Friday, May 16, 2008

It Pays to Think Big

While strolling on the beach today, I met a "squatter" who is literally living in a hole in the ground. His home is a small cave dug into a hillside, furnished with scraps of discarded pallet wood and rusty sheet metal. He proudly informed me that by living this way he is saving $700.00 a month.
I accused him of thinking small. Why not move down to Seattle and live in a hole in the ground there? Given the high cost of apartments in that town, he could probably find a neighborhood to not live in that would save him $1500.00 a month. Why not save some real money?
Usually I don't like to give out advice, but it has always disturbed me to see someone not living up to his full potential.

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