Comments on: The Problem With the Phrase “It’s Just Money” https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/ Sharing insights on how to grow wealth and gain freedom. Mon, 21 Oct 2019 20:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Zach @ Four Pillar Freedom https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/#comment-797 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:49:09 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=13056#comment-797 In reply to Making Your Money Matter.

When I have a problem that actually can be solved with money, I never hesitate to spend the money. But even then I don’t think I’d say the phrase “It’s just money”, I think I would just be grateful that I had the money to make the problem go away. No matter what the situation is, money always represents life energy and if we spend too much of it we’re forced to spend more life energy recouping it.

Thanks for the comment 🙂

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By: Making Your Money Matter https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/#comment-793 Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:16:07 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=13056#comment-793 Do you think there’s a good “it’s just money” and a bad “it’s just money”? I 100% agree about your thought process that money is really life energy (my favorite personal finance book hands down!). But then, sometimes, when I have a problem that can legitimately be solved with money, I enjoy being able to say, “well, it’s just money”. The worst problems are generally those that money can’t solve.

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By: Zach @ Four Pillar Freedom https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/#comment-750 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:16:12 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=13056#comment-750 In reply to Tiffany.

I think it depends if it’s small or large indulgences. I hear the phrase “It’s just money” often when people are making big purchases, which is concerning. People seem to be using it as a way to excuse their spending habits. And I agree, we should all remind ourselves that spending a certain amount inevitably leads to more necessary working hours to make up for our spending.

Thanks for reading 🙂

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By: Zach @ Four Pillar Freedom https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/#comment-749 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:12:31 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=13056#comment-749 In reply to Mrs. Picky Pincher.

Maybe it’s just something people say in Ohio haha, but either way it gets the point across: time is nonrenewable and each time we say “It’s just money” we actually couldn’t be further from the truth.

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By: Tiffany https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/#comment-745 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 13:35:33 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=13056#comment-745 Thanks for the reminder – it is always helpful to someone who validates your belief of money savings is not just for fattening up the bank account but to bring about a sense of mental freedom that “ifs” happen and then “I can do” this or that. I have to admit, I am one of those people will throw the same phrase around when it comes to small indulgence, and often time, these small and short “comfort-me” events add up then I will come to the anxious platform of asking myself, “why the hell did I let this happen?”
This is a good morning read for my day as I will train my brain and will to equate my next spending for x amount of hours I need to slave away in the office.

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By: Mrs. Picky Pincher https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-problem-with-the-phrase-its-just-money/#comment-744 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 13:22:15 +0000 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/?p=13056#comment-744 Oooh, good point. I’ve never heard this adage from people about spending money, though. I’ve always heard it in the context of not sacrificing health in lieu of money. But I agree! Money is the result of your time, and we can never get our time back.

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