How am I spiritual, you say? Well, I believe in the Almighty Dollar.

OR, alternately titled:

America is a Festering Greed Lair

I've had money on the brain recently. Looking at four years of college ahead of me is like looking at a looming string of bills and loans and debt, debt, debt. I have never liked or understood the idea of credit. I do not spend outside my means. I only buy something if I'm positive I have the finances to support it. So the idea of plunking down $32,000 a year scares me (and provokes my Socialist views.) I would much rather be living in a nation that supported furthering education more. I believe Government spending in this country is seriously flawed and grossly ill-placed, but that's another post.

It might also be good to mention that my mother has recently been on a big simple-living kick. It's been a bit of an adjustment, but it's obvious that it means a lot to Mom. We often talk about our mutual distaste for large corporations and insurance firms. We are both outraged by the anti-humanist and unjust treatment of the general populous. We both think that being money-hungry is a pretty dickish way to live life. However, she wants to live as cheaply as she can and I want to make enough to support my lifestyle. I don't have too expensive a lifestyle, I just want to make sure I have enough to pay for all the things I buy in life without using credit. So I'm not cheap or overspending, frugal or impulsive. I am scared of debt. I will spend money when I have it and be incredibly tight-fisted when I don't.

Playing house as my way to pay the bills has really made me think a lot about this kind of thing. Do other 19 year olds spend so much time thinking about their finances?

P.S. Did I mention I even invest my money in a small stock portfolio? I have thousands saved already. I am such a goddamn adult.