God does it feel so good…
Posted on September 3, 2007 14 Comments
I’ve been listening to the song “Misery Business” by Paramore all weekend, which features the line, “God does it feel so good, cause I got him where I want him now.” It started me thinking about what feels so good (when it finally happens) related to personal finance.
I know that a lot of people feel really scared and intimidated by the thought of money (or lack thereof), but if you can get beyond your feelings of anxiety, there are some money situations that can make you feel as good as the song above.
Here are my top five money moments that made me want to sing a badass song of confidence and satisfaction:
5. Depositing a bonus check directly into my savings account, and realizing that saving money can give you just as big of a rush as spending money.
4. Paying off my credit card debt from college.
3. Opening a money market account and watching my interest each month.
2. Opening my first savings account.
1. Watching my downpayment savings account reach $10,000
OK, now it’s your turn to inspire us all. What makes you sing, “God does it feel so good…” Tell me your top money moments and let’s all feel badass together.
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September 4th, 2007 @ 3:28 am
Mine: Getting to one years take-home salary in the bank. Great protection in case of being laid off. Having an emergency fund…
Good post.
September 4th, 2007 @ 7:03 am
Mine happens every month right around this time… it’s when that interest shows in my accounts. Getting paid just for having my money sit somewhere makes me beyond happy!
September 4th, 2007 @ 11:51 am
Being two years ahead on a 15 year mortgage, maxing out my 403b, and nearly maxing a Roth IRA. Oh Yeah!!
September 4th, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
Buying a stock, then watching a private company make a deal to buy the company a few months later at a 30% plus profit ($23/share) for me.
September 4th, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
Getting a bonus check and using it to pay off a credit card that was charging me 28% interest!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!
September 4th, 2007 @ 10:30 pm
1. Being financially secure enough to do something really nice for a family whose daughter is (the doctors say) terminally ill.
2. Depositing my entire holiday bonus into savings. What a rush!
September 5th, 2007 @ 1:57 am
finding $20 in my jeans pocket at the end of the weekend always makes me smile. yes, it’s little, but it sure does feel good.
September 7th, 2007 @ 4:31 am
Working my ass off as a LSU Sophomore and managing to save $30,000 by not spending nearly 95% of what I made in my lawn service.
I had to think about my goal everyday, stop myself from getting a new truck and caving in to get an iphone.
My goal before I graduate is
100 dimes….I will reach it….
September 7th, 2007 @ 12:58 pm
Knowing that I’ll pay off my 15 year mortgage a couple years early, when all my friends bought houses the same price and will be paying for 15 years after I’m finished.
Oh yeah, and my mortgage payment is only a little more than theirs every month. I’m excited to have an extra $1200 every month for 15 years while they’re still paying off their house!
September 7th, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
They may be little, but in the past week I’ve saved over $13 in finance charges on credit cards I’ve paid off, but not “quite in time.” Calling the companies and just doing a little questioning and I got the charges waived! Woo hoo! It feels so good when you have a card COMPLETELY paid off!
September 8th, 2007 @ 12:53 am
I’ve been desperately wanting a new pair of nice pumps (I also kind of need a pair since the ones I have are getting too worn out) and I almost used my bonus check to buy an expensive pair but I deposited that sucker into my ING account. Also, I finally convinced the boyfriend to open an ING account and since then he’s become slightly addicted to saving and seeing his interest increase. Hearing him say that made me smile.
September 13th, 2007 @ 4:19 am
You guys rock!
October 3rd, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
Five great things:
5) Finding $20 in last year’s Fall jacket…
4) Consolidating my fiance’s debt and our newly shared debt in a low-interest line of credit and making $500 payments to get rid of it!
3) Calling the bank and asking them to drop the interest on my mortgage by a percent, and having them say ‘we’ll drop it by a percent and a HALF!!’
2) Paying off all my student loans in one year.
1) Being 25 and owning a house in the ‘burbs, and a two-apartment house in a desirable location in the city, with tenants paying the mortgage and the interest, with $15,000 in RRSPs and a good budget that will hopefully allow us to use my xmas bonus on a trip South this year!
Some sad things:
5) Leasing an impractical car that we now can’t get rid of, that I can’t drive, and that we can barely afford;
4) Scaling back on our life just a bit (jumped a bit fast!) and having to put the apartments on the market with the hope that we will recover our costs and invest in something newer later on;
3) Not having any spending cash right now because it’s all tied up in our real-estate!
2) Along the same lines as above – not being able to buy clothing for work, including new shoes, since the dog ate my last pair!
1) Joining finances with my loved one, who owes a looooot of money… and adding some more onto that pile when we bought the new house (though it’s a good investment)…
October 25th, 2007 @ 9:11 am
Lost my Job in 2002, and have more than doubled my earnings by now. And I’ve got an MBA, so we’re not talking chump change.
Letting my old company know of course how well I’m doing.
Paying for all of my friends dinner for a night out.
Working 6 days a week and banking 3 of them.
Buying real estate and making money. Time for another flip?