Are There Really People Who Don’t Spend Enough Money? Yes!

This can be a real problem, but it’s one you can fix

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Almost anywhere you read, listen, or view content about personal finance, it’s almost inescapably about not having enough.

And sure, there are far more people who struggle with having or earning too little money than those who have plenty.

But…

This doesn’t mean that everyone who’s “made it” financially is living as well as they could.

Working too much, spending too little

A while back, my wife and I were driving to Asheville, NC to meet up with her brother and his wife for a long weekend.

Along the way, to pass the many-hour drive, we talked, listened to music, and looked at the beautiful countryside.

Then, my wife put on Ramit Sethi’s podcast, “I Will Teach You to Be Rich.”

It was an episode with a couple who had over $12 million saved up. The wife had undergone a double lung transplant, giving her a life expectancy of about five years, so she wanted to spend as much time as possible with her daughters while she could.

Despite this, she kept working full-time.