Maintenance Work
In me, and perhaps in everyone, is a desire to keep life simple, you know, so we have time for the important stuff.
I frequently with equate "power" and "responsibility" when deciding what I want in my life. SURE, I'll take that 1 million dollar lottery ticket, but what would I spend it on? No an easy question.
Well, I admit part of my problem is I don't think like an aristocrat. Letting someone else clean my house, wash my clothes, that would be torture, even if it saved me some time.
In general I dislike paying someone else to do things for me. If I could do it myself, then I feel lazy, and if I can't do it I feel powerless. Spending unearned money to take care of things I don't need is not a fun idea for me.
Even owning a house hits me as extravagant, hitting me with countless repairs and little things that need attention. But overall houses "decay" slowly. Cars seem 10 times worse than houses for dependency and unpredictable and offensively large regular repair bills.
I imagine as a new energy crunch comes, we'll in some ways regain responsibilities for taking care of things - for repairing things now more conveniently trashed. On the other hand, it seems a good chance to simplify and consider the costs of a ROYAL lifestyle versus keeping things simple.
Lastly, I can see the art of being a good salesperson is to not let a person know how much time they are going to waste on maintaining their toys and tools. If they knew that, they might not buy as much.
Well, no great conclusions. Overall I think we all can benefit when each of us knows how to do a few things and perhaps there'll continue to be good people who like maintaining things. There is a satisfaction in it, as at least when it seems optional hobby. Maybe like exercise - good in moderation!
I frequently with equate "power" and "responsibility" when deciding what I want in my life. SURE, I'll take that 1 million dollar lottery ticket, but what would I spend it on? No an easy question.
Well, I admit part of my problem is I don't think like an aristocrat. Letting someone else clean my house, wash my clothes, that would be torture, even if it saved me some time.
In general I dislike paying someone else to do things for me. If I could do it myself, then I feel lazy, and if I can't do it I feel powerless. Spending unearned money to take care of things I don't need is not a fun idea for me.
Even owning a house hits me as extravagant, hitting me with countless repairs and little things that need attention. But overall houses "decay" slowly. Cars seem 10 times worse than houses for dependency and unpredictable and offensively large regular repair bills.
I imagine as a new energy crunch comes, we'll in some ways regain responsibilities for taking care of things - for repairing things now more conveniently trashed. On the other hand, it seems a good chance to simplify and consider the costs of a ROYAL lifestyle versus keeping things simple.
Lastly, I can see the art of being a good salesperson is to not let a person know how much time they are going to waste on maintaining their toys and tools. If they knew that, they might not buy as much.
Well, no great conclusions. Overall I think we all can benefit when each of us knows how to do a few things and perhaps there'll continue to be good people who like maintaining things. There is a satisfaction in it, as at least when it seems optional hobby. Maybe like exercise - good in moderation!
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