Don't do like Balthazar Picsou (Scrooge McDuck)

I have just finished reading the book "The Millionnaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko.

It's a book that tells you how rich and very rich people managed to accumulate wealth during their lives. They don't really tell you how to generate money, but rather how not to spend it. The big trophy is held for the millionaires, who during all their lives worked very hard, and spent very little. Accumulate is probably the most used word in the book and I find it AWEFUL. Saving is one thing, investing is another thing - but accumulating has this notion of total emptiness. I repeat, emptiness.

Start make sense of the money you just earned and give yourself a treat after reading this blog:

- Buy yourself a bestseller book and read it at the terrace of your favorite café
- Book a cheap air ticket for yourself+someone special
- Learn something new (spanish, climbing, kitesurfing ..)
- Buy flowers and send it to someone special
- Buy a new bike and start going to work biking!
- Buy a cooking book, go to the market (a real one) and cook a great dinner for your family in the evening

Anything you can think of, do it. Really, do it. Life is too short but it's never too late.