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Pagan savings challenge, week ten: hardships
This past week has been a tough one on the household budget. If money flows, then my household was at the top of a hill watching it flow down and away at an alarming rate. When money is leaving faster than it's arriving, it can lead to some interesting reactions . . . such as a stronger urge to spend what you've got, to stock up for bad times. Or to choke off the flow entirely and preserve what you've got, even though this will also likely stop the inward flow as well.
It's hard to save money when it feels like you don't have any.
On the other hand, it's a good week for this moneyworking Hellenist to continue saving anyway. Last week found me saving on Noumenia, and today is the eighth day of the Hellenic month, sacred to my patron Poseidon, who is the financial securer. I needed this reminder that money's flow cannot be stanched in one direction only, and that security should not be confused with stagnation.
I mastered my fear, and saved this week's portion. Will you?
My week ten savings: $55, 18% ($10) of which I added today.
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