What Would Make You Feel Rich?
I was driving around last night delivering to some of the truly nicer neighborhoods in our delivery area and a thought occurred to me: The reason I am so jazzed about the gift ink pen is it makes me feel “rich” to have something like this. Seriously. It may sound funny to some of y’all, but the only ink pens I have bought came in ten-packs that cost less than a dollar (usually Bic or Papermate brands on back-to-school sales).
A fancy ink pen, especially a handcrafted and unique one, has always represented “luxury” in my mind. It’s always been one of those “If I ever win the lottery” type luxuries, one I have never considered indulging myself with before.
This realization hit me as I pulled into a semi-circular diveway to deliver a pizza. Why? Because a paved semi-circular or circular driveway is another thing I tend to associate with luxury. Of course, it simply must be right in front of a large porch, preferrably with columns (or are they pillars?) and an ornate oversized wooden door with stained glass for windows and fluer-de-lis carved into it. LOL Hey, it’s my little fantasy of rich and luxury (and of course was what I was looking at as I waited for the customer to open the door to complete the delivery).
After exchanging the pizzas for money, as I climbed back into my trusty little Pizza Taxi, another thought hit me: This is no longer limited to fantasy. I’ve been doing a bit of neighborhood hunting to get a feel for how much of a down payment to save over the next 3-5 years. This is now something I can PLAN for and -better yet- ACCOMPLISH!
There is a huge shift in mindset when I realized I have gone from dreaming to planning, from wishing to long-term goal-setting. It’s almost as drastic as transitioning from the “paycheck to paycheck” mindset to the “budget, plan, and save up” mentality. It’s a huge hopeful world out there when you have goals and plans for the next several years, and know you can achieve them.
So, all it really took to make me feel rich was a very beautiful handcrafted ink pen. Give me five years and I should have the semi-circular driveway 
and if I can find a good deal a carved wooden door on the house. I might still be driving the Pizza Taxi LOL and that will probably be a sight parked in the driveway! Now, your turn: what would (or did) make you feel rich?
PS-Still not sure who got it for me, but I know someone out there is probably smiling very big to him/herself right now…
