Comments on: The Danger of Making Money your Top Priority

By: SingleMomIncome

SingleMomIncome — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:07:40 +0000

I love it. The church I went to before the one I am at now the preacher used to preach about money all the time and how we should give the church 10% of our income and then if we wanted to donate to others it should be on top of the 10%. I didn’t really like the pressure of the whole deal.
The church I am going to now is much more laid back and they have never pressured the congregation to put in 10% no matter what. I love to give but some weeks I don’t have a lot.
I agree about living for now and planning for tomorrow. I try to keep that in mind everyday so that I spend real quality time with my kids each and everday and let them know they are loved.

By: RFIndependence

RFIndependence — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:00:49 +0000

The best you can do with your money is being grateful with what you have and making good use of it, saving it for a bigger goal or spending it wisely because wasting it is not giving value to the hard work it took to earn it in the first place.
If I were the church I would feel really awkward pushing people to tithe. As with any precept of religion it is up to each person to decide how they want to interprete it and if mass turns into a perpetual fundraiser they are not teaching a good example.

By: JourneytoSaving

JourneytoSaving — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:47:06 +0000

I agree that accumulating more money isn’t always worth it. We might sacrifice too much in favor of earning more. I look at other bloggers and wonder how they balance everything. I know most enjoy what they do, but I like to be able to take a break away from the computer sometimes and just enjoy life. I would say I am mostly concerned with increasing my salary from my full-time job at this point, and then everything else will follow. I have to agree with the mindset that health trumps money; I’d rather have my sanity and not be stressed to the point of exhaustion every day.

By: Eyesonthedollar

Eyesonthedollar — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:20:28 +0000

DC, my dad always worked 12-15 hour days, 6,sometimes 7, days a week. He has owned a few different businesses, and no one required him to do that, but it was just what he did. I really never saw him growing up, except for a few minutes here and there, and when we went to church on Sundays. I am very like him in a number of ways, but I would not say we are close. Now, he is having health problems and doesn’t want to quit working, but I’m afraid he will have to. He doesn’t know how to do anything else, and it’s kind of sad. The ironic thing is that my parents now have lots of money, but nothing they want to spend it on except buying toys for the grandkids.
While he’s never said it out loud, I really think if he had it to do over again, he would have been more engaged in the family, and it would be nice to be able to have an easy, fun relationship with my Dad. I guess I’m saying that you don’t want to look back when you’re 65 and see that all of your time was spent at work. I’m trying very hard not to be the same way.

By: MicrosMissions

MicrosMissions — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:18:30 +0000

Tunnel vision can be super easy to get with something like money. I think the important thing is to keep in mind why you want to earn the money in the first place. That can help in some form to keep perspective on your journey.

By: DC @ Young Adult Money

DC @ Young Adult Money — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:27:09 +0000

In reply to TheHeavyPurse. TheHeavyPurse Great points! I definitely agree that the focus should always be on how we use our money and what it enables us to do versus just trying to accumulate more and more of it.

By: DC @ Young Adult Money

DC @ Young Adult Money — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:25:54 +0000

In reply to ayoungpro. ayoungpro Haha well that's one way to solve that problem.