The picture above is of my wife when we were on honeymoon in Milan. We actually didn't do much shopping while there because we were on a budget. We have almost always been on a budget which is most of the reason why we didn't have a wedding and chose to elope instead. Not that we would have had a big wedding anyway but it would have been nice to have friends present instead of public servants.
She has a pair of shoes in the bag. I know, typical right? She has a size 34 foot, if she finds shoes that fit, she must but them. In Finland they don't make her size at all. Not for adults anyway.
They don't make her size clothing either but, they used to. She hasn't changed size but the clothing has. Once upon a time she could buy some xs clothes but now an xs is an old small. People are getting larger so they are relabelling a small an xs, large a small and XL a large, all to save people's egos. Perhaps if they labelled them correctly people would recognise they are getting larger earlier as shopping for clothes gets uncomfortable. Not many people want to move up a size.
This is a meeting trick designed to sell clothes off course as they will sell less if people feel bad buying. The feedback loop to purchase unnecessary owns should be positive and most of it is unnecessary. How much clothing is needed, how many pairs of shoes?
Having said that, it is minus 25 Celsius now and I don't own winter boots. Perhaps I should in Finland... Maybe when Steem goes to 10 dollars. At 20 I might take my wife on a holiday to dine place warm.
I can't really think that far ahead though, right now it is head down and tail up to work to get back to a zero point. Yesterday I paid most of the bills and business tax I owe and it was very, very painful. But, I am getting there slowly and it is crypto non-reliant. As I have said, crypto is our future, not my present so work has to be done now.
I am confident it will be okay though, I am bullish on our future and although she doesn't really believe, I know that one day the work I do now will be appreciated by my wife. At moment she thinks I am insane. I take people thinking me crazy as a good sign though as the average person is the average for a reason and most of it comes down to their thinking patterns as they tend not to believe some things are possible, even while they witness others do them.
I don't of course know if it will actually work out or if the bulls will come and drive prices to the moon but, I am confident and give it decent odds of happening. I just have to hold out long enough. Just have to make ends meet for enough time so that the industry can mature and expand.
It won't be long but what people don't yet realise is, the ceiling is astronomically high. A trillion dollars like near where it was a year ago is nothing compared to where it could be in a few years from now. When the institutional investors arrive to stay, the space is going to not only astronomically rise in value, it is going to have a mass of new products and services develop to leverage the industry she the new wealth created.
There is so much opportunity to arrive, so few really seem to understand the volumes. Humans aren't good with large numbers, compounded interests or, future values. The numbers are big, the potential enormous. Those who can hold out as early adopters are going to be fine.
Those who can hold out. Just like the perceptions of vanity sizing obscure reality, our poor perception of the future and the value it holds makes the fear we are wrong that much worse. Fear shakes us, it loosens our grip on reality, and the value we hold. They spread FUD for a reason, don't but into it.
Goodnight.
Taraz
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In London they have stores for petite, there are online as well for clothes. Shoes a re a problem because there is so much variation in build and quality.
Definitely broke like the rest :D
I actually might be crazy... hard to say
Kill all feelings.
You are right about clothing sizes changing. Instead of buying retail I choose to purchase from 3-day home estate sales or I go to an expensive second hand store. Thinking outside of the box it allows your money to go farther. Why spend 20 bucks on a pair of blue jeans from Walmart when you can buy them for a buck or two at an estate sale the same with sweater sweatshirts shoes tools furniture kitchen items office supplies garden and Lawn you name it. I hit them up every weekend as we have about six estate sale companies in the city in which I live. Thanks for sharing @tarazkp
Te problem in Finland is... Have you ever heard of Finnish fashion? There is a reason ;D
It will work out but probably much differently that we consider it will be today because the only thing certain is uncertainty. As the saying goes, “what doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger!” We will succeed as individuals no matter what happens with Steem or Crypto.
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I tihnk it is going to be interesting to see how it progresses and of course, how I personally adjust to the positive and negative changes that arrive.
That's the challenge for early adopters - we are lonely by definition. Because the masses will only join when it's safe, risk-free and proven to work. So for now what we can do is to surround ourselves with other early adopters who keep us inspired to push forward.
PS Your wife might be more understanding and respectful of your activity than you think at first. Just wait until next time you have some friends visiting you or when you go to visit your friends. When your friends will start to shake their head in doubt about what it is you do online, your wife might be your biggest supporter and proudly start advocating for blockchain world and Steem. I'm talking from experience here.
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I am actually investing in Steem because of fear, since I depend on the U.S. economy for my source of income.
If anything happened to the U.S. economy, or if the United States experienced a more permanent recession than the one it experienced in 2008, I'd be screwed.
So I am buying Steem to hedge the few USD I hold in a bank account, and to offset the risk of a Government debt crisis in the United States (there is already a debt crisis but it isn't being discussed in the mainstream media).
Having said that, my wife doesn't believe in Steem or cryptocurrencies either, so I am just sacrificing for now, and investing what we can afford to on my own.
I'd be curious to know if you hold any other cryptocurrencies besides Steem, @tarazkp. Steem is the only cryptocurrency I am holding, and I am still accumulating.
Very nice Photography 💕. thanks for sharing this post