If you can be satisfied and happy with spending less than you can afford, then why not?
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
-Naguib, M

you don't need to buy the "best" and the most expensive.
“The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
William Wordsworth

My happiness lies elsewhere,…my beautiful and caring wife
“I desire a flask of ruby wine and a book of verse,
Just enough to keep me alive, and half a loaf is needful,
And then, that thou and I should sit in the wilderness
Is better than the kingdom of a sultan.”
'Rubaiyyat', Omar Ali-Shah

when I weigh it against the truly important things in my life
"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
Albert Einstein

(I have a 7 year old genius and a 2 year old with Downs syndrome}
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein


I feel some people just say it better than I do
A very merry Christmas Benjamin, you cannot tell it by my personal current spree (not normal for me and a long time coming) but I live as you type. Or rather ….try to. And I’m happier than almost anyone I know…..You have found the secret weapon which truly arms against the vagaries of life.