I have read a lot on AR these days and heard more in other places about the "good old days". Well, if you haven't figured it out on your own, then let me be the first to explain to you that those days are gone. I don't remember penny candy and if you could buy a $20,000 house in my lifetime, then they call it a lot. That's the dirt pile that you build a home on in case you aren't familiar with the "scientific term".
I hear my parent talk about the "good old days" all the time. Here's the major problem with that mentality, they live in the same time that I do. It's called the present and the days when they could go to town with a dollar bill, see a movie, grab a burger, and go home with change are over. The time when you could go out and buy a home for next to nothing are gone as well. It's called relativity my friends, and you don't have to be Einstein to figure out the concept. The more money you make, the more money it takes. That's all you need to understand about relativity today.
You see while it is nice to look back at all the things you used to do and used to know, how far will that take you now? Ask business owners, because I can promise you that when it comes to making money, everyone know what works. They don't dwell on what used to work, only what gets them by in the here and now. However, what it costs to live these days is suddenly a huge concern. Ask an elder what they paid for their home or a head of lettuce. The first thing that will cross your mind is that you wish either one cost that today. But again, relativity, because your elders didn't make as much money then as you do now.
I admire the past, I am huge student of history myself. However, I am an even larger fan of acceptance and sometimes you have to except the fact the times have changed. My father argued with me to no end that the house he grew up in was worth no more than $70,000 at the most. This was three years ago and the home sold for $279,000. It's a 4,500 square foot home on Main Street with over a half acre lot. When my Grandparents bought it, they paid $18,000 for the home. It's all relative. Of course, my Dad tells me all the time about how he used to go to town with a dollar...........
Don't get me wrong, I wish it was a perfect world as well. I wish I could make what I do now in wages and pay what you did then in prices. But then again, I bet we all do. But it never has and it never will work that way and at some point you have to accept this crazy little thing called reality. It's not fun, it's not free, but it's just the way it is these days.
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