Something to scare yourself with.

I remember the day I closed on my second property, that gave my partner and I a total of six rental units.  I was working nights at that club and I clearly remember walking in, sitting down, and telling a day shift manager that I was barely 30 and in debt to the tune of a quarter million.

Now, close on a house, buy a car, spend thousands on something in a day and I don't even blink.  Partly that is numbness and partly that is maturity.  Will it help if I start hyperventilating?  Nope, so why should I?

Want to have fun?  Find an old payroll stub or check register, old as in a decade ago or more.  Look at the numbers and either figure out how you survived on that money then.  Or if your income hasn't gone up scare yourself with trying to figure out why.