Clop-Clop

"A small daily task if it really be daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules”--Anthony Trollope. I heard this quote today and it struck a chord with me because that is how I have lived my life. For better or worse, I am a plodder. People look at me and think "sturdy, reliable and responsible". They don't think "visionary". Ford, not Ferrari. This is probably nothing to brag about, but except for the period from December 1, 2001 to January 15th, 2002, I haven't been without a job for the last 39 years. I started working for Tedious Industries in June of 1969 and assumed that I would stay until I was sixty-five. It never occurred to me to do it any other way. If someone asked me to describe myself in one word, I might choose inertia. I move at a constant speed in a constant direction, unless acted on by an outside force. I am having trouble getting myself to decide to retire from my job, but I would welcome being fired. Inertia. I heard a job coach named Dan Miller ask, "If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?" I got no idea. I have so little imagination that people who ride the elevator with me suddenly find themselves slightly more dull. Where being a plodder has really been an asset is in accumulating savings. In 1978 I became eligible to enroll in my company savings program and have faithfully continued. In our old age the Lovely Mrs. Sneed and I won't have to beg Ched for cat food, Eddie for spare acorns or nuts, Kurt won't have to deny Todd his rations to help us out and Jenny won't have to raid her storehouse of giant-sized snack items. Which is good for all. I guess plodding has it's pros and cons. As Popeye the Sailor Man said, "I yam what I yam." What can you do? Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky Tag: Daily Life Personal Finance Humor