‘Miscellany’ Archives
September 2021
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Are You Letting Expenses Rise to Meet Income?
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA I once heard the phrase: Expenses rise to meet income. "Not me!" I thought. But, to be honest, even a pathologically frugal person like me lets expenses rise with income. Case in point: For most of my life (we”™re talking quite a few decades) I watched broadcast television and library videos on hand-me-down TVs. Cable was not in the budget as a single parent. After my nest emptied and I had only myself to support, I envied friends and the great stuff they were watching on internet streaming sites. So, I started to pay for streaming. But, because my TV was so old and dated, I had to move off the couch in the living room to a hard chair in front of the computer screen to watch streaming video. I was okay with that, but my cat was not. We had a lot of disagreements about what was comfortable and what wasn”™t. So I finally paid money for a new TV for the first time in my life. (Don”™t worry - I didn”™t completely [...]
