'Tis the Season
For depression and break-ups.
Monday was, apparently, the most depressing day of the year according to some sociologists. It always comes around during the third Monday in January—what with the cold and the dark and the holiday bills and the collapsed resolutions. This past Monday was MLK day, however, and a bunch of people didn’t even have to GO to work.
So I don’t know why the depressing day wasn’t Tuesday.
Since the holidays, two people at work have ended major relationships. One, a divorce, I just found out about yesterday. The other one was essentially a marriage, but not technically (10 years together, two kids). I suppose it makes it easier to end it, when it’s not official (legally easier, I mean, not emotionally).
So in the past few days I have gotten to hear two very irritated female co-workers on the phone with their exes, talking as if they’re trying to explain something to a small, petulant child.
Last year another co-worker ended a marriage around this time, and people on blogs I read always seem to be breaking up in January.
But there’s good news: the government might give everyone $300 or more, so bonus! For me, however, it’s going straight into either a) my savings account, or b) my bills that I pay anyway. I’m not sure that the economy is going to get much stimulation.
And isn’t it kind of sick that the stuff that financial advisors say we should do (save, don’t spend beyond our means) is actually BAD for our economy. The growth of our economy seems to be based on financially ruining everyone except the very rich. And the growth of my 401(k) depends on other people borrowing lots of money, living on credit, and running their finances into the ground.
Not to mention that housing starts are an important economic indicator. So if we’re not ruining the planet by erecting poorly constructed McMansions, the economy suffers.
This all seems very cannibalistic, and an extra poor long-term plan. I think we’re all screwed.
See also: The Moment of Truth
Monday was, apparently, the most depressing day of the year according to some sociologists. It always comes around during the third Monday in January—what with the cold and the dark and the holiday bills and the collapsed resolutions. This past Monday was MLK day, however, and a bunch of people didn’t even have to GO to work.
So I don’t know why the depressing day wasn’t Tuesday.
Since the holidays, two people at work have ended major relationships. One, a divorce, I just found out about yesterday. The other one was essentially a marriage, but not technically (10 years together, two kids). I suppose it makes it easier to end it, when it’s not official (legally easier, I mean, not emotionally).
So in the past few days I have gotten to hear two very irritated female co-workers on the phone with their exes, talking as if they’re trying to explain something to a small, petulant child.
Last year another co-worker ended a marriage around this time, and people on blogs I read always seem to be breaking up in January.
But there’s good news: the government might give everyone $300 or more, so bonus! For me, however, it’s going straight into either a) my savings account, or b) my bills that I pay anyway. I’m not sure that the economy is going to get much stimulation.
And isn’t it kind of sick that the stuff that financial advisors say we should do (save, don’t spend beyond our means) is actually BAD for our economy. The growth of our economy seems to be based on financially ruining everyone except the very rich. And the growth of my 401(k) depends on other people borrowing lots of money, living on credit, and running their finances into the ground.
Not to mention that housing starts are an important economic indicator. So if we’re not ruining the planet by erecting poorly constructed McMansions, the economy suffers.
This all seems very cannibalistic, and an extra poor long-term plan. I think we’re all screwed.
See also: The Moment of Truth
Labels: Random Ramble, TV
posted by Melanie at 12:14 PM
