the 2021 world

At the beginning of the year I was not working. At the end of the year, I am. I have an opportunity to change the way that I work. I see everything as a godsend. The death of my dad and the change of everything that has affected me, impacted my family and then the wider community and my country has put me, (and I am sure everyone else on the planet) into a place of contemplation and asking myself some new questions. Some answers are simple. We are now living with covid-19. I can work in a covid-19 world. I have options to work even better in a covid-19 world. An issue that never goes away is taking care of mind and body. It is about how do I manage if I were to lose my family all at once, or become ill and have to pay bills for it? Or could I take care of the house and unexpected expenses? Could I do it? None of that has changed at all. Money is always, always a divider to decisions being made now or put off or a constant scraping, collecting and turn-over. So what is there to do? For starters, panicking is not an action that is helpful What can you do? YOu have to put one foot in front of the other. You have to have a plan. You have to do your best to somehow manage. You read articles by economists who tell you to save money by not eating in restaurants and making your own coffee instead of buying Starbucks. But I would say that for so many people, they already do that and they also find themselves looking in their couches hoping to find a rolled up hundred dollar bill. Trying to balance between needs and wants is a constant. I am finding that I cannot afford to be poor, but poverty can afford to spend time with me. Lol. The constant waiting to have the money to do things to keep healthy enough to make money to get things! Sheesh! Then, your cash poor, but you live and you are around family who are wealthy...so no one thinks that you need anything...your family is rich motif! You know that you are lucky, and you have options and you are doing your best, but even for you, the money is just not coming in fast enough, and that latte, come on, you want a moment to treat yourself because of all the pressure! Life is so funny. What I am writing about is not unknown to all of us. What do we do? What to do? I was looking at an excellent documentary about Donald Trump and Joseph Biden. I was struck by America, as I would consider the narrator for this argument...America, honored and practically worshipped a Donald Trump. He could do no wrong. His wealth was uber seductive. Then you see that Joseph Biden deeply admired John F Kennedy and hos achilles heel is his desire to emulate those he has admored who have had wealth and power. Is Wealth the problem? Is power? Is wealth YOU? Without money are you really living?