The Happiness Fund
They say that money does not buy happiness - but what if it does, if only for a little while? What if you're at your wit's end and you just want something to take you out of your small spiral of sadness? A little bit of comfort, a little bit of sanity? Does it justify spending money?
What to Do When I Retire Early?
People are scared of retiring. Why? Because they think that they're going to get bored and lose their sense of being. They're so used to being waken up by an alarm clock and having a purpose: taking a shower, eating, going to work for 9+ hours, going back home, decompressing, eating, chores, sleep and doing it all over again. The cyclical nature of our working lives becomes a habit, which becomes harder to break. I think that's why people have a hard time going back to their routine of working when they go back from vacation: their entire cycle has been broken. But what if you break it for good? What…
What is your anti-frugal guilty pleasure?
Here in A Journey We Love, we aim to be frugal, but not so extremely that we can’t enjoy the little things in life. We refuse to deprive ourselves of experiences that we like (i.e. travel), nor would we deprive ourselves by not buying our own home. However, we are sometimes a bit anti-frugal in a sense that we also indulge in our personal guilty pleasures. It may not happen often, but sometimes we spend on a few things that most frugal people would cringe just thinking about spending money on. Ready for a deep dive on our anti-frugal guilty pleasures? Join in and answer in the comments below: What…
