The only currency

2,772,480. Roughly the number of minutes I’ve already spent. Balance remaining: anywhere from 1 to 8,760,000. The bacon cheeseburger and fries I had for lunch likely cost me both 22 that I worked for $ and another 1,051,200 for the clogged arteries. Petting my kitty bought me back 2,62800 give or take a few.

Possessions hit the budget hard. Spend minutes working to buy stuff. Spend to purchase, maintain, replace. Some of my friends wonder I’m so happy with my tiny apartment. 74,880 a year keeps it clean and beautiful. I can squeeze out a few hundred more by suppressing my inner neat-freak a few times a year.

My biggest expense has been relationships. A few have brought me both joyous experience and memory – value multiplied. The empty ones have taken time far out of proportion to the actual minutes spent – a negative return on investment. Doesn’t stop me window shopping.

Enough introspection. I’ve spent 20 to write this and you’ve spent at least 2 to read it. Time to play with the kitty and get those minutes back.

~ by Surreal on March 15, 2007.