People hate to lose

A large part of the business world's ability to have people just begging to be employed has to be the employee's attachment to seeing little increases in their checking account every 2 weeks. It actually causes me pain to see my savings balance decrease over time, even though I know I can last another 2-3 years at a good standard of living at this rate (e.g. grocery shopping at Trader Joe's, eating out, occasional vacations).