Dividing
requires trade-offs. Spending less on one thing doesn’t mean you want it less.
It means you have different priorities. Preference, urgency, consequences,
values, risks, relationships, responsibilities, and various other considerations
get taken into account. Or not. Often, we override the complexity and just make
a choice so we don’t get stuck in the middle like Buridan’s Donkey. This
unfortunate creature died of thirst and hunger, stuck half-way between water
and food. Building Capital is one of these choices. There are always things
worth spending money on now. Except Capital grows. Money spent doesn’t. I
favour fruit-focused spending. Be a custodian of the Forest (the Capital). Eat
(spend) part of what grows. Plant (reinvest) what remains. Custodians are in it
for the long-term. Consumers may just be consuming their future before it takes
form.
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