Savvy finance
Reading Dorothea's description of her attitude towards personal finances made me remember my own sad and depleted coffers. I am an Economist, with capital E, but somehow I missed the part where it said"do not indulge". Every time I go close to a bookstore, boom, the latest best seller, or a management book, or a couple amgazines. All in all, though, it has gotten better: I used to splurge in things such as an Indian cotton hand dyed cover for my bed, or Japanese designed plates, or Norwegian glasses.
All of those are now in a box, somewhere in Colombia, while I do well here in the USA. Funny how an unexpected relocation would throw a light on the superfluousness of material posessions.
Not that I am doing particularly well - my salary must double before I even consider it enough, and I need to get medical insurance (Even driving to work seems like a Russian roulette), but those are all things that I will get thisnweek or next. Except for the double salary thing. That will have to wait a little bit longer.