in a society that is constantly conditioning us to buy now, pay later, as the American way.<BR/><BR/>It is a struggle at every point on the income and net worth scale. Despite acheiving the 7-figure mark, I must continually remind myself of my bugdetary limitations. Temptation lurks everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1129391048618805352005-10-15T11:44:00.000-04:002005-10-15T11:44:00.000-04:00I don't think I know anybody who works in Manhatta...I don't think I know anybody who works in Manhattan who can actually afford to live there--friends all live in Hoboken or Brooklyn...also anywhere along the northeast corridor NJTransit route usually works out for a decent commute<BR/><BR/>DSDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1129358338767292602005-10-15T02:38:00.000-04:002005-10-15T02:38:00.000-04:00Very excellently put post. I hate the way that is...Very excellently put post. I hate the way that is...I see it around me all the time.. among friends AND family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1129329344891083602005-10-14T18:35:00.000-04:002005-10-14T18:35:00.000-04:00MX, regarding your point about the irony - *very* ...MX, regarding your point about the irony - *very* well said and an excellent point.<BR/><BR/>I still go a-goggle at NYC housing prices, when honestly, Boston can be that bad too. And a hotplate for a kitchen has nothing on the woman on Small Spaces, Big Style who's shower and bathroom sink were basically in her kitchen (though she did have a separate "water closet"...but it didnt have a light!)Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07099173870125319819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14245531.post-1129315331421158092005-10-14T14:42:00.000-04:002005-10-14T14:42:00.000-04:00As Charles Dickens wrote in Great Expectations:We ...As Charles Dickens wrote in Great Expectations:<BR/><BR/>We spent as much money as we could, and got as little for it as people could make up their minds to give us. We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same condition. There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did. To the best of my belief, our case was in the last aspect a rather common one. <BR/><BR/>Those feeling that they must spend to "keep up" with others will never truly feel a sense of belonging. <BR/><BR/>It is interesting to imagine what could be - but far better to prepare for what will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com