But what you said is true, assuming the money you just spend was the result of your hard work and increased knowledge, and not from “easy free money” (lottery, inheritance, insurance, etc…)

Actually, I like to fly in business class. I find that first class is too expensive in the sense that I don’t see much difference in value compare to first class beside saying “I’m flying in first class”, especially considering that there’s more and more business/first cabins now in air planes.

Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I do find a business value indeed flying in business class rather than economic beyond saying “I’m in business class”… When I do a long flight, like 10 hours or more, when I fly in economic, I reach tired, broken and need 1-2 days to compensate the jet lag… while when I fly in business class, I usually reach ready to work fully operational, and to me, that’s worth the extra money I need to pay.
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But even if you “spend it all”, you’ll still have the knowledge and skills that brought you there and one would assume that you would have an easier time getting back on your feet.

Couldn’t you argue that flying on 1st class might have some business advantages just like playing golf in the right country club? Kinda like picking your peer group?

Indirectly yes, you could call this a “reward” for your hard work, it’s the moment you get loose and crazy…

However, if you are not careful enough, this is also the moment where you head back to where you started much faster than you may imagine (I know it happened to me before).

But nonetheless it’s a moment where you do things that are special and meaningful to you AT THAT TIME (more often than not, you’ll find them stupid later on…); if you used to fly in economic class, this is the moment where you hit the first class ticket at 6 times the cost of the previous one, and even if you don’t do it again, you can say “I did it!”, just like many other experiences.

That is an excellent quote. Even though I’ve heard a lot of quotes that one was new to me.

When I think of it don’t you think that you could use that quote as an excuse as well? You could end up saying that “I guess I don’t really want anything so it is okay that I don’t do anything”?

/Mikael

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Well I could relate to this. I’m a full time banker and a part time blogger and I gave up TV and almost everything else I had spent many hours on too. But if there is one quote that I took along this “journey” it will be this:

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

Peter Lee
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Step 3 mentioned by Nicolas seems more like a reward after passing steps 1 and 2. It is more like a rest for the next two steps which are much bigger.
Step 3 you is the place where you make a choice for you. If you like this lifestyle you may stay at step 3, if not you can go further achieving other steps.