Got a new Ikea catalog yesterday. It made me happy. Happy that I was NOT in the market for furniture. With luck – I’ll not be in the market for furniture anytime soon. Buying furniture does not make me happy. I still use the desk that I got when I was 10 years old. It was used then. Somehow or the other my Dad got it – it was actually a dressing table from the “officers” furniture stash. I guess it was some sort of midnight acquisition.
Much in the financial news about how regular folk just ain’t acquiring stuff like they used to. Hence, the markets are not doing as well as we investor folk might like. Is this really a bad thing? I think not. Maybe people will learn that 3 more tee-shirts for $10 does not improve the quality of life on the planet.
About teeth and winding life down. I am not ready for death. I’ll be pissed as hell when the time comes. I am sure there will be things left on my to do list for life. But I hope the things left are “want to do” not “should do” or “must do”. Statistically I have 10 or 15 years left. But, nobody is promised tomorrow – so, the “should do” and “must do” lists – need to be kept clean.