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FMF — COST
A Five Minute Friday Post
Every Friday I write for 5 minutes with a one word prompt.
Get ready…get set…GO!
The word cost brings to mind is money. The price of time is always a consideration at this time in my life.
One job I took many years ago had a larger salary than I had been previously receiving. What I didn’t know at the time of acceptance was the amount of extra hours that would be required on a day to day basis and also for traveling at least once a month. The insurance was terrible and expensive. There were no matching programs for investment opportunities. Due to the time factor I spent more money on eating out than groceries because there wasn’t time to cook.
There is emotional cost. I try to anticipate whether an activity or event will drain my energy or increase it. Sometimes I am wrong but it is an idea I never considered 5 years ago. This concept applies to friends and family as well. There are many people I have cut out of my life because the cost was too high to sustain.
There is the cost of other’s judgement of my actions. People do not understand my choices. If I am not close to them I know now I do not have to explain myself. I am the only one that lives inside my life, so most of the time this matters not to me. I do not talk to my family and people cannot fathom why. This means I will be spending the holidays with only my inner circle of family. There is also judgement of how I spend my time. I do not socialize much and rarely leave the house except for work and walks.
We all have currency. I chose to spend mine differently than most.
