Comments on: Life Is Short – You Only Live Once

By: Valuing Your Time | Frankly Frugal Finance

Valuing Your Time | Frankly Frugal Finance — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:37:35 +0000

[…] I mentioned that life is short and we only live once. In my line of thinking, this means that the time that I have remaining on this earth is valuable […]

By: Kipp

Kipp — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:57:25 +0000

Thank you Mr 1500. Walks with the family sounds nice! Depending on my dad’s exercise requirements maybe I can encourage him by doing that or biking.

By: Mr 1500

Mr 1500 — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 02:30:59 +0000

Right on! Stuff is just stuff. No long term happiness or fulfillment does it bring. Now taking long walks with the family; that puts my mind in the right place.

I hope you father pulls through OK.

By: Kipp

Kipp — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:04:10 +0000

Thanks Josh. Yea it is a hard conversation to have, but I was prepared to have the conversation at least. I am glad that you enjoyed the financial and life lesson.

Kipp

By: JRod @ CNA

JRod @ CNA — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:31:45 +0000

Hey Kipp, that’s got to be an incredibly rough conversation to have. I’m glad the operation went so smoothly too! It’s really cool that you were able to tie this emotional time to a financial and life lesson. Thanks for sharing!

By: Kipp

Kipp — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:20:34 +0000

Thank you Grayson. I completely agree that the crowd that claims “YOLO” is the crowd that actually acts against what they claim. In truly thinking about living just once, you should focus your time and money on what is important, and that seems to be missed by the crowd, and as you said, creates a disservice to the actual meaning.

By: Grayson @ Debt Roundup

Grayson @ Debt Roundup — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:59:54 +0000

Glad you Dad is good Kipp. I think the YOLO crowd actually does a disservice to the message. Yes, you only live once, but that doesn’t mean you need to grow crazy and buy a bunch of crap or travel all over. You need to do what makes you happy and spend time with those who keep you in that state. You also need to understand where you are going.

By: Kipp

Kipp — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:43:08 +0000

Thanks Holly, it was my dad’s procedure (not mine… man if I need a stent at age 27 that would be SAD). And yes, the key is to have a purpose for your money, either spend it on what matters now or in the future.

By: Holly@ClubThrifty

Holly@ClubThrifty — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:59:07 +0000

First of all, I’m glad to hear that your procedure went well!

I try to balance my YOLO mentality with my sincere desire to be prepared for the future. It’s true that you only live once, but it’s also true that you might live a long time. Like you said, it’s all about being purposeful with your money and making each dollar/moment count.

By: Kipp

Kipp — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:08:19 +0000

Hi Deb,
It is kind of odd that the real world doesn’t realize it. I mean how many people do you need to see die or nearly die before you wake up?