Sometimes when I start feeling crappy about how little money I have, I like to do a little bit of time traveling.
Although it would be really cool if I could literally go back in time (to a period when I could undo the purchase of an ill-advised pair of shoes, or not have "repairs" done to my car which fixed nothing), I can't actually do that.
So, what I do instead is to think about my bank account balance in terms of history. As in, equate the number of dollars I have with a certain time period and think about what life would be like during those years.
For Instance:
$1610 (After I get paid).
"Oh cool, we're just about in the Enlightenment right now....Chillin' with Sir Isaac, listening to some serious baroque shit. Life is definitely improving up in this piece."
~but then~
$1335 (After I pay for food, gas, phone, insurance and the Internet/electricity bills)
"OK, so we're in the Middle Ages...Not the best place to be, but I think we can sneak out of here without the Bubonic Plague doing us in. It's almost over."
~Aaaand finally~
$500 (after I pay for rent and a random horrible thing that always seems to crop up...)
"Well, there's no doubt about it, this time period sucks...The world is pretty barbaric, and if I wasn't raped and/or killed I probably would have died of old age about a year ago. But hey....pretty soon there will be lots of Vikings!"
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Although this bizarre practice doesn't increase the amount of money I have at all, it does give me a way to exercise my knowledge of social studies. In turn, this allows me to secretly maintain a false sense of superiority over others who can actually afford to buy steak and subscribe to premium HBO channels.
Although it would be really cool if I could literally go back in time (to a period when I could undo the purchase of an ill-advised pair of shoes, or not have "repairs" done to my car which fixed nothing), I can't actually do that.
So, what I do instead is to think about my bank account balance in terms of history. As in, equate the number of dollars I have with a certain time period and think about what life would be like during those years.
For Instance:
$1610 (After I get paid).
"Oh cool, we're just about in the Enlightenment right now....Chillin' with Sir Isaac, listening to some serious baroque shit. Life is definitely improving up in this piece."
~but then~
$1335 (After I pay for food, gas, phone, insurance and the Internet/electricity bills)
"OK, so we're in the Middle Ages...Not the best place to be, but I think we can sneak out of here without the Bubonic Plague doing us in. It's almost over."
~Aaaand finally~
$500 (after I pay for rent and a random horrible thing that always seems to crop up...)
"Well, there's no doubt about it, this time period sucks...The world is pretty barbaric, and if I wasn't raped and/or killed I probably would have died of old age about a year ago. But hey....pretty soon there will be lots of Vikings!"
*************************
Although this bizarre practice doesn't increase the amount of money I have at all, it does give me a way to exercise my knowledge of social studies. In turn, this allows me to secretly maintain a false sense of superiority over others who can actually afford to buy steak and subscribe to premium HBO channels.
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