I live a pretty darn privileged life, in both senses of the word. Let’s focus on the financial privilege for a moment, shall we? The Frugalwoods wrote an excellent piece about privilege, if you have a few minutes to go read. I’m not sure about you, but my spending habits have changed as I’ve aged. […]
Modern Day “Needs”, which Really Aren’t
At what point does something go from being a want, to being a need? For most of us in North America (or other parts of the Global North… poor Australia and New Zealand, always left out of the monikers), we are well above the bottom of Maslow’s Hierarchy. (And no, the picture making its rounds […]