We were just having a similar conversation with my wife's parents the other day. The topic came up about people being poor and just not caring or something like that. It was pointed out that my father in law never had a lot of money growing up, but he was clean. How you present yourself is definitely a big deal and doesn't really matter what your background is.
My parents, born in the 1920s and 1940s, understood that in order to have a prosperous family and a promising future, they had to work hard and lay the groundwork for a comfortable future. They did so, not with great luxuries, but with their own home, food on the table, and an education for us, their children. My father's motto, which I have inherited and passed on to my son Matthew, is: ‘Never spend money you haven't earned yet.’
That's definitely a great motto!
Unfortunately at the moment, people seem to spend everything, not just money. They spend their free time, before they have earned any skill.
Oh, and it annoys me at the gym when people have obviously not washed their clothes.
Clean should be the bare minimum, right? I get that people struggle in many ways financially, but in Finland, everyone has access to a shower.
Yes, for sure. It's a choice not at that point, not a result of your circumstances.