At the end of the week if I have money I’ll find a way to spend it. I will spend it on something I justify to myself that I need, and I have a tendency to buy really nice things, nicer than what I actually need but something I need nonetheless (like the glasses I’m wearing right now). I’m always struggling with having enough and frankly I’m tired of it. If it wasn’t for this one thing I wouldn’t have anything to worry about that causes me so much stress.
Then you have an amazing author like Fyodor Dostoevsky. Purportedly he would gamble away all the money he earned. He said he did this because he liked the feeling of not knowing where your next meal is coming from, it forces you to keep working and striving, something to push against.
I don’t need that kind of excuse. If I can stop being Randy for a moment and be Frank, frankly the first good idea I had was to judge the things I’m buying on a need vs. quality basis. If I don’t have a lot of money I’ll buy a lower quality item that may not be exactly what I want but will fill the need(Wish I had applied that when I bought these glasses, there were plenty good enough cheapies right next the the designer ones).
