that's how i felt as i did my walk today....grateful that i have a job, as i noticed that so many small businesses and other better known businesses, have closed their doors in down town Crows Nest...
i guess i have always felt immune (not because of any special powers) to the GFC's and recessions of recent times (and by recent, I mean any since I started work in 1991)....
not sure why? actually, that's not entirely true, i have some ideas:
- stable employment (except when I ran my business for 2 years)
- buffer (or as I used to call it, the fuck off fund!)
- living largely within my means (mortgage that isn't OTT in terms of affordability etc)
i guess i knew already that taking the job was right - it has felt right since day 1 to be honest, and that's usually a great sign for me....but this morning as i walked through the reasonably affluent Crows Nest, it hit me just how many people have been impacted by the GFC, the $Aus, both of which have meant people shop overseas and online...me included! not that i feel guilty, on the contrary - as a consumer I believe it's my right to hunt down the best deal for me, and it's unlikely I'm going to stop doing that....
but i was a bit sad and even started to think beyond the closed shop doors - what has happened to the people who ran these shops? to the people they employed in these shops? :-(
sooo, i feel grateful today - for my life, for my health, for my family, for my amazing friends (even though some have dropped off this year!), for my beautiful home, for my job and for having enough sense to have some tucked away for a rainy day!
very very grateful....thank you!
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