(December 20, 2024 at 4:29 pm)Sheldon Wrote:(December 20, 2024 at 3:33 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’m not sure it ever did, apart from the children working in the same coal mine as dad.I agree wholeheartedly, I find it helpful to fight back in my own simple way, to not buy into the idea I need every little thing, or that the "free" market wants to sell me, to learn to enjoy what I have, and to manage with less when it is necessary, to learn the satisfaction of being frugal on occasion, and the satisfaction that is to be obtained from spending less than I earn, because I planned it that way, and to put the rest aside for when I might need it...
Boru
...to despise the notion I must have something / anything, beyond the most essential necessities, to learn to enjoy those necessities all the more for that realisation, and to celebrate and appreciate everything else as a welcome indulgence. To learn to value what I have, rather than resent what I don't have.
Of course I am pretty drunk, but what the hell...
If I could do that - live frugally and not buy things on a whim - we’d have a bigger house.
Just as an example, years ago I was in a whatnot shop and saw and bought a pair of stuffed owls. Didn't even ponder it, I just knew that my life would better if I owned a couple of stuffed owls.
It’s become a thing in our marriage. I’ll suggest to herself that we purchase [fill in name of stupid, silly, useless item], and she’ll roll her eyes and say, ‘We need that like we need a pair of stuffed owls.’
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
