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Another Pleasant Valley Sunday

June 11th, 2006 at 11:29 pm

I was getting a headache at the local cafe, with the buzz and muted roar of the big screen TV showing NASCAR, the merry chatter of the Firefly TV show fans at the table behind me, and reading the NYT Magazine issue on Debt (Shudder!). It was almost enough to bring me down. I needed the hugs of my gentlemen (master and mister) to set me right. Receiving a kind blog comment on my writing style let my heart soar for a while too.

First -- to vanquish the grey slothmonster of depression one must own up to responsibility and plan for greater control of one's life, recognize one has choices. This is better than Prozac or Zoloft or Wellbutrin. I take responsibility for my family's finances. We're not terribly in the hole, we make mistakes, but it is hoped these errors are small and not fatal.

URL: Drowning in Debt -- AmericanProgress.org site

I take responsibility for the environment being as bad as it is. I'm growing roses instead of vegetables. I have the dryer on for the sheets, because I'm going out soon and I KNOW my spouse won't consider drying the sheets or replacing them on the bed until 10:30 pm, when I come home.

What am I doing to make things better? Charting my finances. Meal planning. Making more vegetarian meals. Putting some clothes up to dry on the indoor clothesline. Using the scooter instead of the car for running errands, or walking if I can help it.

My kid gets the debt problem implicitly: he's an American (depends on how I view him -- he's actually a dual citizen), and he gives me, the foreigner, money. Just like Americans give foreigners interest on debt payments. If I view him as a Canadian he's volunteering his money to me so I can pay down the debt, like the taxpayer/government model.

What can I control? With whom I choose to consort. The food supply. My education. My reading. Entertainment and miscellaneous costs. My wardrobe. My scooter. I would like to control my time and my schedule better. I would like to invest money to bring down energy costs. I can control when and how much to pay creditors.

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