It’s not uncommon to walk through your local electronic or furniture store and want something. Even the best of money managers have wants. Well, maybe some don’t allow themselves to walk into the electronics store if they don’t have the money to purchase something. But most of us like to go into the Apple store to see the latest in cutting edge technology and have a little want time.
As wise money managers, we know that if we don’t have the cash, we can’t get it and a credit card is definitely not an option if there isn’t a means to pay it back the same month. So, what do you do? Let that want float off into no where and be forgotten forever?
Create a want list and use cash
Nah. Why not create a want list? If you don’t have any cash, add it to the want list and just want away. Some wants will be more important than other wants. Some wants might even fall off the list after time. And wouldn’t that be a good thing? Maybe it wasn’t that important of a want to begin with. Time will tell.
If you don’t have a want list you might just dwindle away extra money that could be saved for those wants. And then you would just keep on wanting, but not have anyway to pay for it. One day, perhaps some day, you’ll do something really great like pay off all your debt and have an opportunity to celebrate by picking out something on the want list. And won’t it be rewarding when you pay for your want with cash?
Do you have a want list?
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