What I Aspire to Be:
That’s right: I’d like to be plain old vanilla, boring as can be. What does that mean? Well, I’d like to be a young, prosperous, frugal girl who lives on less than she makes and gives more to others.
According to Kiplinger’s, I’m not alone.
Hat Tip: I just read this in my Bloglines, and I can’t remember whose blog cited it!! If it was you, tell me and I’ll pass on the credit (and thanks!). (Budgeting Babe)
June 27th, 2008 at 7:26 am
I also read about that! I got the link to the article from The Budgeting Babe (budgetingbabe.blogspot.com), maybe that’s where you read it?
June 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Why does being financially savvy have to be lackluster?
Being YAWN in action is great. Modesty of ones self and possessions is a great lifestyle. However, it’s not a boring one. Walks on the beach are free, volunteering with friends is fun, and not having nick-knacks to dust is a time saver.
However, it’s not necessarily a boring lifestyle. I think the acronym is unfortunate and deters people from wanting to adopt such a lifestyle.
It’s fine to aspire to being vanilla- if you think of vanilla as being elegant, exotic, and treasured (those darn seed pods are expensive).
But why do you want to think of yourself as being boring? Can’t being a smart, secure woman be something to be put on a pedestal rather than something to be covered up?
June 27th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Thanks, QL! I’ll update this accordingly.
SoCal: Actually, I quite agree with you. I guess I meant the vanilla thing a little as a joke. In truth, the fact that so few people choose to be YAWN/vanilla/boring makes it pretty unboring, in my opinion.