So after a few years of reducing spending on this and saving money on that I've began to drift back to the other side of increasing spending.
Basically our savings is enough to reach our goals in a reasonable time frame so we have started adding spending back on to increase our enjoyment/happiness in life as the most recent increases in income have happened. Not dramatic amounts, perhaps about $100/month.
For those of you that have 'discovered' being frugal have you run the frugal wall where you don't want to cut back anymore? My vague concern with the increasing the spending is having it get out of hand in the long run and drive up our cost of living so much that I screw up the current long term plans.
Where is that balance point between saving and enjoying life? Every time I seem to get a grip on it something happens to shift the balance. Does this always happen?
Basically our savings is enough to reach our goals in a reasonable time frame so we have started adding spending back on to increase our enjoyment/happiness in life as the most recent increases in income have happened. Not dramatic amounts, perhaps about $100/month.
For those of you that have 'discovered' being frugal have you run the frugal wall where you don't want to cut back anymore? My vague concern with the increasing the spending is having it get out of hand in the long run and drive up our cost of living so much that I screw up the current long term plans.
Where is that balance point between saving and enjoying life? Every time I seem to get a grip on it something happens to shift the balance. Does this always happen?