Ramit Sethi on what being rich actually feels like: ordering two appetizers without checking the price, booking trips you've saved for, structuring your calendar around what matters. Not spreadsheets or constant frugality, but planned spending on things that matter to you.
You already know what a rich life isn't. It's not a spreadsheet with 172 budget categories, which is pointless. It's probably not eating lentils for dinner every night to save $3 out of fear you won't have enough until you're 95 years old. And it's definitely not working 80 hours a week only to realize you forgot what you were working for. A rich life feels different. It actually feels great. It feels like ordering two appetizers because you see both, they both look good and you're not concerned with the price. It feels like booking a trip and paying for it in full months in advance because you saved and planned for it. Or it feels like opening your calendar and seeing your life already planned around. What matters to you.
