I’ve been thinking about likely needing to get 2 new cars within the next few (probably less than 3) years. This morning I was thinking about that as $40,000 that I definitely won’t have. Then I thought about the fact that I can expect to keep working for at least 20 more years but for at least half that time I can expect to barely be making ends meet (contingent not not having any unexpected expenses like car repairs). On the other hand a few hundred dollars a month extra would make us financially comfortable and able to do things like travel. Then I realized that if Laura worked an entry level part time job for those 20 years we would have an extra $200,000 to make our lives more comfortable for 2 decades and beyond.
Tonight I told Laura that she should start thinking about getting a job to make it easier to afford things like replacement cars and other comforts. As I expected she wasn’t keen on the idea. She immediately started trying to justify how much she is doing and how much more she thinks she’s on the cusp of doing. The reality is that she does little things in small spurts and she has talked about being on the cusp of a breakthrough for years now, especially every time I say anything to suggest that she hasn’t made much progress.
The end of the conversation tonight was her suggesting that we should pray “over our flocks and herds” for more money/financial stability. That’s fine but she doesn’t even acknowledge that there’s already an obvious path to answer those prayers. Even if we didn’t have a financial need she needs something to fill her life so she feels useful and feels like she doesn’t need to hide from society for lack of having anything to talk about.
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