smash and grab

there's only so much saving that i can do.

money is potential happiness in the same way that love handles are stored energy. if the potential is not converted into the actual, it just sits around taking up space and causing stress, becoming harder and harder to metabolize.

it's one thing to save for a rainy day, but death may come tomorrow, so there must be a balance between prudent self-denial and prudent self-indulgence.

indulgence of another can also be self-indulgence, yes?

self-indulgence is not limited to toys: it extends to education, travel, acquisition of knowledge, self-improvement.

food, of course.

naturally, prudence suggests that this attitude is only viable in the presence of respectable savings.

end of philosophical-financial exposition for today ;)