Loud Budgeting Is In For 2024

[arakboss]

Turns out I am an "Ick" in 2024. It seems the younger people are starting to discover how not being ashamed of being frugal is cool. At the same I have been spending crazy amounts of income on "impulse" pew pew purchases. I guess that makes me an "Ick" these days.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/economy/loud-budgeting-financial-trend-tiktok/index.html

'Loud budgeting' is mentally and financially 'healthy,' says expert—and it's good etiquette too

The latest money trend on TikTok is impressing financial planners. Financial psychology and etiquette experts like it too.

www.cnbc.com

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[Jay Walk]

Buy Less, Use Less.

Mostly due to personal budgeting reasons I have dramatically reduced my consumption over the last month. To reinforce this behavior, I am looking at the benefits this will provide for the planet as well as my wallet. I am not going to go AOC on you guys but would like to inspire others to buy...

www.northwestfirearms.com

 

[arakboss]

Buy Less, Use Less.

Mostly due to personal budgeting reasons I have dramatically reduced my consumption over the last month. To reinforce this behavior, I am looking at the benefits this will provide for the planet as well as my wallet. I am not going to go AOC on you guys but would like to inspire others to buy...

www.northwestfirearms.com

Too bad I didn't stick with that effort, then I would have been one of the cool kids instead of an Ick.

Edit: Maybe blowing all your money on unneeded pew pew stuff will be back in style for 2025.

 

[Jay Walk]

No judgement here.

Fun over here always comes with sacrifice over there.
Likewise
Sacrifice over here can end up with less stress over there.

 

[Alexx1401]

Turns out I am an "Ick" in 2024. It seems the younger people are starting to discover how not being ashamed of being frugal is cool. At the same I have been spending crazy amounts of income on "impulse" pew pew purchases. I guess that makes me an "Ick" these days.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/05/economy/loud-budgeting-financial-trend-tiktok/index.html

'Loud budgeting' is mentally and financially 'healthy,' says expert—and it's good etiquette too

The latest money trend on TikTok is impressing financial planners. Financial psychology and etiquette experts like it too.

www.cnbc.com

As long as someone is NOT going into debt to buy things like guns I never think of it as "wasteful". Since you are spending the money on something tangible that does not really lose much if any value. Years later you still have the firearms and they can still be turned back into cash. Its not like taking a trip or going out to eat all the time where the money is just gone.