There are two ways of going through life and getting pleasure from it. You can follow the route of the poor or follow the route of the rich.

Poor, unsuccessful people spend most of their money on CONSUMER GOODS. Just about all of these peoples expendable money gets spent on high rental suburbs, holidays, dinners, expensive cars, drinking around the pub, entertainment, parties with the result that shopping, rates, services and basic costs all rocket. This type of CONSUMPTION is OUT!
In contrast, successful rich people spent most of their money on GROWTH ASSETS! For example exclusive vintage cars, prime time timeshare, a holiday cottage in a good area, Irma Stern artwork, a boat on the Vaal or a collection of fine red wines. They are compulsive savers and investors. With the passage of time they find that their approach starts to pay dividends and this makes an enormous difference to WEALTH!