gratitude

Let things go

Posted 23 weeks 5 days ago by Philip Brewer

General Tips, Health and Beauty

Unfinished monument above Edinburgh

Two of the unhappiest people I ever knew lived in the apartment below mine when I lived for two years in Salt Lake City. They acted as on-site managers--collected rent checks in exchange for a break on their own rent. I didn't have any real visibility into their financial situation; they seemed to be getting by, but at a pretty low standard of living. Like many unhappy people, though, they had a well-worn story of woe. They told it to me the very first time we met.

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When poor folks have better crap than you

Posted 34 weeks 5 days ago by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Lifestyle

Some stuff I've got

Every notice how upset people get, when someone poorer than them has better crap? I'm talking about the guy agonizing over whether to spring for a 32-inch flat screen who finds out that his poorer neighbor has come home with a 42-inch one. It's bad enough trying to keep up with the Jones; when you have trouble keeping up with the guy living on the wrong side of the tracks, it's a source of constant aggravation.

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