I made a very anti-mustachian car purchase and now I'm getting back on the wagon and going through my house to start listing things on craigslist for sale. I'm still quite happy and I do find myself singing "weeeee" every time I drive the car. :) I'm a gear head so the car does bring me great joy. I also don't believe I added any more time to my FIRE date.
Who else has slipped and fallen and then gotten back up? do tell.
Wait a minute, wait a minute. This question has dimensions to it I have not previously considered. Two thoughts:
1) If you are already FI, you understand the size of your 'stash and are not spending it to oblivion, then is it actually possible to "fall off the MMM wagon"?
2) What IS "the MMM wagon"?
I've been "on the wagon" now for almost 3 years. I feel better about myself, my marriage, my housing, my debt, my fitness and my future than I've ever felt. I'm very much one of those people who were born optimistic, but it took MMM for me to realize I wasn't heading toward a futile, useless and failed end-of-life story.
Giro, if you are FI, would you care to comment, please? What WAS "your MMM wagon" before FIRE, what IS "your MMM wagon" now? Do you believe you are "back on the wagon" or do you expect your Mustang purchase still has you "off the wagon" and you'll get back on at some future date?
Why do I ask this? While a Ford Mustang isn't my personal goal, I certainly understand those who love The Pony - I've turned many a wrench on many a vehicle and regard myself as a gearhead. (Even though I don't own a "performance vehicle", I do own a 2006 Ford F-150. How I came to own it is a long story and very mustachian, I assure you. Maybe I need to start a thread about HOW a Ford F-150
can be mustachian and why I think that....)
But I am also a lifelong, dedicated and assertive bicyclist. To me, there is nothing more badass than having a bike trailer, hauling stuff around on it, using a bike for transportation and raising the big middle finger to cagers who think I'm some kind of lycra-wearing pansy.
So while I myself live quite comfortably with myself in this (apparent) lifestyle contradiction, I do recognize that in the past three years, I HAVE developed an idea of what "the MMM wagon" is.
In fact, I recently commented on a thread that Axecleaver commented on - the "$130k thread". Axecleaver, I'll take this opportunity to ask you to forgive me for my comments in that thread. I'll back up a minute and take some time to analyze what "the MMM wagon" really is and what I'm buying into.
Also: I'll ask the rest of you who have commented on this thread - can you chime in too? What do you think "the wagon" is?
Giro - if I'm hijacking your thread, please let me know and I'll back down. I have this feeling I could start a whole new thread on this topic alone...