Don’t Put Your Money in a Hole
With the economic depression and hard times hitting most of the households (except for the elite, who are taking all the poor man’s money), is the need to re-define how we spend money. Most of us know that there are problems with credit, financing, mortgages, loans and everything else… meaning that most people, with two jobs… simply can’t pay.
What is surprising me, though, is that even though conditions are the way they are, it’s like it hasn’t hit. We go worse into debt, and at the same time, continue to thrive on materialism and wealth in a way that isn’t applicable.
The reason why I’m saying this is because I see the depressed state in the metro area, such as the downtown places, of people who always need money and who can’t find it. They are going through foreclosures, being attacked by creditors and thriving off of a gamble of whether they will be able to eat the next day.
And, when I go to the suburbs and the north side of town… I see developments. Big houses, $1,000,000 places being put up… all in luxury. And, the shopping areas are booming, just the same as they ever are. Well, maybe not as much, but a little bit.
So, if you are starting to hit hard times and trying to save, save by not supporting the developing areas. You will be giving your money back to those who already have the money. One of the best decisions I made was to stop shopping at the big centers, to stop spending money and extra expensive shoes or clothes and live by my means. In the end, it makes no difference.
If materialism continues the way that it does, the up and coming years are going to turn into one of survival and not in the sense of success or failure in career… in the sense of starting over again, learning to grow food and being so damn poor that we can’t figure out how to live anymore.
If we wake up to the imbalance of materialism instead, it can be prevented. So, my advice to everyone who has financial problems… figure out where the holes are and don’t put your money down it.
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