As a future tightwad, worry is your best friend. It provides a host of issues that will encourage saving, both directly and indirectly related to your finances. It's best to keep your worries all firmly entrenched within the realm of realism; a fear of monsters in your coin purse might work briefly, but it also invites needed and easy therapy as well as ridicule.
Some favorites:
Hypochondria. This one ought to be in every tightwad's repertoire. This can limit where you live, what you eat, what you wear, what you do, where you work, etc. Be warned, though, that it can backfire if not held at bay by other tightwad tendencies.
Unemployment. A great worry for those who are both employed (there is the possibility!) and unemployed (it's far too real!).
Anthropogenic global climate change. Lots of causes. Worldwide. Scientifically agreed upon. Devastating human and environmental potential. Scary. Scary. Terror.
Note 1: All of these have a component of personal responsibility. Asteroid is not on the list for a reason.
Note 2: An important complementary lesson to learning worry is learning to extrapolate. If you feel a twinge, not quite a pain, on your head, label it a brain tumour. If rationality creeps in, google "brain tumour" and "mad cow disease."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Tumor girl says ya spelled TUMOR wrong. -Nesh Metting
Post a Comment