Black and white thinking
Jun. 11th, 2010 01:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anansi133For many years now I've been aware of a flaw in my thinking around money: when budgeting for stuff, I either have enough money, or I don't have enough money. And the cutoff point between those places is usually a moment in time rather than a dollar amount.
Just now I noticed that I've been budgeting my time the same way. there's either ample time, or the deadline is arrived and passed.
There are more shades of grey with my time budgeting than my money: There are places where I'm pretty sure of myself in being able to time things appropriately. But for money, I pretty much assume that I will always be a dollar short.
So I begin to think maybe it's all about a starvation economy. If I *did* have a more nuanced idea about money and time, it would be a function of having enough slack in my system to be choiceful. Like the kid who must have a crumb of bread under his pillow before he can go to sleep, I don't trust that any of these resources will be available to me in the future.
If this observation is valid, i wonder how far it spreads in the larger world out there?
Just now I noticed that I've been budgeting my time the same way. there's either ample time, or the deadline is arrived and passed.
There are more shades of grey with my time budgeting than my money: There are places where I'm pretty sure of myself in being able to time things appropriately. But for money, I pretty much assume that I will always be a dollar short.
So I begin to think maybe it's all about a starvation economy. If I *did* have a more nuanced idea about money and time, it would be a function of having enough slack in my system to be choiceful. Like the kid who must have a crumb of bread under his pillow before he can go to sleep, I don't trust that any of these resources will be available to me in the future.
If this observation is valid, i wonder how far it spreads in the larger world out there?
