{"id":180,"date":"2021-03-01T04:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T04:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=180"},"modified":"2021-03-01T23:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T23:06:49","slug":"money-mass-as-in-accumulation-or-tumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Money = Mass, as in accumulation. Or tumor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shocking confession:  I don\u2019t have savings. {Matt. 25:3<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Half does, and keeps the family afloat with all that fiscal responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me?  Heh.  Just reaping the benefits of marrying a better person.  Hypergamy of the spirit.  Heh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Lynn Richardson, one of the intersphere\u2019s financial gurus, discusses the concept \u201cpaycheck to paycheck,\u201d and she explains that if you can stretch your paychecks to cover the periods in-between, you\u2019re doing pretty good.  Still awful, but better than most. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before she got a handle on her monkey she confessed she was living \u201cpaycheck to Monday\u201d \u2013 paid on Friday, broke by Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got that beat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not \u201cpaycheck-to-paycheck,\u201d nor am I \u201cpaycheck-to-Monday,\u201d as so aptly described \u2026 no, I \u2013 a-hem \u2013 maintain the lofty position of [drumroll please<\/em>] \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPaycheck to parking lot,\u201d meaning the money represented in that check has been distributed to others before I can even leave the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradigm shift:  I used to not care, and still don\u2019t BUT! shortly after embarking upon the quest to tame & train my monkey, I realized that \u2026 by just following one simple step (to wit: stop spending) there occurs an elusive \u2026 foreignity, something I have never seen before, something I find almost \u2026 alien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Money \u2026 at the end of the month \u2026 before the deposit of payroll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How strange.  It\u2019s almost as if \u2026 not spending \u2026 means \u2026 there is money \u2026 that is \u2026 not \u2026 spent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

aHA!hohwow \u2026 uh-MAY-zing \u2026 Mind.  Blown.  Mouth.  Dropped.  Eyes.  Googly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well wouldja look at that!  How \u2026 unexpected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My debt monkey hasn\u2019t eaten in a bit, not sure exactly when last, but I have discovered my furry smelly simian survives just fine by ignoring it for a bit, and just tossing it the required banana on schedule when it does need to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mentioned earlier that working with the Credit Circus (\u00e0 la getting those creditors back to happy) is a step to taming the monkey.  Stopping the spend and massing the money means the monkey misses some meals but HEY! \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I could get into the … \u201cswing\u201d of this \u2026 bwaHAHAHAHAHA!OKI’llstop  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the reality of it is … although there is now money = mass (as in accumulation) in that ol’ bank account, that mass belongs to the Credit Circus … already used it … nahHA! … spent that like, oh, elebenty-hunnert days ago, and now …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gotta catch up. BUT! money = mass (as in accumulation) lets me do just that. And it all started with that perfectly easy first step …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

asking GOD! for help, and being ready when He sends it …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOD! … is … hhhaaawww-sssuuuummm<\/em> … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shocking confession:  I don\u2019t have savings. {Matt. 25:3} But Half does, and keeps the family afloat with all that fiscal responsibility. Me?  Heh.  Just reaping the benefits of marrying a better person.  Hypergamy of the spirit.  Heh. Dr. Lynn Richardson, one of the intersphere\u2019s financial gurus, discusses the concept \u201cpaycheck to paycheck,\u201d and she explains that … <\/p>\n

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