Destroy Student Debt: A Combat Guide to Freedom

I recommend completely stopping the pursuit of stuff until you’ve paid down your debt, then deciding in what capacity you want to try to keep up with the Joneses once you’ve gained financial freedom.

As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now. Some might say, “I can do it tomorrow, or next year,” believing that something that exists today will exist tomorrow. Even though you are not trying so hard, you expect that some promising thing will come, as lo

The desire to possess is considered by Buddhism to be one of the worst passions with which mortals are apt to be obsessed.

frugal person is somebody who takes value into consideration, where value is defined as the utility of something given its price. A cheap person, on the other hand, considers only the price.

The basic principle is simple to say but extremely difficult to do: free yourself from consumerism and materialism.

I spent the money on things and experiences to feel better, to make life easier and more fun, to make sure I experienced all the “right” things, to fit in, and to impress friends and strangers.