So far, the recession seems to finally be clicking something in people's heads. Things that they/ we never seemed to be getting back then. Back then, we had the money, we spent it carelessly. And now...easier said than done.
As the year proceeds, its clear that the money end of the economy is not in the best shape. People seem to be noticing it too. People are losing jobs or getting paid less. People losing their homes. Things that we never saw coming. However, there is always the saying that the future always repeats itself.
That said, people or starting to get wise. They are spending less, buying things they need rather than what they don't need, and even then, they attempt to find the cheapest way to do that. Said task isn't easy. I know from experience and let me tell you, its tough. There is always the chance that one little penny could off set us so much that...Well we don't like to think about it. I say this because it had not been too long ago that my grandmother and I were in some kind of financial problem. I don't remember the problem, just her words and her defeated expression.
I had told her that we would get through it, that we always had. I guess I expected her to agree but she was silent, sitting in her seat of the car at a stop light. She sighed, not looking at me but answered in a tired tone.
"We won't always." She had said and it took me by surprise.
If anything, the one thing we avoided talking about in our house was the economy. Sure we listened to the news but we had gotten into the habit of dismissing it, pretending that we weren't part of that. That we were just on the outside looking in. It had been that way simply because we couldn't handle speaking of it. It was too hard and made both our moods sour. We would fight for days. I still worry about it but again, we attempt to distance ourselves from it.
Sometimes shopping can be fun. We don't do it often , but my grandmother is like me. Perhaps that's why. The money tends to burn a hole in our pockets. And yet, even though we spend all of it, we spend it wisely-To the best of our ability- on clothes that are a bit more cheap than say $74.95, when instead we could buy two pairs of pants, a scarf and a shirt and some other knickknacks with that money.
I guess you could say the fire in the world's pocket is dulling now to a warm heat just enough to let you know its there but also just enough to put in the back of your mind for later. I have no doubt that there are still people out there who spend money furiously and I also have no doubt that when the financial crises has dulled, the flame in the pockets of the people will relight its self and burn once again. Yet I could be wrong. I'd like to be proven wrong, but I won't be too disappointed if I'm proven right. Its just something that happens.
Life goes on.
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