Comments on: Can Envy Be a Good Thing for Your Finances? http://www.pfadvice.com/2011/03/14/can-envy-be-a-good-thing-for-your-finances/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gail http://www.pfadvice.com/2011/03/14/can-envy-be-a-good-thing-for-your-finances/comment-page-1/#comment-939145 Gail Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:36:10 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=7050#comment-939145 I’m not sure that envy is the correct word to motivate people to save for what someone else has that they want too. It is called coveting and can be very dangerous emotionally.

How much better to sit with your spouse and make a list of the goals and things that you would like to aim for in life and decide on a plan of how to get there. Who cares about what kind of car the neighbor has, because if you can’t afford it now, by the time you can it will be old and rusty. Better to look at what kind of car will help you to your financial goals.

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