\u201cI say, let no one rob me of a single day who isn\u2019t going to make a full return on the loss.\u201d
\n\u2014SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 1.11b
\nPeople spend a lot more money when they use credit cards than when they have to pull out actual cash. If you ever wondered why credit card companies and banks push cards so aggressively, this is why. The more credit cards you have, the more you\u2019ll spend.
\nDo we treat the days of our lives like we treat our money? Because we don\u2019t exactly know how many days we\u2019ll be alive, and because we try our hardest not to think about the fact that someday we\u2019ll die, we\u2019re pretty liberal with how freely we spend our time. We let people and obligations impose on that time, only rarely asking: What am I getting in return here?
\nSeneca\u2019s maxim is the equivalent of cutting up your credit cards and switching to cash. He says to put \u201creal thought into every transaction: Am I getting my money\u2019s worth here? Is this a fair trade?\u00a0 Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman. \u201cThe Daily Stoic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI say, let no one rob me of a single day who isn\u2019t going to make a full return on the loss.\u201d \u2014SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 1.11b People spend a lot more money when they use credit cards than when they have to pull out actual cash. If you ever wondered why credit card …<\/p>\n