"I may splurge on real estate, but I’m quite modest when it comes to everyday spending. When I buy clothes, I buy pieces I can wear at least three different ways. I avoid using a stylist, who costs a fortune, and do my own hair and makeup, even when I’m attending the Academy Awards."

Jane Seymour

How we spend our money isn’t about how much money we have. As a successful actress, author and businesswoman, Jane Seymour could easily afford the luxury of having her hair and make-up done by professionals, but that doesn’t fit her priorities and values so she makes other choices.

When she was forty, her life seemed to fall apart. “I lost my father to cancer; I lost my husband to many other women; I lost all my money to my ex-husband’s poor choices; and I lost complete faith in ever being happy again.” Bankrupt and alone she decided she didn’t have to prove herself to anyone anymore and began to take charge of her life.

Now that her life is back on track, do you think she is cheap for doing her own hair and make-up, or do you respect her for the choices she has made to use her money to invest in real estate and give generously to many charities?

Make sure your day-to-day spending choices fit your values and allow the choices to invest and save for the future.

Adopted from www.InspiredSavings.com