Author: Jason Dickson - Dallas, TX
Phone: 214-540-4927
Email: jason.dickson@churchillmortgage.com

I love this older video from SNL with Steve Martin! It's funny and has stood the test of time. What's amazing to me is why this video is so funny. This video is funny to because the majority of us have thought this way at some point in our lives about buying "stuff", and many of us have found ourselves drowning in a sea of debt as a result!!!

I think any of us who have fallen into the trap this video describes should take a few moments to remember that the goal is to be debt free! After all, there is so much joy in this that life that comes from breaking the chains of bondage that debt brings. You can be free!

It's always good to laugh and not take yourself too seriously. However, I believe it's even more important to recognize our wrong thinking that leads us to wrong decisions. In turn, we avoid the negative consequences that this wrong thinking brings about.

As the holidays approach, remember Dave Ramsey's baby steps of becoming, or remaining, debt free. Stay focused, stay on budget, and do not fall into the trap of buying things we can't afford in the name of any specific Holiday.

Hope you enjoyed the video as much as I did in that it serves to remind us all to be careful with our spending as the holidays approach.