Up Battle

I think there is a saving mode and a spending mode. At least for me.

In the saving mode it is easy to save. It is easy to ignore tempting offers for things you must have. It is easy to ignore whims and wishes.

In the spending mode it is easy to want things, and to come up with some rationale for your self that you need these things. It is easier to give in to these wishes. Spending gives way to more spending. “If I can buy this expensive thing, it makes little difference if I also buy this expensive thing”, you say to yourself. The appetite for more has just awaken. The greed for more materialistic things becomes more and more hungry as you spend and it is difficult to stop spending.

Lately I have been in spending mode and it has been a bit difficult to switch to saving mode.

I have among other things bought a bike. More info about this later. But there are many reasons why it is smart and “a good investment” to buy a bike (The spender is talking…).

I usually like to be in saving mode for the large parts of the time. But when vacations comes up or going away somewhere it is nice to be able to switch to spending mode and then deliberately spend money on things.

These saving and spending modes are similar to the days in the week. A week has two different types of days work days and days off in the week end. It is similar on many levels. The week has more work days than off days. Similar your saving and spending modes should be more saving than spending. The week ends are more fun than the work days, spending requires less effort than saving.

Then again people are different. I know some people that are just spenders, and have no saving mentality. That type of person is usually very often broke and is waiting for salary day. Then again some are laughing at me for talking about saving and buying only the bare necessities.