Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

by Bill Perkins

They put off what they want to do until it’s too late, saving money for experiences they will never enjoy.

you should choose your experiences deliberately and purposefully rather than living life on autopilot, as too many of us do.

“What Good Is Wealth Without Health?” In other words, to get the most out of your time and money, timing matters. So to increase your overall lifetime fulfillment, it’s important to have each experience at the right age.

Many psychological studies have shown that spending money on experiences makes us happier than spending money on things.

Start actively thinking about the life experiences you’d like to have, and the number of times you’d like to have them. The experiences can be large or small, free or costly, charitable or hedonistic. But think about what you really want out of this life in terms of meaningful and memorable experiences.

“The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that’s all there is.”