I'm saving up for a lithium battery pack. I was originally going to save for a gasoline scooter until I decided the only advantage it had over my rhino was range. How much range did I really want. Need is much different from want. I need a range of about five to ten miles max. I want about twenty miles. I have begun to teach myself not to run the rhino wide open so that helps.
But this isn't about the bike this is about how you save for something you want. Now most of you guys would probably just write a check or put it on the card, but as you might guess I'm old school. My wife is semi old school. In her mind I have the money in the bank so just write the darn check. Not so me.
I go to the bank and I take a couple of bucks out in twenties every month or so. I use that money to take my wife to dinner once a week. For that I figure I need twenties to pay the check and ones to leave as a tip. We eat in family style restaurants.
So every time I come home, I check my pockets. Any bill I have that is not a twenty or a one, I put in my 'hidey hole'. So far in a couple of months I have saved $150. Now I know this is the same money I would have in my checking account, if I just used it, since I don't buy things or not buy things based on the cash in my pocket. So why do it, you might ask.
Simple, while I am doing things this way, the batteries might be falling in price for one thing. Also technology might just take that next step while I'm saving. For another it's an exercise in delayed gratification, people today rush out and buy things on an impulse. This is a purchase I need to give a lot of thought, before I jump in. Finally I just feel better when something is sorta paid for out of disposable income. If it turns out to be a bad decision, which I do make a lot of, I can move on from it easier. It's hard not to be upset every time I make a payment on a financed bad decision. At my age I don't need any additional regrets. So how do you save for something you don't need but just want.
But this isn't about the bike this is about how you save for something you want. Now most of you guys would probably just write a check or put it on the card, but as you might guess I'm old school. My wife is semi old school. In her mind I have the money in the bank so just write the darn check. Not so me.
I go to the bank and I take a couple of bucks out in twenties every month or so. I use that money to take my wife to dinner once a week. For that I figure I need twenties to pay the check and ones to leave as a tip. We eat in family style restaurants.
So every time I come home, I check my pockets. Any bill I have that is not a twenty or a one, I put in my 'hidey hole'. So far in a couple of months I have saved $150. Now I know this is the same money I would have in my checking account, if I just used it, since I don't buy things or not buy things based on the cash in my pocket. So why do it, you might ask.
Simple, while I am doing things this way, the batteries might be falling in price for one thing. Also technology might just take that next step while I'm saving. For another it's an exercise in delayed gratification, people today rush out and buy things on an impulse. This is a purchase I need to give a lot of thought, before I jump in. Finally I just feel better when something is sorta paid for out of disposable income. If it turns out to be a bad decision, which I do make a lot of, I can move on from it easier. It's hard not to be upset every time I make a payment on a financed bad decision. At my age I don't need any additional regrets. So how do you save for something you don't need but just want.
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