Over the last year, everything on the internet has been slapped with a monthly charge. They top that off with hammering your email every day with unwanted junk that leads to even more expenses. Believe it or not I am happy about that.
Many people (including me) have probably been sucked into too much "screen time" in their lives. Willpower can go a certain way to reducing any bad habit. But willpower needs to be combined with other things.
Think of how weak an individual fiber of cotton is, yet how strong a woven cotton fabric is. It is beneficial to get angry at these monthly charges on the internet and start weaning yourself from the screen. Frugality can be seen as personal self-defense.
It is easy to resent these small monthly charges. Think of a guy in a rowboat who allows tiny holes to be drilled in the bottom of his boat. He will not be comforted with the argument that it was only a small drill bit.
I had the pleasure of unsubscribing today from some of the people hammering my email with urgings to "upgrade to paid." I wish yahoo mail or gmail automatically erased any email message that contains that despicable phrase. There are too many people trying to make a living bloviating on the internet. Let them go out and get a real job.
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