I recognized and called myself out today on having an attitude of scarcity, and not abundance. All of my attention going into the perceived need to avoid losing a $97 credit on Southwest by forcing a trip to nowhere I wanted to go at a cost of more money needed to get there and do things felt somewhat insane. If there really were some reasonable justification, maybe it would be worth leveraging, but there simply is not. The term "sunk cost" comes to mind as does a recognition of all of the ways we have managed to manage our living expenses without an income beyond my social security. As our day began I pushed myself and Jen to get up and out. We walked the creek trail from oak meadow to LGRC and back, enjoying a cup of coffee and a good conversation around our aspirations and outlooks for the moment. We later enjoyed an impromptu dinner with friends at home. Life is good.
"By not quite accepting things that are so, because they don't please us, we spend our entire lives making meaningless gestures somewhere next door to reality." -Nan Shin
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