Forgive the rehashed content. This is advice given to me a long time ago and I still feel it’s true. See, I was looking at our savings accounts and it occurred to me that some of you may not have ever heard this particular advice. My grandfather is the one who gave it to me. It goes like this:

Pay yourself first.

I know. I know. Quite a short piece of advice. But there is a lot of meaning in those three words. Here’s a couple of those meanings:

• When you pay your bills, make sure one of them is an account you use for entertainment. This kind of goes with the whole “all work and no play makes Joe a dull boy” type of advice. But it’s true. What good is making money if you can’t enjoy it some? If you don’t enjoy it, then you’ll resent your job, you won’t do your best work, and you’ll never get further with your career. The most successful people have expensive toys for a reason. Of course, that goes against my consumerism post from a couple of days ago. But that was about money that was given to us by the government for the specific reason of faking a good economy. This is different.
• When you make a schedule for your week, give yourself time to enjoy yourself. Schedule in some time with your favorite gaming console, book, television show, etc. Make sure it’s something you enjoy doing. Again, what good is time if you waste it on serious stuff? Are we truly meant to work, sleep and repeat? No. We’re meant to live.

What are your ideas? Are there other ways to “pay yourself first?”

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