I have spent my Black Friday staying home reviewing an article for a journal that I meant to finish by December 05! I also watch the 10th season episode two of the great British baking show :) I find it relaxing.
That said…
I have always challenged the conventional wisdom, so let me challenge you:
Saving money is a gain. Spending money a loss.
What if I tell you earning more money is better than saving
If someone is in a dead end job, penny pinching will get you ahead by a couple of weeks, maybe a month? However, learning a new skill, or starting a side business, or joining web3 blogging or p2e gaming (wink wink!) may get you many months ahead towards financial freedom
I am your living example here Dada! I get paid from my hospital on a 6 monthly basis (no kidding!) and you know how shit the pay is. Yet, to this day I haven't ever had to loan any money from any bank or anyone, even after I got married. I even had enough spare to set up my own chamber, and I still haven't gotten "paid" from my hospital for this session.
The conventional economy is at a breaking point and with every passing day I start to realize the truth behind some of the things you used to say. At the time it may not have made sense, but it starts to over time.
If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can't understand it with an explanation
I would say, you need to do both - with the saving money actually a spending money on something useful or generative. :)
As you said, learning a new skill... an investment into making money and can be a cost, but can lead to generative. Not much to learn from anything on sale during Black Friday though :)
Well anything is better than shopping on Black Friday. I am going to focus on Argentina vs Mexico in a little bit. It’s a do or die game, and it is especially important in Houston as more that half of Houston is essentially Mexico! We may not have more Mexicans here than Mexico City, but we can rally for number 2 or 3 place for sure. :)