Quite agreed Nemo
Everyone should learn skills in being able to do things.
Whether it is how to grow your own food, do Plumbing, electric, carpentry, repair cars, everything that is basic to living.
All the rest is just fluff and worthless BS when things get tough and you have to just simply survive using basic skills.
I , probably like many here, have NO DEBT. I am sure RIBS and DGP have no mortgage payments and own their places like I do. I have been debt free for the past 15 years. It's a good feeling.
Problem with society today is MOST do not live within their means and choose to do so. THAT is the same dysfunctional economic model as most governments and MOST businesses.
Living within your means and being out of debt only means you keep ALL of what you earn and decide whether you want to spend it on something, or do not. It also means you can weather the majority of financial downturns and live on a lot less than the vast majority of other people.
Happiness is NOT a function of how much money one makes or THINGS that one accumulates...
In the end, you cannot take any of it with you.
The article is to me a reminder of the basic belief system I have had for a long time and practiced.
Don't live in a big house, built most of the one I live in, haven't had the desire to move, pay cash for most everything, and have no debt.
Seems to have worked.
Basic common sense goes an awful long way, does it not?
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