Why does tightwaddery matter to me?
#1) As a single parent, I don't have the luxury of a two income household. So many of the financial advise columns and articles I read assume that you're middle class and two income. What about the rest of us?
#2) I'm older now and I have goals in life I want to reach. Most of my past financial goals were "eat and pay the bills". I want more out of life than that. I have few investments because of this hand-to-mouth past, and that's gotta change in these economic times. I'm pushing 40 and the last 20 years of my financial life have been wasted. The next 20 have to make up for it.
#3) Upcoming economic times. They're threatening a recession, and if it happens, America is in for a world of hurt. My current income is pretty secure, but with inflation and the rising cost of living, the budget is only going to get tighter.
#4) I watch my friends fail ... and I feel like there is little I can do to help them. Some of them ask me just to listen to their woes, some of them ask me for advise.. some of them are so clueless they have no idea where to start. I try to be supportive, but dayum--- I also just feel like choking them to death. There are times I need to vent.. and vent bad. Hope someone benefits from it.
#5) I've often used tightwaddery to survive, but I want to use tightwaddery for goods that match my religion and politics now. I've gone for years without or purchasing second hand thrift store goods. For some things, I wanna trade up. I now want organic food, I want organic clothing (silks, wools and cottons) and I want Fair Trade goods. Time to put my Pagan money where my Pagan mouth is. I'll never give up thrift stores and avoiding Walmart... but I do want to invest in local economies.
#6) I just love socioeconomics and sociology. Besides my classes in art, I loved sociology the most. Social constructs, institutions and social problems facinate me. I took one class called "social problems" that was about nothing but poverty, urban crime, drug use, lack of education, lack of healthcare and such. It really prepared me a lot for working with Title I students, more than any of the student psychology classes could have. Tightwaddery isn't just about YOUR dollar and what you do with it.. it's about your world and the construct you're stuck in.
Aggie
#2) I'm older now and I have goals in life I want to reach. Most of my past financial goals were "eat and pay the bills". I want more out of life than that. I have few investments because of this hand-to-mouth past, and that's gotta change in these economic times. I'm pushing 40 and the last 20 years of my financial life have been wasted. The next 20 have to make up for it.
#3) Upcoming economic times. They're threatening a recession, and if it happens, America is in for a world of hurt. My current income is pretty secure, but with inflation and the rising cost of living, the budget is only going to get tighter.
#4) I watch my friends fail ... and I feel like there is little I can do to help them. Some of them ask me just to listen to their woes, some of them ask me for advise.. some of them are so clueless they have no idea where to start. I try to be supportive, but dayum--- I also just feel like choking them to death. There are times I need to vent.. and vent bad. Hope someone benefits from it.
#5) I've often used tightwaddery to survive, but I want to use tightwaddery for goods that match my religion and politics now. I've gone for years without or purchasing second hand thrift store goods. For some things, I wanna trade up. I now want organic food, I want organic clothing (silks, wools and cottons) and I want Fair Trade goods. Time to put my Pagan money where my Pagan mouth is. I'll never give up thrift stores and avoiding Walmart... but I do want to invest in local economies.
#6) I just love socioeconomics and sociology. Besides my classes in art, I loved sociology the most. Social constructs, institutions and social problems facinate me. I took one class called "social problems" that was about nothing but poverty, urban crime, drug use, lack of education, lack of healthcare and such. It really prepared me a lot for working with Title I students, more than any of the student psychology classes could have. Tightwaddery isn't just about YOUR dollar and what you do with it.. it's about your world and the construct you're stuck in.
Aggie
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