Hello again Lemmy! I have another question.

Context: I took a motorcycle safety class, was nervous but enjoyed it, researched motorcycles, found a few I liked, talked to a dealer about them but ultimately, I couldn’t finalize a deal, talked myself out of it basically

I was curious how others might justify a purchase that has no purpose other than wanting something.

For clarity, I don’t need anyone to justify me buying a motorcycle. I want to read about your thought processes for buying something you want 🙂

As always thanks for replying and have an awesome day/night!!

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    A friend of mine retired and later told me he has too much money saved and he wished he had spent it more when he was younger.

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      I know several people in the exact opposite situation though, which is rough to put it lightly.

      A happy medium might be to think of retirement like any of your other bills and then play around with what’s left over.

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      Retirement hangs over all of us. I don’t hyper fixate on it but, I am super diligent about it. It’s kind of a pain trying to guess how much money you need to live in when you choose or can no longer work.