its all in the raising
when you go off to college and rub elbows with folks that
may be a little more affluent than you, whose trip to college did not include 3
cars and grandpa's trailer, maybe they flew in from parts around the country
and at the end of the semester instead of moving all of
their accumulated stuff home, they just leave said stuff on campus
and say the campus has a designated area for this stuff,
a.k.a. the trash room
and if you were raised by taking advantage of sales and
thrift store finds, you might find the trash room intriguing
and say you are moving into a bigger dorm room this year and
need a few things, so you make a list to go to Target, but before you go, you
stop by the trash room and score a few nice finds…
not dumpster diving, but repurposing, reusing, saving stuff
from the landfill and all, but more importantly not spending the $$ in your college fund
because you don't have rich parents who are funding your four years of fun and partying, you work for your supper literally, you get a job for the summer and you have your summer paycheck go directly into your college savings fund because you know you will need it later for food or housing or gas
because you don't have rich parents who are funding your four years of fun and partying, you work for your supper literally, you get a job for the summer and you have your summer paycheck go directly into your college savings fund because you know you will need it later for food or housing or gas
when you earned the privilege of being there by way of your awesome ACT scores and earning a 4 year tuition scholarship and you continue to earn more
scholarships along the way to pay for housing and food by sending in hundreds of scholarship applications and
writing hundreds of essays because you know nothing is free
so when on your way to Target you walk by the trash room
and see some perfectly good dorm furniture, you think, yes! Check this off my
shopping list! Maybe a few free things do come along from time to time
actually you might get it honestly ... it is not unlike the story of your grandpa Buddy who would rescue discarded lawn mowers parked on the curb waiting for the garbage truck and take them home, maybe using pieces and parts from more than one to cobble a mower together to mow the neighbors' grass for spending money
actually you might get it honestly ... it is not unlike the story of your grandpa Buddy who would rescue discarded lawn mowers parked on the curb waiting for the garbage truck and take them home, maybe using pieces and parts from more than one to cobble a mower together to mow the neighbors' grass for spending money
it is about frugality and character and work ethic, but
really it is all about the raising
