Cars X Girl

In a world where people want to berate you for spending on your passions instead of socking all your money away for that weird thing called retirement, which is defined differently for everyone anyhow…… I am not alone!

One cool blogger, Well-Heeled, is there in that horrible, bad-bad-awful-you-for-spending-money-on-something-you-like-but-isn’t-necessary category. Yes, budgeted money…. But OMG, money being SPENT. *Horror*

Think for yourself

Or, more commonly heard, think outside the box. Just because everyone seems to be harping on something doesn’t mean a damn thing.

This isn’t always true, so do keep that in mind. Yes, it’s a great idea to save and invest for the future…. It would be irresponsible of me to say otherwise. But I do that, and I still get to spend money on my favorite hobby ever, cars!

It’s just a balancing act.

While saving and investing can be as fun or as dull as you make it out to be, spending money on what makes you happy will always win out in fun-ness. Hands down, you’d rather spend $1000 on what makes you happy… For some wacky people, that is savings, or paying down debt, or investing. For most people, I’m sure, it’s either using it to buy something they’ve been wanting or save it for something they’re wanting. (Savings being saved money for the sake of having money saved, not quite the same as putting money away specifically for something. In my mind, anyhow.)

I’ve already talked about how my cars honestly aren’t that expensive to begin with. Couple that with diligently putting them at the top of my priorities list and this is what you get: my life with my cars! Yes, I could be way more dedicated… But I gotta pamper myself too. I don’t feel like being a dowdy girl with beautiful cars. I want to be beautiful too!

I mean, it’s way more fun to be the kind of girl that guys would never expect to be into cars in a million years. Let alone look like I’d never willingly get dirty…. But have I ever mentioned I do my own oil changes? And have installed quite a few parts on my Miata myself? And continue to be the right-hand helper in 240SX modding?

Not only do I enjoy my cars as my hobby, but I enjoy shaking up the status quo just as much. Maybe a bit more…. Definitely behind racing, though. Nothing beats racing to me.

Cars for me, what’s it for you?

Of course, anyone ought to be able to relate here. For Well-Heeled, it’s dancing… Tango, to be exact. (Which sounds wonderful! But my husband won’t take classes with me. ) For me, it’s cars and racing. I only hope that everyone could find that one thing that speaks to them, that’s worth every penny spent for every second of the experience.

In my first track outing, I cannot explain to you what it gave to me…. I’m incapable of using any of the multitude of words in the English language to put together accurately enough to reflect what I got out of it. It was me. It was where I belonged, where I wanted to work and improve and belong even more. I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else, and I have a deep longing to get back out there, to hug those curves again and improve each and every lap.

I’d feel sorry for anyone who lived their whole lives never knowing such deep enjoyments of a passion. It’s just horrible to think it would happen, yet I’m sure it has.

Just don’t shoot yourself in the foot…

Now, don’t go and take this as an excuse to spend whatever you want. It isn’t.

What I’m saying is that we shouldn’t ever feel that we need to scrimp, save and sacrifice everything for some off-in-the-future life that you may or may not get to enjoy, let alone live to see or even want when you get there. People change and grow over time, you can’t say for sure what you’d want to have or where you’d like to be in three-plus decades.

So go on, save a little, invest a little and spend a little. Or spend a lot. As long as you aren’t spending everything, or everything and then some… You’ll be okay. You’ll live.And you’ll probably be a lot happier than those who aren’t taking the time to stop, smell and enjoy the roses.

Not saying that those who are happy living on nothing and not really doing much aren’t, well, happy… It’s just that a life like that isn’t for everyone.

Live the life you want to, be responsible and let yourself enjoy what you enjoy. People may hate you for it, but they’re probably jealous that they can’t be so happy with themselves… So let the haters hate. You won’t be alone!

Meg

In 2007, Meg began learning about cars. Two years later, she had a very modified '97 Miata and a '90 240SX project car, as well as the Rookie of the Year autocross title. Life now completely revolves around cars and she wouldn't have it any other way. CarsxGirl is her way to encourage others to get into racing (it's not horribly expensive!), to document & share her car builds, an outlet to share & improve her automotive photography skills and to show that real car girls do exist!

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