How to Avoid Lifestyle Inflation

Most folks don’t have a problem spending money. Instead, they have issues trying to put a cap on their lifestyle.

Here’s what typically happens:

1. Normal Norman works for a company.
2. Normal Norman wishes that he could afford to buy a new computer, car, house, and go on a vacation.
3. Normal Norman knows he cannot afford those things on his current salary.

Normal Norman gets a raise, and within weeks he has either spent or committed that raise to fund the want list that has been growing over the last year or more.

This is called lifestyle inflation.  Your standard of living always seems to unexplainably increase in line with your income.

I personally believe that God wouldn’t have any hard feelings against Christians who decided not to participate in lifestyle inflation and instead committed more and more of their income to serving others. 

I love this excerpt from Bob’s article on Lifestyle Inflation. Are you a “Normal Norman?”

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