Until Debt Do Us Part

Our immediate gratification, consumption-driven culture never ceases to amaze me.

Apparently, somebody has statistics to show that a good marriage is built on a solid foundation of debt. Oh, and they are in the loan business.

"Big hat, no cattle" is a scenario for a doomed marriage.

Conroyisms – Part 6

• You can never save enough on a want to rationalize the purchase on price alone.

• What does the early bird do with all of those worms?

• Happiness takes effort and without effort the default is misery.

• Isolation and apathy are poor substitutes for contentment.

• When making plans the best tactic is to be flexible.

• If a task is not worth a 100% effort then give it none.

• Proficiency at prioritization is a prerequisite for progress.

• When in doubt use logic instead of emotion.

• Faith can be more powerful than logic but it comes with a price.

• Show me a broke person and I’ll show you a person without a life plan that has poor budgeting skills and a victim’s mentality.

• Our ability to rationalize a poor decision is both a virtue and a curse.