Regrets of the Dying

Have not been posting much lately—not because I haven't been buying anything (though it's true that none of my purchases were good enough deals to share), but because I really don't want to encourage any addictions to accumulating STUFF and thinking it will make anyone happier.

I fall into the trap myself.  My weakness is clothing, if you couldn't tell.  I always want new clothes and think that if I have the perfect wardrobe, and thus if I look a certain way, I'll be happy with myself.  But it's just a hamster on a wheel, a never-ending cycle.

I read this list of "Regrets of the Dying" via Challies's A La Carte for today:

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
2. I wish I didn't work so hard.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

How does this relate to saving money in the city?

Don't bother spending money to impress other people.  Trent at The Simple Dollar espouses this all the time, and the fact that this ties into the #1 regret people have when they die, it seems safe to say impressing other people doesn't matter in the end.

Blogs provide interesting, useful, and sometimes life-changing advice and information—for free.  I am the kind of person who learns best through reading, so I can't even begin to recount all the valuable things I have learned from ordinary people who decided to put their thoughts on paper (so to speak) and share what they know with the world without wanting a dime in return.