The saving $$ habit is almost completely formed. On a very regular basis, two seconds after I see my plastic savings jar beside my computer, I simply roll my chair over to the bookcase on the other side of my small den, take a buck out of the change bowl that sits beside my Speed Stick, roll back to my desk, and deposit $$ into the jar.
Why, if I live to be 100 I should end up with quite a stash. About $13,500!
It took me about two months to get into the ‘save a buck a day’ habit and realize that, of course, I’m merely saving for future coffee breaks. Good thing I chose to live small during my work years and contributed to a pension plan and two RRSPs.
'Tough times ahead': That’s why I now keep busy in the workshop and do a bit of freelance writing. And when the change dish runs dry, maybe I’ll learn how to sell a few things on kijiji. (Wanna buy an old coffee mug?)
'Tough times ahead': That’s why I now keep busy in the workshop and do a bit of freelance writing. And when the change dish runs dry, maybe I’ll learn how to sell a few things on kijiji. (Wanna buy an old coffee mug?)
Nobody else is going to pay for my coffee when I’m old and gray.
[Photos by G.Harrison]
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