So I’m scampering around the internet today and I keep seeing I keep seeing these blogs bragging about squeezing this penny or pinching that dollar and I’m wondering why?
The way I look at it life is that it’s like a box of chocolates, I wish. No really, I enjoy my life as a squirrel. In good times I hoard nuts and and bad times I dig them up to get by so I don’t die. Thankfully you humans don’t go around hoarding my nuts, but you do need to hoard your money for bad times.
So while I’m out hunting for a tasty treat and I find a delicious stash of nuts, I grab the three that I can carry at one time, I store two away and I sit down to enjoy one, right now. And why not? I work hard and need to make sure that half the year isn’t just about hunting down nuts and the other half about needing them to survive. Just like you, I find that my life is better if I can balance my days and find a bit of joy as I go along.
I watch some humans and they are just so frugal that the thought of spending any extra cash is painful for them. I’ve looked through the bathroom window as some people take showers and catch the dirty water that runs off of them to use in the toilet. Yes, we squirrels like to watch you when you are in the bathroom. Va-Va-Va-Voom.
The other day I was outside Jack’s place and I noticed that her was using an old pantyhose as a coffee filter, washing the paper plates to use again and flattening out the aluminum foil and stashing it back in the drawer for the fifth time. That wouldn’t be so bad but I’ve watched people come over and invite Jack along on outings and he won’t go because he’s so afraid to spend any money. That’s not living, that’s dying on a budget.
As for me, the sun is out, I’ve done my work and for now I’m just going to lay on this fence rail and watch that women next door in the bathroom. Life is good.
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This post was written by Get Out of Debt on March 12, 2008
