Unless you've been hiding under a rock,living on Mars,or both (though I still find it hard to believe),you have no doubt heard about the meltdown of global economies. Now if you,like me,watched the news wondering how this will affect the average man,then read on.
recession is a word that never existed in my vocab until all this talk about it. I hate talking about money,budgeting,or saving. Quite frankly,it depresses me. And I've never been good at math,so it's a subject I've all together purposefully ignored,until I read an article recently about the economy getting so bad that people can not even afford to get a divorce. Dang!
It's that bad y'all.
So what does it mean for people who live off paycheck to paycheck,spend thousands on trends and fads and have never saved a penny in their life? Well,quite simply,you're screwed.
Ok,It's not that bad...yet. Unless you don't have a job,then we can start saving every little cent/penny/kroner/rand/lira. I am no financial expert. I have a lifestyle invested on spending,spending and more spending. I have items of clothing stacked in my wardrobe I have purchased but never worn. Shoes that I spent hundreds on and never worn more than once,CD's,Vinyl records and hundreds of accessories,some of which I don't remember buying.
Anyway,all of this depressing money talk had me thinking as to when we as a society became more consumer driven and the big corporations determined our lifestyles. I just feel we don't have a sense of who we really are anymore. It's like we have to be told what to do,directly or indirectly,through advertising and marketing schemes.
This in turn has turned us into these debt-ridden and seemingly insecure beings who are clueless about quite alot. Now,I am guilty of being sucked into this trap,but its seems more and more people feel that to be accepted,you have to buy into this culture. Why do I need magazines,music videos and films telling me what I should wear?
I was reading a magazine article on how to land the man of your dreams! I mean its sooo ridiculous because magazines sell more copies when they include such bollocks and women are very quick to buy into this stuff. I mean heck,if that was the case,we'd all be in happy,healthy relationships. But the sad reality is it was probably written by a spinster who decided to make money off gullible innocent beings.
I have no time for such. Because of all of this,women have lost alot of self worth and identity and feel that to get the man of their 'dreams',they have to go out their way to be something they're not. I'm not one for playing games. Maybe that explains my single status,but I'd never compromise the person who I am,just to get a man. Take it or leave it. I refuse to sit by a bar and run my finger around a martini glance while subtlety staring at a man who I happen to be attracted to while biting at tooth picked olive in a sexually suggestive way. I refuse to.
I'm old school. If someone likes me or I like them,I'm upfront. I don't need a magazine,movies,or books to tell me how i should 'approach' them likes its some science. It's about as ridiculous as a Glamour magazine article that said get any man to propose by being a person who is 'different' from who you normally are. Case in point:
If you've been dating someone for a long time and you want them to propose,don't mention babies,marriage..it drives them away. Why would you want to deceive someone into marrying you? Hence why 1 in every 2 marriages end in divorce.
I mean it's gotten so out of hand and these big corporations know this that these days its rare to watch a movie without product placement being included. I happened to be watching a bootleg version of 'The Women' a few weeks ago and couldn't help but notice the amount of Dove products in the film.
it's great that Dove have the 'Real Beauty' campaign,but at the end of the day,they're out to make money off gullible people and it's just another marketing strategy to get consumers to buy their products. It's like the whole who-ha in magazine land of including 'average sized' women in their glossies,but the mag still contains at least 70% of the anorexic models.
Now,what's a girl to do? If all of this is being shoved in your face,you have no choice but to go with herd. Being different ain't as cool as it used to be. this is true. Anyone else who tells you so,is lying,to make you and themselves feel better about not being as skinny as the chick in the magazines,and internally are struggling with their own insecurities. Maybe I'm wrong,I doubt it though...because if I was,the world wouldn't be in the state its in.
What say you??
On that note,I can't help you with your finances,but go see your bank people,check out some useful websites,and educate yourself on the recession and the the impact it may have on you.
The more you know....
Santi
recession is a word that never existed in my vocab until all this talk about it. I hate talking about money,budgeting,or saving. Quite frankly,it depresses me. And I've never been good at math,so it's a subject I've all together purposefully ignored,until I read an article recently about the economy getting so bad that people can not even afford to get a divorce. Dang!
It's that bad y'all.
So what does it mean for people who live off paycheck to paycheck,spend thousands on trends and fads and have never saved a penny in their life? Well,quite simply,you're screwed.
Ok,It's not that bad...yet. Unless you don't have a job,then we can start saving every little cent/penny/kroner/rand/lira. I am no financial expert. I have a lifestyle invested on spending,spending and more spending. I have items of clothing stacked in my wardrobe I have purchased but never worn. Shoes that I spent hundreds on and never worn more than once,CD's,Vinyl records and hundreds of accessories,some of which I don't remember buying.
Anyway,all of this depressing money talk had me thinking as to when we as a society became more consumer driven and the big corporations determined our lifestyles. I just feel we don't have a sense of who we really are anymore. It's like we have to be told what to do,directly or indirectly,through advertising and marketing schemes.
This in turn has turned us into these debt-ridden and seemingly insecure beings who are clueless about quite alot. Now,I am guilty of being sucked into this trap,but its seems more and more people feel that to be accepted,you have to buy into this culture. Why do I need magazines,music videos and films telling me what I should wear?
I was reading a magazine article on how to land the man of your dreams! I mean its sooo ridiculous because magazines sell more copies when they include such bollocks and women are very quick to buy into this stuff. I mean heck,if that was the case,we'd all be in happy,healthy relationships. But the sad reality is it was probably written by a spinster who decided to make money off gullible innocent beings.
I have no time for such. Because of all of this,women have lost alot of self worth and identity and feel that to get the man of their 'dreams',they have to go out their way to be something they're not. I'm not one for playing games. Maybe that explains my single status,but I'd never compromise the person who I am,just to get a man. Take it or leave it. I refuse to sit by a bar and run my finger around a martini glance while subtlety staring at a man who I happen to be attracted to while biting at tooth picked olive in a sexually suggestive way. I refuse to.
I'm old school. If someone likes me or I like them,I'm upfront. I don't need a magazine,movies,or books to tell me how i should 'approach' them likes its some science. It's about as ridiculous as a Glamour magazine article that said get any man to propose by being a person who is 'different' from who you normally are. Case in point:
If you've been dating someone for a long time and you want them to propose,don't mention babies,marriage..it drives them away. Why would you want to deceive someone into marrying you? Hence why 1 in every 2 marriages end in divorce.
I mean it's gotten so out of hand and these big corporations know this that these days its rare to watch a movie without product placement being included. I happened to be watching a bootleg version of 'The Women' a few weeks ago and couldn't help but notice the amount of Dove products in the film.
it's great that Dove have the 'Real Beauty' campaign,but at the end of the day,they're out to make money off gullible people and it's just another marketing strategy to get consumers to buy their products. It's like the whole who-ha in magazine land of including 'average sized' women in their glossies,but the mag still contains at least 70% of the anorexic models.
Now,what's a girl to do? If all of this is being shoved in your face,you have no choice but to go with herd. Being different ain't as cool as it used to be. this is true. Anyone else who tells you so,is lying,to make you and themselves feel better about not being as skinny as the chick in the magazines,and internally are struggling with their own insecurities. Maybe I'm wrong,I doubt it though...because if I was,the world wouldn't be in the state its in.
What say you??
On that note,I can't help you with your finances,but go see your bank people,check out some useful websites,and educate yourself on the recession and the the impact it may have on you.
The more you know....
Santi
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