The Economy Sucks….We Get It Already!!!

I’m not stupid.

And…you are not stupid.

I am assuming though, that the media thinks we are. Like we’re super slow at grasping concepts. Or that we need weird adjectives….or many adjectives to help us make sense of the vast volume and density of despair that the American economy is in.

Yes people are losing their jobs.
Companies are closing….laying people off.
Home sales are in the toilet…..
Home values have already been flushed down the toilet.
Major players are asking for bail-outs.

This is not lost on me. It is not lost on you.
I’m not even going to watch the news anymore. And this is not a “stick my head in the sand” and ignore the problem attitude. It’s more…that I want to hold on to the last bit of hope, faith and happiness that I have.

Beating people over the head with bad news is not a solution. Why doesn’t the news spend time finding out who is hiring and announce that on their program??? Why not announce how people can volunteer and how we can save money? And I mean REAL advice. Not some pompous, puffed up, wealthy fru-fru spewing their blah blah. 

Lets get some REAL people on NEWS!

I refuse to just lay down in this bed of dreary. I WILL get up in the morning and I WILL feel blessed. Blessed for the day, for my health, for milk and bread in the fridge. (And coffee!)

Part of the whole economy mess falls squarely on us… 
Yes…it does.
We spend too much on stupid stuff. Things we don’t “really” need.
We use credit cards. Credit cards are never good. Never.
They suck. 
They are like leaches….sucking you for everything.
Don’t use them.

Simplfying is going to become a fine honed skill for many.
Me included.
And that’s not a bad thing. 

But I’ll be damned if I’m gonna just be told over and over again that the world in falling apart and that the skies are gray and that the future holds nothing but the cold wind of a depression brewing. 

This is MY life. My soul. My family.
And as long as we have each other – it’s a day filled with promise.

I don’t live in a mansion, I don’t drive a Lexus, BMW or Mercedes, I don’t wear fancy clothes….and I certainly don’t make oodles of money – but I am rich. A rich that the economy can’t touch.

So….to the media….
I am not stupid. I will not be broken by your constant negativity. 

I am rich with non-material things and I am rich with this day before me.
I am rich with the love of my husband, who is my best friend. I am rich with good kids, happy kids.
I am rich with dear friends, wonderful parents and family. 

I’m wealthy with or without a “bad” economy.
So take your chicken little dance somewhere else!

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