We all know we should start saving –recession looms, possible layoffs, plus living paycheck to paycheck just sucks.
But
unfortunately, so does saving. It's such a drag, especially when we
live in such a rabidly consumer culture. We're encouraged to define
ourselves by possessions and you can’t pick up a magazine, turn on the
TV or even surf the web without product come-ons.
Now, I
wouldn’t have a job if that were not the case –somebody has to finance
the sparkling prose you read here on the 'Derby, for one – but defining
ourselves through our stuff isn’t making anybody any happier and means
we're going to have a lot of peers suffering through retirement with
$200 diaper bags they can't trade in for prescriptions.
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