Heaven knows our economy needs all the help it can get these days. The trouble is that too many are sitting around complaining about this sad state of affairs while bemoaning the fact there's nothing an ordinary citizen can do about it.
But, last weekend, our household experienced a small unexpected example of one person helping the economy.
The youngest Atkins Boy is a student and all of us know that students don't usually have a lot of extra money lying around. It is also known that frugality runs in the Atkins family. The definition of needs vs. wants has been well learned by every Atkins male for many generations. That doesn't mean that one is prohibited from enjoying luxuries now and then. Every Atkins male understands that luxuries have more value when they are chosen wisely and paid for by funds one already possesses. No luxury is worth lying awake at night, worrying about where the money will come from to pay for it.
We were recently treated to a demonstration of Greg's most recently acquired luxury. He and his dad spent a chilly Saturday installing the fancy air filter you see in the above picture. It's an air filter to end all air filters. It definitely falls into the category of want vs. need. After all, the old air filter was working just fine.
But, last weekend, our household experienced a small unexpected example of one person helping the economy.
The youngest Atkins Boy is a student and all of us know that students don't usually have a lot of extra money lying around. It is also known that frugality runs in the Atkins family. The definition of needs vs. wants has been well learned by every Atkins male for many generations. That doesn't mean that one is prohibited from enjoying luxuries now and then. Every Atkins male understands that luxuries have more value when they are chosen wisely and paid for by funds one already possesses. No luxury is worth lying awake at night, worrying about where the money will come from to pay for it.
We were recently treated to a demonstration of Greg's most recently acquired luxury. He and his dad spent a chilly Saturday installing the fancy air filter you see in the above picture. It's an air filter to end all air filters. It definitely falls into the category of want vs. need. After all, the old air filter was working just fine.
Then we realized that Greg was doing his part to help the economy. He had just purchased an air filter made in the USA, hopefully by legal residents. Its purpose is to make his engine run more efficiently, thus improving the environment, and he installed it in a Ford truck, also made in the USA.
Everyone should be so mindful of our economy while making purchases – it doesn't matter whether they are wants or needs. Choose wisely.
