Living within one's means...

I am very steady and reliable and know what I need to pay rent and bills

I'm not into gambling, that's for sure :) Although when I was younger, I used to buy tons of stuff I don't really need. But things changed when I had my own family. I realized how important money and savings are that's why me and my husband are doing everything we can to save. But not to the point of starving ourselves and make people pity us. We still live comfortably, just living a simple life, less eating out, less shopping. I don;t see the point anymore of wasting money over useless stuff so as much as possible, we save.

I do not gamble at all, unless someone would give me money. Anyway, most gambling stuff are illegal.. We don't really have tons of money so i always think before i spend any, if it is not very important or urgent i would rather keep my money. I do not lend nor ask money from others..

it happens and you certainly need to know how to work on it and keep using them

That would be easier said than done. Some just work for themselves and maybe that's why it's easier to gamble and take risks. For those who have dependents, may it be children or pets or any living thing, they would strive to be able to provide more or acquire better quality. So for me it's hard to live within one's means because life would be meaningless if you settle for less.

I live within my means and I don't gamble because I'm scared to lose money and I don't want to take other people's money especially from those who had to work hard for it, even with their consent, over and above the satisfaction if I get lucky. But then this is my nature. I understand that for other people, even if they earn a lot of money, it will never be enough. And there are also others who get addicted to gambling. I just don't understand your friend though. Why would he complain about not having enough money when he knows it goes into gambling?

Hello! It's really good to live within our means. Sometimes i was wondering that there are many people you think that they earned much than you but it seems that they are not improving or moving onward. I really experienced that, i received my bonus in our company, big enough to pay or shall i say i can buy thing that i wanted. But what had happened i came to realize that money is not the source of happiness and the money will just run out for how many weeks only. For me, I believe on God's principle that we live day by day through His mercy. And we live by faith in God. So i think God has a purpose on our earnings and He do something for it.

I am proud to say that I am on the works of being someone who lives within my own means. When I was just starting out as an employee on my first job, I lived payday by payday. I don't have that much debt back then and even if I had, I always pay them on time, but I was more of a frequent spender during my first few years on the job. But, as time went on, I have had enough of that kind of feeling of being helpless and hopeless for not being able to save any money by the end of the year. So, after much deliberation and sacrifice, I have started to set aside a portion of my salary. I started out small, and I think I still have little savings compared to others, but I am proud to say that at least, I have learned my lessons. It's still hard at times especially when there are some emergencies where money is needed or when some friends would ask me to hang out on a Friday night. The good thing though is that I am almost done with my credit card debts and was able to refrain myself from having more debts, and at the same time, I have learned how to live within my means and look for some ways to increase my income.

Hi, I earn just enough to make me live, that is my wage money is only for food and nothing else. I managed to have extra things by doing extra work that pay big and I use that not on gambling or other bad vices but on things I use, household and personal items, remembrances of my toil and the result of my efforts. Looking at them makes me exert more effort to do more, earn more and save more.

we always live with in our means i use coupons a lot and always find ways to save money if there is a way to save it i will find it someway some how , if hes gambling all his money away then he ma need some serious help in order to stop because he is spending more than he has

Hi, Living within one's means is very correct. Some people are greedy about money. They want more and more money. And they go on the wrong path. They try to earn money easily. Gambling is very dangerous. Some times it may make us beggar. Your friend is earning more than enough money and so also he is trying to earn more money from gambling. After losing money it's to late to improve.

Yes, I live within my means. I get a certain pride from living within my means. I'm even so nit picky that I actually purchase items by comparing cents per weight. when I graduate and develop a career I will continue to live this way, probably putting the extra into mutual funds.

I am not practicing gambling at all. But I like intellectual gambling if I can call it this way - binary options. And they are the greatest emotional puzzle. When earning money fast - when one is seeing money rapidly & quickly go into account with no effort (indeed there is an effort in market analysis) a person can go mad, and wants more. When loosing money fast a person can go mad seeing the same digits of money rapidly lost from account. So I treat binary obtions like a nice income, but also as a snake. I mean not to play too much because it will bite. As to the gambling some people out of million will get rich through it, but others will fail. Gambling has no logic only emotions, emotional logic. Thats why I do not like it.

I am what they call a little bit "tight fisted" when it comes to myself. I would far rather buy someone else a gift than treat myself to something. I always feel like I'm not worth the money.