I certainly think that over time my relationship has evolved with money and what it does for my life and my family's life. We just this evening were talking about a family member that completely blew through over 1 million dollars she got in a divorce and now she's penniless and ruined relationships with friends and family alike over poor decisions. It's very sad honestly and we haven't the slightest clue how the hell she wasted so much money. It makes us really appreciate the things we do and success we've had on many fronts in our lives. I think seeing those things, as sad as it is to hear, really bring things into perspective on what's important in life and how we can make money be a useful tool but not a complete master of our lives.
I think it's certainly about balancing the incoming versus outgoing money. If you can manage to get a way to have even a little bit more incoming than outgoing, keep that compounding and eventually you can get to a better place with the relationship we have with money. Not easy!
It is crazy how some people use money and when it comes "easy" (it might not have been easy), how they treat others. They do provide a good learning experience.
This is the trick and it has to be done consistently. Too many people live by the "exception" because you know, it is just this month that I will treat myself to something special.