More and more people are joining my Hatena Bookmark readership every day. Thank you so much for following along with this rather niche blog. Anyway, yesterday my husband said:<\/p>\n
\u201cWait, aren\u2019t your readers confused? You keep saying you\u2019re going to buy a Panamera, but you already drive one. Are you buying another one even though you have one? Or are you just writing about all these cars after test-driving them, and you don\u2019t actually own one?\u201d<\/p>\n
Fair point\u2026 So I decided it was time to set the record straight.<\/p>\n
\u30fbI currently drive a Panamera. We already have a Panamera\u2014and I\u2019m thinking of buying another one.<\/p>\n Umm\u2026 let me think\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026Am I crazy? ( \uff9f\u2200\uff9f)\uff65\u2235. ?<\/span><\/p>\n I can see why it might look that way.<\/p>\n But one thing is crystal clear to me: there\u2019s a world of difference between driving a Panamera my husband bought and buying one with my own money.<\/strong> I feel like you can\u2019t truly appreciate something until you\u2019ve experienced it using money you earned yourself.<\/p>\n I felt the same way when I went abroad for the first time at 19, during my first year of university. In my second year, I worked part-time and saved up to go on a homestay in the United States with my own money. I could have asked my parents to pay, but I knew my strict family would probably object, saying it was dangerous or something. So I pleaded, \u201cPlease let me go\u2014I\u2019ll pay for the whole trip with money I earn from my own part-time job!\u201d<\/strong> They eventually agreed.<\/p>\n Many of the people around me had their parents paying for their trips. But because I was spending my own hard-earned money, I think I was more determined than most to \u201clearn as much as I can and soak it all in!\u201d<\/strong> And in the end, it felt like a deeply rewarding experience. (Though I still can\u2019t speak English at all\u2026 What a waste.)<\/span><\/p>\n There are plenty of other examples, too: how delicious that first meal at \u25ef\u25ef was when I went out with my first paycheck. Experiences you pay for yourself\u2014whatever they are\u2014often stay with you.<\/p>\n Buying something with your own money is a success in itself.<\/strong> Its value isn\u2019t just in what you end up with. The effort it took to get there, the setbacks, and all the hard work along the way\u2014they\u2019re part of the experience, too. That\u2019s why the joy of finally getting what you worked for can be multiplied many times over.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a world you can only see when you\u2019ve paid for something yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n Achieving that goal gives you confidence in yourself and the motivation to reach even higher. Your world expands, and life gets more and more interesting\u2026 or at least, that\u2019s what I think.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why, when it comes to the Panamera, it\u2019s not so much that I \u201cwant to drive one\u201d<\/strong> as that I want to \u201cearn enough to comfortably afford one and buy it with my own money.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Maybe I\u2019m stubborn\u2014or just a little eccentric. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve been feeling lately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Comment from My Husband More and more people are joining my Hatena Bookmark readership every day. Thank you so much for following along with this rather niche blog. Anyway, yesterday my husband said: \u201cWait, aren\u2019t your readers confused? You keep saying you\u2019re going to buy a Panamera, but you already drive one. Are you buying another one even though you have one? Or are you just writing about all these cars after test-driving them,...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=129","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nocar-nolife","en-US"],"yoast_head":"
\n<\/em>\u30fbMy husband bought this Panamera as our family car a year and a half ago.
\n<\/em>\u30fbEven though I already drive a Panamera, I\u2019m thinking about buying one for myself.<\/em><\/p>\nWhy Spending Your Own Money Matters<\/h3>\n
A World Only You Can See When You Pay for It<\/h3>\n