Quote from: m2017 on July 07, 2025, 12:17:55 PM

Quote from: libert19 on July 07, 2025, 11:43:18 AM

I have observed that if you increase your needs, the new 'increased need state' becomes your new norm after a while. For example, if you didn't have car before but then you purchase it, use it regularly and then when you don't have it anymore — you'll miss your car, you'll feel like you can't live without it even though you managed to live without it before.

A person quickly gets used to ~~good things~~ conveniences.

Having risen one step higher in terms of "luxury", you will no longer want to return to the previous level, because you have "tasted the sweetness" of these conveniences.

Quote from: libert19 on July 07, 2025, 11:43:18 AM

Do you agree with this observation? Would you agree that it's better to not increase your needs in first place?

I believe that there should be moderation in consumption, but it should be at the level of "sufficiency" and not "excess". Therefore, your needs can be increased to a certain level, but without getting carried away with it excessively.

First of all, you need to increase your income, and then your needs. But most often, people do the opposite, which is expressed in expensive luxury items bought on credit or on credit \ the last money.

The problem with some people is that their expenses are always more than the incoming source of income, because most people lack discipline.
Some people buy things that are not that important and that they don't really need.

That's why any of us should really know how to manage money so that it doesn't happen to us that we only have expenses instead of having money saved for the future,
you know what I mean.