Rock on!!!

Always hard for younger kids to “catch on,” and not sure really how you change that, haha…

Good for your parents for sticking to the plan though, and carving out such free time/money for y’all! Not always the easiest move to make!

You keep rockin’ those socks, good sir :)

I loved this article. I too have tried to live by the principles you state here. Even though I have the money, I never buy new cars. I always buy cars that are a few years old and never anything that stands out. Just the run of the mill Ford Fusion.

I can also relate to the clothes with holes. My wife is always asking “why do you continue to wear socks with holes, you can afford to buy new ones?” HAHA I just laugh and say, I’m still doing fine and it doesn’t bother me.

Haha… good thing I don’t have a 9-5 anymore :)

I don’t think that holes in the clothes makes someone look like they don’t have wealth – I think it makes them look, well, lazy. Don’t everyone yell at me at once, though, ok? :)

I am coming from the perspective as a HR manager. I don’t expect name brand, fancy clothes. I do expect clothes that are in good repair and that are well fitting. With all the clothes in the thrift shops, it is unimaginable to me that people cannot have appropriate attire that fits well without holes.

But when I see holes – I don’t immediately think someone doesn’t have money. I think they are too lazy to get appropriate clothing, or that they have too low of self-esteem to believe they deserve clothes that fit without holes.

Hah! Always nice to meet a fellow hole-wearer :)

Thanks for stopping by – glad you’re enjoying the site!

I looked at my wardrobe not too long ago and realized I had sweaters that were 10 years old that I am still wearing every year.

I have met 3 millionaires in the last 20 years and you would have never known. They drove old trucks and wore old clothes, never flaunting their wealth.

So I told myself if they can do it so can I.

There is a lot of people around you everyday that have wealth and you will never know it!

Great site! I bookmarked it.

Maybe you’ll be a good inspiration to all your neighbors ;) Especially the teens in the area! Gotta show them there’s another way!

This is our problem. We bought the smallest cheapest fixer upper in a desirable, rich neighborhood with low crime. Our home appraised almost $50,000 more than we paid for it a year ago just because of the location. Everyone here is wealthy except us! But when I tell people elsewhere where we live, I get the “cha ching” comment or “I can’t believe you live there!”. We’re very slowly fixing it up doing all the work ourselves. We’re the ONLY people here that do our own yardwork (1100 homes in our subdivision) including cleaning out the gutters, caulking 3 skylights on the roof, washing our windows & cars, installing GFI (can’t believe there was NONE in the house), replacing some plumbing, etc. So I guess people just assume we’re poor as we never hire for anything except a new HVAC system a few months ago. We drive cheap cars & haven’t been on vacation in years except visiting relatives, while everyone here constantly travels all over the world. We’d never be able to afford living here if it weren’t for the fact the prior elderly owners let the house go the past 20 years which depreciated the value. In contrast, we sold our prior home an hour away in a declining neighborhood & despite the fact we did many upgrades, the location & high crime made it difficult to sell & we lost $$ selling it.