Why are you saving so much?

Back in December my family went to Berlin to celebrate new years eve there. In Berlin It's called "Silvester".  It was a great time. The times when I'm most happy, is when my entire "core family" is together, meaning me, my brother, my sister, brother in law, and my parents. Somehow it brings me great joy to see them all together at the same time.

Back then, my brother in law asked me the following question: "Why are you saving so much, and why are you investing it?"

To be honest, I didn't have an answer ready, and just said "I don't know, Isn't saving money the right thing to do?" and that was the end of the conversation really. Deep down I knew this wasn't the answer that really did it for me, recently i started thinking about this, a lot. This simple question really struck me, why am I saving my money, why am I not enjoying it now? 

Fast forward to today, I started thinking about that question. And I came up with what is the right answer for me. Even though, I couldn't articulate that question in the way I wanted to five month ago, I can do that now.

I have the passion to be rich, I don't want the two million dollar house or the Bugatti, I want the independence, I am desperately craving it. 

My blog hit 1,000 visitors since installing the Globe Tracker!

I'd like to take a moment to thank you. Today my blog hit its 1,000th visitor. That's not pageviews, but individuals who take time out of their day to read about whatever I write.

I started this blog for two reasons:

• To track my progress, so I can read it years from now to see how I started out investing.
• Just a place to put some thoughts, what ever is on my mind. Sometimes I'm just staring out of the window, thinking, I really want to make a habit to put those thoughts on paper. Again, so I can read them years from now, to see what I was thinking. 

When people find it interesting to read what I have to say, that's just an extra! I know that there are some blogs out there from other investors who have hundreds of thousands of views, but for me, 1,000 people is still a lot! It's awesome that people from America, Europe, Asia, Australia and all corners from the world read this. Fifteen years ago that would be unthinkable. All hail technology!

Thanks for reading.