Born to BarterWritten by Barbara Di Renzo
When we were children word "barter" was too extensive of a word for our vocabulary. If an adult mentioned word "Trade", then-ah yes, we knew exactly what they were talking about. This was something we were all very familiar with. Remember trading lunches? Unless one of your parents was a famous chef, we all did it. Trading alleys occurred about every other day, and how about most famous trade deal of all, "If you don't tell, I'll give you something". Although we didn't realize it, our parents bartered with us all time. You could have dessert, but only if you ate all your vegetables. If you did well on your test, you could get that new shiny red bike. Our children today do same; only it's gone from trading alleys, to trading those popular cards.
| | Barter Instead of Buy What You NeedWritten by Barbara Di Renzo
There is so much going on these days. Running business, taking kids to school, birthday parties and keeping them entertained. Then of course there are things to do around house like repairs, grocery shopping, dropping off dry cleaning and making some phone calls. Phew! No wonder we don't have much time for ourselves.When we do have some precious quiet time to relax, we start thinking of those things that we need or would like to do for ourselves. It's not that we've never thought of these things before. These thoughts briefly pop in and out of our minds at work or while driving, but seem to leave as quickly as they come. It could be a warm and sunny vacation, sipping tropical drinks and doing absolutely nothing. It could be those things around house like repairing sink , painting kitchen and bathroom, sprucing up family room with some comfy furniture or that kids may have outgrown their bikes. Not to mention all those things we don't use, lying around house that we need to sort and figure out what to do with. You'll tend to these nagging thoughts sooner or later right? It all comes down to time or money which you may not have to spare right now. Of course there are priorities and "That's not important right now" but way I see it is, if it didn't hold any importance, then we wouldn't think of it as often as we do.
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