{"id":957,"date":"2020-10-21T21:13:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T01:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/?p=957"},"modified":"2020-10-21T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T01:13:19","slug":"is-that-purchase-youre-considering-a-want-or-a-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/is-that-purchase-youre-considering-a-want-or-a-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Is That Purchase You’re Considering a “Want” or a “Need”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever been at a grocery store, or better yet a toy store, when a child expresses a very strong desire to own an item for sale? If a parent ignores or outright refuses the
\nchild\u2019s request it could lead to a very noisy scene, possibly including some crying (sometimes by the parent but usually the child).<\/p>\n

If you listen closely, you\u2019ll notice that how a child cries when they want\"image<\/a> something is different from how they cry when they need something \u2013 for example when they\u2019re hurt and need attention. You can tell the difference instinctively.<\/p>\n

When it comes to adult purchases there are also wants vs. needs. For example, we all need shoes; but how many pairs do we really need? And do we really need to replace that perfectly fine 48-inch HD flat screen TV with the newly introduced curved screen model (at twice the price), at least right away?<\/p>\n

So in your ongoing efforts to squeeze more money out of the monthly budget, when considering a purchase \u2013 especially a large purchase – ask yourself: \u201cIs this a want or is it a need?\u201d And even if it is a need, \u201cDo I need it now or can it wait a month or two, or even longer?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever been at a grocery store, or better yet a toy store, when a child expresses a very strong desire to own an item for sale? If a parent ignores or outright refuses the child\u2019s request it could lead to a very noisy scene, possibly including some crying (sometimes by the parent but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cashflownavigator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}