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Topic
Board Economics
Re: Imaginary Future
by
Porfirii
on 01/12/2023, 06:13:00 UTC
Do you ever feel like that being after saving or investing for future you forget to live in the present? You don't buy the things you want to or don't go after experiences you want because you'd rather save/invest for future instead.

That's something very intimately linked to personality. There are very impulsive people who aren't capable of saving the most basic percentage of their income just in case, and those who find it difficult to waste in nonsense the money they got thanks to their hard work.

My two best friends are like that: one cannot resist the temptation (whatever it is) and the other one doesn't even have a coffee when we hang out together. So, knowing well the two extremes, I'm well aware that the virtue is in the balance, like Aristotle would've said.

One should save for the future while he's got the tailwind, but not to the extent to sacrifice the present for a future that we take for granted but is not sure.