Comments on: Ignoring the Joneses

By: Weekend Reading: July 13, 2008 | Moolanomy

Weekend Reading: July 13, 2008 | Moolanomy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:07:02 +0000

[...] Ignoring the Joneses at Gather Little By Little — Between the Jones and mass media, it’s not a surprise that so many Americans are in financial trouble. [...]

By: Friday Link Love - Credit Perspectives Edition | One Caveman's Financial Journey

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:02:51 +0000

[...] by Little ran my guest article about marketing and feeling the need to “keep up”, Ignoring the Joneses, on Monday while Gibble was out on vacation. Many thanks to him for publishing a second article [...]

By: Curious Cat Investment Blog

Curious Cat Investment Blog — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:54:05 +0000

Good advice. Sometimes people make financial success way more challenging than it needs to be. For many in America, just not buying a bunch of junk you don’t need just because someone else bought it gets you half way to success.

By: Faerylandmom

Faerylandmom — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:32:41 +0000

Amen. Preach it!

By: Alisa

Alisa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:39:25 +0000

I think its important to ignore the “Jonses” especially since we really don’t know very much about them . They never really tell us about their true income, or their true expenses. And we never really see or know all about the stress they have because of the debt they have accumulated trying to impress others.

Is it really worth it?

Try to be happy and enjoy what life has to offer. Be diligent in the little things, and, I believe, greater things will come along.

I have started a new journey:

http://www.ourstockmarketjourney.blogspot.com/ and I hope to fair well but not forget what is really important in life.

Be well.

By: Aaron Stroud

Aaron Stroud — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:50:45 +0000

Around the time that I met my wife, I came to terms with the fact that stuff cannot make me happy. More stuff can make me happier, but simply having stuff is pointless.

Even worse, new stuff seems to be better than old stuff, which leads to a pretty vicious cycle of buying, well, more stuff!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:41:47 +0000

@Mo Money, I believe the ad you are referring to ends with “I’m in debt up to my eyeballs, please help”.

My problem isn’t wanting the expensive stuff everyone has, it’s all the neat little tools and accessories that I see crop up from time to time. Like a grater with an inbuilt bowl so the shavings don’t end up all over the counter, etc…

By: chronwell

chronwell — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:46:25 +0000

I live my life by this philosophy: Be thankful for what u got even if it aint alot!!
Great article!

By: That One Caveman

That One Caveman — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:03:21 +0000

Thanks for running my guest article. I can’t wait to see what people say about it.

By: "Mo" Money

"Mo" Money — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:53:07 +0000

Not to worry about the Jones’, they are probably deep in debt. It is like the commercial that says” I have this 4 bedroom home, I belong to the country club, etc…, and I have all this debt.