You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them. – Jennifer Lopez
I have learned to choose experiences over things. You put those pair of expensive jeans on a credit card and 10 years later those $80 jeans could really cost you $300 with 25 percent interest attached. That wasn’t on the price tag! Those jeans will be long gone by then, but that time you went camping with your family and friends will be great memories that last a lifetime.
In the last several years, I have decided to spend money more on experiences. After seeing that episode of Gilmore Girls Concert Interruptus, I knew one day I would go to a concert so I could be as happy as Loreali and Sookie was to go see their favorite band. Those great feelings you get from actually doing something and paying for it with cash are priceless.
That is exactly what I did on July 17, 2019. I went to see Jennifer Lopez in concert. And I loved every minute of it!
She stopped by DC and performed at Capital One Arena after doing her make-up concert in Madison Square Garden in NY after the blackout on Saturday July 13. What a professional.
And let me tell you. I looked into what it takes to do concerts and JLo’s setlist and tour dates. Performing is grueling work.
See my posts
Jennifer Lopez: From Jenny From The Block To JLO And $100 Million
How Dave Grohl Turned Passion Into Profits
Want to help celebrate JLO’s birthday with her! See remaining tour dates below.
Jennifer Lopez – It’s My Party Tour dates:
June 10 – San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena
June 12 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
June 13 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center
June 15 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena
June 16 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Arena
June 19 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
June 21 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
June 22 – Edinburg, TX – Bert Ogden Arena
June 24 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
June 25 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
June 28 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
June 29 – Chicago, IL – United Center
July 3 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
July 5 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesar’s Arena
July 7 – Toronto, ON, CA – Scotiabank Arena
July 10 – Montreal, QC, CA – Centre Ball
July 12 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
July 16 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
July 17 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
July 19 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Arena
July 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
July 22 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
July 23 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
July 25 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena
Instead of spending a fortune and being close enough to the stage to reach out and touch the artist and see the white of their eyes, I selected a seat that just fine to see how different my experience would be. My seat cost $49.95 and I have a blast!
You do not have to go in debt or sell your belongings on Craigslist or drive for Uber or Lyft just to spend $500 on concert tickets. The jumbo screens show you all the action just fine in my book.
This was also her first tour since ending her Las Vegas Residency which made like $100 million in ticket sales!
For a night out on the town it cost me about $100 bucks!
So if you want to paint the tow red, I suggest you stay in the black and pay cash and not go in the red and use credit. Cause you know your girl Greenbacks Magnet is all about saving a dollar!
See my post Why Halle Berry And I Continue To Save So Much
If you read my tweets then you know I can’t stand debt. I would stop doing just about everything in order to save up huge chunks of money to pay off debt. I once saved up $15,000 to pay off $14,745 worth of debt! Paying debt off in chunks feels awesome.
I learned to pay off my credit card and other debt in lump sums from reading about how Grammy award-winning artist John Legend doing it after he got his first big paycheck. Smart!
See my post Money Advice I Got From John Legend
How how I hate DEBT. Let me tweet the ways!!
Just hearing about another pro athlete going broke is enough for me to change my free willing money spending ways.
Breaking News: Adrian Peterson is in debt after making $100 million in earnings in the NFL. This is my version of Scared Straight. Scared Debt Straight that is. Is he not reading my blog?!!!
I encourage you all out there to stop what you are doing and find a way to start saving 5 percent of your income.
Start with just $500 in the bank and work your way up to one month of expenses. That Is how I went from $25 in the bank to $5,000. Save for the things you want. Paying with cash is freedom.
It’s like JLo says, “you get what you give.” You have to work for what you want. She says she gets nothing for free. And that she has to pay for everything.
The harder you work, the more you get. I’m taking my money earning and saving cues from Jlo. I like to study the self-made. And Jenny from the Bronx is as self-made as they come. So happy birthday JLo. Make a wish. I’ll tell you mine. It’s simple really. I want to always spend less than I earn. Your turn.