Comments on: Not What You Want http://www.parkeladd.com/2009/08/26/not-what-you-want/ Rediscover Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:38:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Parke Ladd http://www.parkeladd.com/2009/08/26/not-what-you-want/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Parke Ladd Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:21:50 +0000 http://www.parkeladd.com/?p=1532#comment-243 Good point. I'm not sure if the tides have turned for good either. I'm not even sure if the turn really happened at all or if it was something we did simply out of necessity alone--a sort of temporary facade put up to survive. We shall see. Either way, I've begun finding importance in defining what it is that I don't want to be involved in or categorized by as well as what I do want to be categorized by. Seeing both sides of the coin so to say, or recognizing that my decisions many times have deeper consequences than what I usually choose to think about. This has changed the way, to some degree, I make decisions. Good point. I’m not sure if the tides have turned for good either. I’m not even sure if the turn really happened at all or if it was something we did simply out of necessity alone–a sort of temporary facade put up to survive. We shall see. Either way, I’ve begun finding importance in defining what it is that I don’t want to be involved in or categorized by as well as what I do want to be categorized by. Seeing both sides of the coin so to say, or recognizing that my decisions many times have deeper consequences than what I usually choose to think about. This has changed the way, to some degree, I make decisions.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.parkeladd.com/2009/08/26/not-what-you-want/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Andrew Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:44:48 +0000 http://www.parkeladd.com/?p=1532#comment-241 It's interesting that after the early start of this recession, as savings rates started to climb from their earlier point (disgustingly negative), many reporters were quick to say that this will start a completley new mindset for our generation. I'm not so quick to proclaim that the era of high-spending is over for good. The corrections now are not corrections out of desire, but are out of necessity. If, once this economy begins to turn the corner, we continue those trends, then maybe we will have seen the generational tide turn for good. It’s interesting that after the early start of this recession, as savings rates started to climb from their earlier point (disgustingly negative), many reporters were quick to say that this will start a completley new mindset for our generation.

I’m not so quick to proclaim that the era of high-spending is over for good. The corrections now are not corrections out of desire, but are out of necessity. If, once this economy begins to turn the corner, we continue those trends, then maybe we will have seen the generational tide turn for good.

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