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PS: am not calling you a dog... not at all
Your deja vu made me wonder if you remembered what I said about your proposed dollarless dates.
Whether, or not...I still hope this year to come turns out to be good for you in every way you wish.
I'm just a spoiled single child nerd who lately dreams about buying a BMW, whenever he gets stuck in traffic using public transport.
Frugal living FTW.
One of your better posts, G.
@Asfaq: Thanks. I like being the underdog.
@Anonymity: I remember what you said about my zero dollar dates --
Three zero dollar dates later, I'm happy to say that it isn't so. :-)
@Vimal: Don't be hard on yourself, my friend. Consumption follows a marginal utility curve and each one of us are on a different curve.
@Blr Bytes: That's what I say to pull myself up every time I feel I haven't done enough with my life.
@Blr Bytes/ Anonymity: Thanks. It was a difficult post to write. In fact, it happened after almost a week of reluctant start-and-stop writing. It's always difficult to acknowledge your demons.
This post explains some things I winced at earlier--I'm not a big fan of hype, unless it's backed up by substance.
I'd like to see more like this, because, to me, living economically in India is not an unusual enough occurence to warrant interest. Your zero-dollar dates, for example, are not different from the outings of many middle-class people. I think it might be good if there more of your own ruminations/struggles rather than specific entries. It's not so much what you did as how you felt doing it.
On a technical note, I wish you'd use less self-referential hyperlinks as it disrupts the flow a bit. Also, it's a bit hard to use the category tags to navigate--your tag pages seem set up to only show one post. For example, try clicking on Zero Dollar Dating. It's a bit hard to figure out how to then navigate to your first post on the subject.
As I have said before, there’s no virtue in ‘not having’ something in the first place; the only virtue is in ‘giving up’ something you already have.
So, yes, I know that most Indians are still coming to terms with consumption, but that's not the point. The point is that I see an emerging sub-culture -- primarily in Europe, but also in North America -- in which well-to-do people are saying that they are 'tired of' consumption. I hope you see that not being able to consume is different from being tired of consuming. This sub-culture hasn't become visible in India yet, but it will, in less than 10 years. That is the trend that I'm trying to explore with my experiment.
Yes, the theme has also evoked extreme reactions, as the rest of the blog. Some like the extreme simplicity, some don't. I do see that it is difficult to navigate, and I intend to do a little tweaking very soon. :-)
@Riddhi: Thanks for the kind words and the great article.
@Anonymity: :-)
I enjoyed reading your response though =)
This is not bad at all. Having to wear your Dad's shirt probably is. Having to wait until 17 before holding a girl, doesn't sound too late. You are making a big deal of nothing. When you are a student you have less money. When u start earning u have more. You were middle class before and now upper middle/ upper class now. Whats the big deal.
@X: Well, fortune is a relative thing. I'm sure $60 a month is enough for a lot of people. I'm also sure that $10,000 a month is not enough for a lot of people. So, I don't know if I am making a big deal out of nothing.
On this post, is n't what you are describing about the standard thing that all of us went through when we were growing up? And was it really that bad when you had not tasted wealth? Do you not think you are coloring the memory darker shades of grey due to your present?
PS: apology for long comment.