Spend (More) Money on Experiences
I want to spend more of my money on experiences.
Experiences are what you talk about when you sit around the fireplace when you get old and slow – Not all the cool designer furniture you’ve bought. Not that my life so far have been filled with designer furniture. Nor have it been all that crowded with incredible experiences (that could be bought for money at least).
One of the coolest presents I ever had was when a couple of my good friends gave me a ticket to a Six Flags park in the Netherlands. The ticket itself was worth practically nothing. The real present was the experience, the road trip and the excitement the ticket implied. My friends aren’t stupid. Of course they insisted on coming along, and of course I wouldn’t have it any other way.
In the end, their present ended up eating away an action jam-packed, overly expensive weekend of my life, while we crazed away on our ride-filled, Denmark/Netherlands 2 X 10 hours guy-thing road trip.
Could I have bought an I-Pod for the amount I spend on that trip?
- Yes. Probably twice…
Would an I-Pod have given me more pleasure?
- No. Definitely not.
Will the guys and me be sitting around the fireplace and talk about the cool I-Pods we bought back in ‘04?
- No. Definitely not.
Experiences last.