Comments on: When To Spend Money On Hobbies?

By: Guilty Financial Pleasure

Guilty Financial Pleasure — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:30:26 +0000

[...] Obviously there are tons of benefits to saving money, just as many as there are downfalls to spending too much on something that doesn’t necessarily benefit you. So if you’re spending an arm and a leg on your guilty pleasure, it’s good to at some point ask yourself if it’s actually worth the money you’re paying. [...]

By: Wellheeled

Wellheeled — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:26:24 +0000

@Debt Ninja
LOL! Although around here cooking classes are $60-$70 a class, so I’m SURE a sauce & salsa class will run that rate. Maybe it’ll be longer for an hour though.

By: Shari

Shari — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:46:55 +0000

It’s only been the past 4 years or so that I had started to spend money on hobbies other than my home decorating and clothes. I have found that it really makes me happy. I gad heard a seminar on how we should take the time to enjoy the fruits of our labor. I’ve found it really makes me happy. And I’ve been able to give things to people that I wouldn’t have been able to but for ‘investing’ in my hobby, so all the better!

By: AK

AK — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:38:28 +0000

Hobbies are my downfall!

I always want the best of the best for whatever I try, even if it ends up falling by the wayside… the best jewelry-making tools, the best horseback riding tack and gear, the best electric piano. It adds this whole new guilt-factor when I have to abandon one of them.

I think if salsa is something you love and you know you will stick with, though, it’s worth paying the price.

By: debt ninja

debt ninja — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:00:11 +0000

Not really related to the content, but when I first started reading your post I thought you were talking about Salsa as in chips and dip. I was like “$75 an hour to learn how to make salsa…wtf?” Haha.

By: SP

SP — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:01:43 +0000

Spending money on hobbies is probably the easiest type of spending for me to justify. Sometimes it is hard to know how committed you are because even start-up costs are high.

Salsa didn’t grab me as much as it did you — it was fun, but I wasn’t very good! Maybe I’ll try again later with a better instructor. I didn’t like mine at all. Have fun!

By: koko

koko — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:42:26 +0000

Very good post !!!
I have an “addiction”, but not a hobby I spend time and money on … eyelash extensions!