Money

As a father of a young son I am always looking for ways to teach my son the lessons I have learned. I know, we are doomed to dispense bad advice on deaf ears...but we do it anyway. One of the things that never penetrated my thick skull, or at least didnt until recently, was saving money. Oh I dont regret not having saved. Well not a lot of regret. I have had a blast. But I think that it didnt penetrate because it was never presented to me in terms I understood. That and the series of McJobs I worked for a good part of my life didnt hold much pay or promise of a future. But the presentation was, I think, key.

Of course the financial wizards always say "Save 10% of every dime you make. Invest it. Over your lifetime you will come out ahead" But how to put that so a young man will really understand bone deep?

Then I ran across this bit ona web site I have forgotten the address to (and so cant give due credit) The author's father said something like:

"Son, in this world you got to have 'Fuck You Money' - 'Fuck You Money' is whe you have enough in the bank that on any given day you can march into the bosses office and say 'Fuck You' and be able to pay the bills until you find another job"


Wise man indeed. And to be able to convey the importance of that kind of freedom is priceless