Enough
so when is enough really enough. so many of us are tired of scraping by. just making the rent. just paying the bills (sometimes a day, or a week, or a month late). just keeping food on the table. just getting by. so its not really that hard for us. the utilities dont turn off. noone bombs my neighboorhood. theres food in the store if i can find the money for it. I have plenty of all of the above. i have no children to feed. i have no loved ones to support. just me, and i require little. so when do i have enough? when does my consumer diet start? do i measure my portions? my tv is big enough, i dont need a new one. sure that bigger faster newer shinier one is ON SALE, CLEARANCE even. so that i can trade the sweat from my brow, for the sweat from anothers (well not so much a fair trade, more like a 90/10 split the guy who did the sweating probably makes 1/10th of what i do).
so the onus falls on me. i have to say "i have enough. i am content." Who among us is going to be the first to say "sure ive been here x years, but this time i Dont need a raise." What company is willing to say "Ok you turned down a raise so well create another job". When do we start the long slow crawl back into the positive and who is willing to make the personal sacrifice to start it?
Everyone wants to make a million dollars a year, but so many of us are scraping by not quite clearing 20k or less. sometimes more. sometimes none at all, lately. for every person who makes a million though 50 of us are out of a job. we Must ask ourselves, is it worth it, for my dream of consumerism to put 50 people i dont know out of a living? how many backs must i bruise to be truly happy?
So i've decided to stand alone or lead the charge, or just be some idiot out there in left field. Whatever you want to call it. Im content with what i have. Im not accepting any raises. Im not buy new things that i already have. Im working harder to do those little things that make the world better around me. Enough Is Enough, for me.
Who's with me?
so the onus falls on me. i have to say "i have enough. i am content." Who among us is going to be the first to say "sure ive been here x years, but this time i Dont need a raise." What company is willing to say "Ok you turned down a raise so well create another job". When do we start the long slow crawl back into the positive and who is willing to make the personal sacrifice to start it?
Everyone wants to make a million dollars a year, but so many of us are scraping by not quite clearing 20k or less. sometimes more. sometimes none at all, lately. for every person who makes a million though 50 of us are out of a job. we Must ask ourselves, is it worth it, for my dream of consumerism to put 50 people i dont know out of a living? how many backs must i bruise to be truly happy?
So i've decided to stand alone or lead the charge, or just be some idiot out there in left field. Whatever you want to call it. Im content with what i have. Im not accepting any raises. Im not buy new things that i already have. Im working harder to do those little things that make the world better around me. Enough Is Enough, for me.
Who's with me?