Patience

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal Saving I am, and have always been, a saver. As a teenager I’d famously borrow £5 from my parents to head to town for the day and come back and give them back somewhere between £3 and £6 in return. As a student, I’d live on one meal a day and bags of 40 frozen sausages for £2. Even as a new grad on a decent salary, I’d make myself discount aisle liver salad because there was no way I was going to pay £3 for a tasty lunch. My salary has gone up and my family size has increased and with that has come a lot less frugality and a lot more spending. But still - I think we probably save something like 50 - 60% of our income every month, and have done for a long time. We live in a house that we love and is perfectly well suited to us. We have holidays booked. We have a long-term savings strategy that lets us both retire early. And yet… Trying not to do something stupid It’d be downright silly…