I’ve spent much of my life chasing things I eventually discovered didn’t matter.
Money. Success. Recognition. The approval of people I barely knew.
And somewhere along the way, I began to understand that freedom isn’t necessarily about having more.
Sometimes it’s about needing less.
I thought I had something worth teaching. Maybe I do. Maybe I don’t.
But I’ve come to realize that I don’t need an audience, a platform, or a legacy to justify my time here.
I have a son I love more than anything in this world.
I don’t need to leave him a manual for living. He gets to write his own.
I just want to live my life, enjoy the time we have together, and hopefully be someone he remembers with a smile.
Maybe that’s enough.
Actually, I think it’s more than enough.
The economic pressures are real. So is the NASTY, RUDE service Canter’s provides in return.
From the moment you walk in, there’s an uninviting greeting that permeates. Also an unmistakable arrogance among the staff. I’ll leave names out.
This is NOT the Canter’s it used to be.
High electric bills and declining business make for a sympathetic news story, but what about the customer experience? At what point does management take responsibility for giving people a reason NOT to return?
An iconic name and decades of history don’t entitle a business to public sympathy or continued patronage.
Plenty of smaller, better-run businesses face those same economic pressures but they don’t add to their woes by treating their customers poorly.
Perhaps THEY deserve our sympathy and support instead.
@Rajatsoni that’s very debatable: the one earning $300k could be as ignorant about the value of a $ as the one who earns $30k they can both be many times “in the hole” what they earn.
@DeepLeaksHQ I’ve paid substantial amounts for insurance over the years that I never collected a dime from.
Social Security works on a similar principle.
It’s insurance against outliving your money