Cut costs on things that don't make you happy. It's easier than cutting costs that you truly enjoy.

Don't Cut Things That Make You Happy

When a person focuses on scarcity, their mind would focus on nothing but that. If you make something that makes you happy off limits, you would only think about it more.

Avoid Focusing On Scarcity

Your brain responds to the word "budget" the same way it does with "diet". Both can be linked to deprivation. Who would want to commit to something that is difficult and unpleasant? Don't deprive yourself from something that's important to you.

Avoid Doing Things That Deprive You

“Life is too long to give up everything you enjoy just to save a few more dollars.”

You can stick to your budget and not deprive yourself of purchases that bring you joy, say people who have done it, including Popcorn Finance's Chris Browning.

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Personal Development

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Money & Investments

'It's OK to spend money on the things you really enjoy,' and it can even help you save'

“The best thing young people can do early in their careers is to learn skills that excite and fulfill them on the weekends.”

Work Only If You Are Learning

Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham supported Kong’s tweet, noting responses that equated work with earning an income. He <a dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1404118661888102402" rel="noopener noreferrer">replied </a>, “for the ambitious, they are far from identical.” Kong <a dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/ImNotJK/status/1404461625189355524" rel="noopener noreferrer">clarified </a> that work “can mean different things: could be a project that you own at your day job, could be a new skill you need for advancement, could be a side hustle you love.”

Work Can Mean Different Things

Work means something different to everyone, which is why Kong’s tweet was polarizing. For example, <a dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/theChrisDo/status/1383077674684358657" rel="noopener noreferrer">the Futur CEO Chris Do tweeted </a>, “my wife and I can’t agree on this. Can you work hard and make sacrifices if you love the work you do? She only considers it work if you hate what you do. Therefore I haven’t been working [for] the last six years. Thoughts?”

It's Only Work If You Hate What You Do

The author of Creative Doing explains how a polarizing tweet led him to examine how best to advance your professional life without obliterating your actual life.


'It's OK to spend money on the things you really enjoy,' and it can even help you save'

You should never work on weekends unless you’re doing one thing

Hans Adrian