As an artist, being thrifty is a way of life for me. The daily juggle of needs versus wants is an ongoing struggle.
Our country's current economic downtown has many people who previously spent wantonly scrambling to learn how to be frugal as gas prices nudge towards $4 a gal.
Who knew that being thrifty would become so nifty?!
Nothing new for me, learning to live within one's income is, I believe, a good lesson for everyone especially Americans who have become so accustomed to "buying things" just because we can.
But in this new world order, more people are hyper-aware of conserving every energy source. If that's an unfortunate result of current world politics, it's a worthy outcome for we have become a bloated nation.
Not used to waiting for any thing, we are bloated on consumption of fast food, fast cars and fast results. Perhaps the belt tightening on every one's part will make for a 'greener', more aware populace.
One can hope.
