Comments on: Clements’ Nine Tips for Investing in Happiness http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32 A personal finance blog on what it means to have enough money and the best way to get there. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:27:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: FIRE Finance http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-55 FIRE Finance Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-55 <strong>Free Money Finance presents a concise Festival ......</strong> Free Money Finance has a concise presentation of 20 useful articles on Frugality in the Festival Of Frugality #44. Our post Frugal Tip - Free Entertainment Savers Guide from SBC has been published at this festival. We are honored and thrilled. Its a ..... Free Money Finance presents a concise Festival ……

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]]> By: gte http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-51 gte Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:00:34 +0000 http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-51 I'll agree with Diva Jean, that it's not always a bad idea to move up, especially when taking into account children, schools, etc. I think the main point though is that trading up to a neighborhood with wealthier neighbors tends to decrease our relative happiness when we compare our standing compared to those of our wealthier counterparts. I’ll agree with Diva Jean, that it’s not always a bad idea to move up, especially when taking into account children, schools, etc. I think the main point though is that trading up to a neighborhood with wealthier neighbors tends to decrease our relative happiness when we compare our standing compared to those of our wealthier counterparts.

]]> By: DivaJean http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-41 DivaJean Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:05:47 +0000 http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-41 "Don’t trade up." This is not necessarily the best answer. Suppose someone lives in a neighborhood of poverty, crime- and they keep on earning a higher salary. There does come a point where safety and common sense need to take hold. If you are seen as a have in a neighborhood of have nots- there will be many MANY problems. And why would you not want to improve your station in a situation like this? Why would you subject your kids to a neighborhood where it wouldn't be safe in their own backyard. SOmetimes it makes perfect sense to "trade up." We lived in the cheapest section of town- and dealt with being somewhat of the "haves"- until we had children. But by then we had saved enough to afford a better neighborhood. “Don’t trade up.”

This is not necessarily the best answer. Suppose someone lives in a neighborhood of poverty, crime- and they keep on earning a higher salary. There does come a point where safety and common sense need to take hold. If you are seen as a have in a neighborhood of have nots- there will be many MANY problems. And why would you not want to improve your station in a situation like this? Why would you subject your kids to a neighborhood where it wouldn’t be safe in their own backyard. SOmetimes it makes perfect sense to “trade up.”

We lived in the cheapest section of town- and dealt with being somewhat of the “haves”- until we had children. But by then we had saved enough to afford a better neighborhood.

]]> By: Free Money Finance http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-38 Free Money Finance Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:16:14 +0000 http://www.gettingtoenough.com/?p=32#comment-38 <strong>Festival of Frugality...</strong> Welcome to this week's edition of the Festival of Frugality. Before I begin, I want to say that I received several entries that I felt were not appropriate for this carnival. Here are what the festival's guidelines say about posts... Festival of Frugality…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Festival of Frugality. Before I begin, I want to say that I received several entries that I felt were not appropriate for this carnival. Here are what the festival’s guidelines say about posts…

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