Very interesting piece Ben. I would have never thought to match my spending practices against the ocean personality model. A similar thing with Myers’s briggs traits would be interesting also.
Good stuff - thanks! I'm one of those who's heard "Buy experiences, not things" all my life. It's unfortunately a black/white statement that misses the nuances of individual human flourishing. While I occasionally like to experience different locales, travel is mostly stressful, exhausting, and discombobulating for my introverted soul. At the risk of upsetting the universe, I actually derive much pleasure and joy from "things" I judiciously acquire that elevate my home life. It goes doubly so when I can share them with friends to create distinctive experiences (e.g., boating). So, I decided to continue marching to my own beat, and leaving much of that generic advice behind.
Randy, Thanks for sharing this. What you are saying here is really lining up with the research I've been reading lately about integrating the personality traits into financial decision making. I'll be writing more about this in the future and hope to keep moving as far away from "generic" personal finance talking points as humanly possible.
Very interesting piece Ben. I would have never thought to match my spending practices against the ocean personality model. A similar thing with Myers’s briggs traits would be interesting also.
Good stuff - thanks! I'm one of those who's heard "Buy experiences, not things" all my life. It's unfortunately a black/white statement that misses the nuances of individual human flourishing. While I occasionally like to experience different locales, travel is mostly stressful, exhausting, and discombobulating for my introverted soul. At the risk of upsetting the universe, I actually derive much pleasure and joy from "things" I judiciously acquire that elevate my home life. It goes doubly so when I can share them with friends to create distinctive experiences (e.g., boating). So, I decided to continue marching to my own beat, and leaving much of that generic advice behind.
Randy, Thanks for sharing this. What you are saying here is really lining up with the research I've been reading lately about integrating the personality traits into financial decision making. I'll be writing more about this in the future and hope to keep moving as far away from "generic" personal finance talking points as humanly possible.
Thanks have a good one,
Ben