{"id":413,"date":"2019-04-09T09:07:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T01:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dushyantnomics.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2023-03-18T12:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T07:22:30","slug":"saving-without-a-purpose-is-meaningless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dushyantnomics.com\/saving-without-a-purpose-is-meaningless\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Saving Without a Purpose is Meaningless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

George Clooney’s character in the movie \u201cUp in the Air\u201d delivers a fine example of saving without a purpose when it comes to airline miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie offers a personal finance gem<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes we can get so bogged down in the process of making money that we lose sight of the eventual purpose for which we are saving<\/strong><\/span> that money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clooney\u2019s character in the movie (Ryan Bingham) is obsessed about collecting frequent flier miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is one thing different about his obsession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike most travellers who collect miles for an eventual free trip or a holiday, he has no eventual goal set for the miles he is collecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For him the collection of miles becomes the goal in itself. He is collecting air-miles just for the sake of collecting air-miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are all susceptible to falling in that trap when it comes to our relationship with money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At times we end up doing with money what George Clooney\u2019s character is doing with airline miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving Without Clear Goals is Meaningless<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You work really hard every single day at your job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You hope the company will notice your performance and reward you with a salary hike or a big bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every once in a while you may also argue with your boss about how your salary is not high enough and you deserve more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this is part and parcel in the daily life of a corporate employee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our jobs are the primary source of our incomes that allow us to make a decent living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on how financially prudent you are, you might be saving a small (or hopefully a large) part of your salary each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now ask yourself \u2013 How well do you know exactly what are you saving for?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of things that may immediately come to your mind to answer that question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You want to offer a better quality of life to your family, good education for your kids, get proper medical care for your ageing parents or some other cause that is personal to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now those are indeed good and the most common reasons why we push ourselves to do well (and earn more) at our jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a small glitch in that thinking:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A majority of corporate professionals miss out on taking the next critical step<\/strong><\/span> in their saving journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that step is – Putting a specific money value to each of those individual financial goals<\/strong><\/span> that you are saving for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving Money Should Be Linked to Specific Financial Goals<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t know where you are going any road will take you <\/b>ther<\/b><\/font><\/em>e.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice in Wonderland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t know what you are saving for you can easily become disoriented in your personal financial journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We put in an extra-ordinary amount of effort to earn more money but spend very little time in actually tracking how it is helping us to get to our goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is always good to have more money but do you know exactly how much more money you need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much further do you need to travel on your financial journey? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you already at 10, 20 or 50% of your way to your eventual financial destination?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you are able to put a specific money value to each of your financial goals it will become much easier to start working towards those specific goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consider this example:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is one thing to say that you are saving money for your daughter\u2019s college education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That in itself does not give you a clear target to work towards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now compare this with a specific financial goal<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 I will need USD 25,000 for my daughter\u2019s college education and I will need it 8 years from now.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A clear money goal like this helps to turn your future financial plans into specific milestones that you can start saving and investing towards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These financial goals become a subset of your overall financial plan<\/a> that you should aim to have in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Financial Goals Will Help You Choose the Right Investments<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How you invest your savings will have a huge impact if you are ultimately able to reach your personal financial goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we have seen earlier there is only one real secret to getting rich<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saving money, investing that money and letting it grow till you reach your financial goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(There are of course some faster options like winning a lottery, visiting a casino or marrying someone really rich but that is a different discussion)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day you come across various offers for investing your money. A piece of real estate, some deposit scheme in the bank, an investment fund and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do you decide which one should you go for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They all look good in isolation but very different when you consider them as a tool for reaching your specific financial goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting money in real estate or a stock market linked investment can be completely ruled out if your daughter is due to enter college next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That time frame requires you to keep your money in a low-risk investment that you can quickly withdraw next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand if college is more than 10 years away, then a stock market linked investment fund may make much more sense compared to a low interest bank deposit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A plain bank deposit for 10 years is not the best place to grow your money if you want to reach the USD 25,000 that you are aiming for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An investment idea can be good or bad at a given time depending on how it ties up with your eventual requirements for that pot of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"saving<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most sprinters keep their head down when they are about to start a race. Once they are off the starting blocks they raise their heads and start aiming for the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As busy professionals we spend way too much time looking down to see how fast we are going on our personal finance journey, but we don\u2019t look up often enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your financial goals are the finish line of your personal financial wellness<\/a> journey. Unless you take the time to look for them in the distance you won\u2019t know how fast you should actually be running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you know what \u2013 Your finish line may actually be much closer than you think. Maybe you don\u2019t need to be running this fast for the remaining distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may still win the race even if you run a little slower from hereon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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