Steve D Valentine says being stretched financially, like taking on a mortgage, forces you to cut childish spending and figure out how to make it work. You'll cook at home instead of eating out, spend less on games, and find ways to stretch your budget when you understand what's possible.
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Once you've lost it all. Okay, Right. I can do it again and go back to the same thing. It's the hustle and the grind. And if you take on a house and the payment's a little bit more than you thought, I guarantee you, you will figure it out. You will stretch yourself if you want to. You know, I know this because you've stretched yourself for the car you're buying. You stretch yourself for the freaking video games you're buying. And it all seems to work out, right? So what happens when you get into a house? You start to stretch yourself. And the childish things that you were spending money on, you stop spending money on it because the house is more exciting. You're spending more time at home. You're not spending as much money. You're cooking at home. You're finding new things. So I guarantee if you stretched it and you understood all the benefits and the possibilities, you would absolutely figure it out.