I will never forget the image of Tyler Durden telling the mystery hero in Fight Club that, “The things you own end up owning you.” That line still rings true with many of us, and one blogger came up with a system to actually quantify how much your things own you.
Matt at Steadfast Finances had this to say about his stuff to work ratio:
Just to show that all personal finance bloggers aren’t a pristine model of financial responsibility all of their lives, the graphic below represents how my personal finances looked using what I call the “How your stuff owns you calendar?” method when I was fresh out of grad school, making ~$60,000 a year, and leveraged up to my eyeballs.
He then gives a very blunt look at where his money goes, and it is eye opening at the very least:
If you want to figure out how to make your own “The Things You Own End Up Owning You” calendar, head over to Matt’s post and follow the great tutorial.
