I've realied that I am envious, to a certain extent, of people with more money than me. I'd like to be able to go to Starbucks without thinking about it *and* go on a ski trip, too. I'd like to be able to hire someone to clean the house and not think twice about it. I'd like to be able to go out to the movies or a concert without having it feel like a big deal.
It's all about choices. I feel good about the choices DH and I have made as far as foregoing a second full-time income is concerned, but I'd be lying if I said I don't wish I had some of the trappings of the good life too.
What gets me the most is when someone has plenty of money *and* plenty of time to enjoy it too. I can console myself with trade-offs (I have time but not tons of extra money, they have money but not a lot of free time), but when someone seemingly has both? Sigh. I wouldn't, if I were still teaching or otherwise earning a paycheck outside of the home. Well, maybe with some jobs when you leave you really are done, no nights, no weekends. I don't know - I started teaching right out of college.
Confessions of envy
March 18th, 2005 at 07:06 pm
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Jacquelyn