Do you ever log on just to check on your money?
I have a lot of little bookmarks marching across the toolbar on my browser. One of them is for ING Direct. I do, of course, need to log in once a month or so to do my monthly transfers to savings (no, I don’t have it automated and I like it that way) and I like to check when I get a referral to see which account it went to.
But sometimes, I log in just to check on my money. Not because I think it went somewhere, but just to say hi. And see my little interest counter and see how much it has grown since the last time I looked.
Is that odd? Am I the only one who wonders if my money would be lonely if I didn’t say hi once in a while? Besides, the web page always looks so happy to see me. Even if it is orange.
~J
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August 17th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
You aren’t odd, and I certainly do it too. It’s a bad habit though. There’s no reason to see it unless it serves as some sort of positive reinforcement for you. It’s like that old philosophical question about if a tree fell in the forest – if you didn’t check your growing balance, would it still grow?
And if the orange color tempts you too much, just come to the unimaginable jumble of text that is HSBC…
August 18th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
I’ve been there! I do that when I’m saving for a maternity leave. I have an ING account for that, and I deposit a big hunk of money every month, and that account is untouchable until I start my leave. It is fun to watch that money grow!
BTW maternity leave is the only thing for which I have been motivated enough to save money like that, without touching it. Well, I do have my IRA and my 401k which both have happy balances, and thus they are also fun to look at, but they have cunning rules about withdrawals and whatnot.
Kids make you do weird things.
August 19th, 2007 at 1:30 am
Ugh orange gives me a headache. Except that orange now symbolizes money to me. i do think right now it is motivational though. What is NOT motivational is clicking on my Vanguard link, so I leave that puppy alone.
And Lisa, kids DO make you do weird things. The majority of our ING money is college savings for the littles. Yet I like to look at it. In fact… maybe I’ll go take a peek right now