"Every day stand guard at the door of your mind."
~ Jim Rohn
I have never been accused of being a self indulgent kind of guy.
Spending money on myself is a rarity.
Why buy a cup of coffee when I can go home and make one?
New sneakers?
What's wrong with my old ones?
They're not falling apart yet.
Treating myself to things is just not what I do.
In today's climate, I find myself being even more vigilant around this than ever.
Can I make a meal out of what's here in the house now?
Sure.
Would it be a better meal if I had this or that to add to it?
Probably. But that would mean going to the store.
Do I really need to do that?
Or can I get by with what I have?
Almost always, the answer is I can.
Take tonight's dinner for instance.
A can of cranberry sauce would be the perfect piece to tie tonight's meal together.
Am I really going to go out there and expose myself or expose others who I may come in contact with for a freakin' can of cranberry sauce?
Kind of dumb.
These are the choices I find myself making more often than I would like to.
If times were different, trust me, Ocean Spray would be $1.29 richer right now.
This is just the way it is for now.
And by now, I am pretty sure I mean for the foreseeable future.
If everyone would learn to be more responsible when it comes to "do I really need this" maybe,just maybe , life could become more normalized once again.
Do we really need to order take-out 3 times a day?
How about a little planning for the week?
I still haven't figured out the whole toilet paper crisis.
The only answer I keep coming back to is people are just inherently bad and inconsiderate.
Can I use a haircut?
Definitely.
Do I need a haircut?
No, not really.
Do I really need to go to the dry cleaners?
Not really. I am sure there is something in my closet to wear.
There are dozens of these choices to be made daily.
99% of them will probably be answered with no not really.
This will not last forever.
For now, a little planning and a little sacrifice will go a long way towards getting back to saying why not sooner than later.
Here's today's Song of the Day:
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