Most of us want to make more money. duh.
Realize that money saved is like the same (only more) as making more money. I am constantly reminded of this at the local Starbucks. Why do I pay $4 when I know I can get coffee basically for free at my office? I have no good reason. If you make near the minimum wage now, one cup is an hour of work. After taxes etc.
It’s like Scott Adams said once, when asked in a grocery store why he bought the most expensive water on the shelf….
“If I’m dumb enough to buy water, I’m certainly dumb enough to pay too much for it!â€
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And the classic, Evian spelled backwards is NAIVE.
Saving money can be done in more than one way besides what I’ll term as scraping [scraping the bottom of the barrel.] Quite frankly the fresh brewed Starbucks is so much smoother on my palate first thing it the morning that it gets my day started on a great note. However, another way to have that is to buy the coffee at the store, grind it fresh and make it in your own bodum. Nothing like it and it does not cost four bucks! Thoughts?
Great point, Robyn. I like the home brewed kind better too.
The point I was trying to make is that there are painless ways of getting more money in your pocket. Maybe doing without bottled water and $10 worth of lattes per day is easier than complaining about the lack of promotionsand pay raises.
I’m with you, “Dad!” Since I often had to get by with little it has actually become a way of life with me.