apropos of nothing...

I seem to have two default setting s when it comes to acquiring needed items. The first and strongest is to wait till I can get it via Le Scrounge-- watch for it on a parkway as a freebie, get it from FreeCycle, etc. I find it very hard to waste anything, but not at all hard to discard, pass on/leave an item I can't use, or burn trash. And I do save stuff in good shape, or stuff I will rebuild soon (and I do remake it); but I do not accumulate trash or junk. I do sometimes acquire multiples of things (not all at once), because chances are I will be able to rotate in a better version, and/or send along one version better suited to the camper, thrift shop, or trash.

The other default is Buy Retail and Expensive. If I am going to pay cash money for something, it has to be GOOD because my defaults tell me I may have to use it for a long, long time before I can afford another one.

I like how these two settings work for me. I do NOT like that I seem to cling to the settings rather rigidly and unthinkingly. Perhaps the talking about it means the rigidity is on its way out-- that is often the case, with me.


But because of these two defaults, I can start and run a program on a dime, AND I can write for (and get, and use) Big Grant Bucks. In fact I am at my most creative when I am dealing with short resources, and I strongly prefer not to let money "run" my agenda.

~Susan