How to Spend Money if You Want to be Miserable I’m finishing up Morgan Housel’s new book, “The Art of Spending Money” and the major theme of the book is directly in line with what makes you successful at pursuing Financial Independence: Live by an ‘inner scorecard’ instead of an ‘outer scorecard.’ If you care little for what others think, and don’t change your behavior to impress the people around you, you’ll have a much easier time achieving a happy and contented life. You’ll also likely be much wealthier and reach FI sooner. I found this great article on the Farnam Street blog about “ The Inner Scorecard: How Warren Buffett Mastered Life ” that I think is well worth your while to read and it presents interesting thought experiments such as: “If the world couldn’t see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world’s greatest investor but in reality have the world’s worst record?…