BUYING TIME

"When we spend money on computers, we are literally buying time--the faster a machine runs, the more we have to pay."

Richard Leider & David A. Shapiro
Repacking Your Bags
Berrett-Koehler Publishers/San Francisco
p. 175

FOR MAT

"A high percentage of people who truly feel that they are living the good life, have work that uses their talents as opposed to a job they do mainly to earn money. Think about this: whose work more often inspires our deep admiration? That of the midlevel corporate executive who earns 6 figures for manipulating theoretical concepts, or that of the simple craftsperson who transforms raw material into useful beauty?

What is it about the craftperson's livelihood that so appeals to us? First, most genuinely seem to enjoy their work. They are immersed in it. Go to the house of someone who makes guitars for a living, and you'll probably see fretboards and tuning pegs all over the place."

Richard Leider & David Shapiro
Repacking Your Bags
Berrett-Koehler Publishers/San Francisco
p. 80

Though I don't see fretboards, strings, or cigar boxes all over his house, my son makes the most incredible musical instruments from cigar boxes, cookie tins, and soda cans completed by using some cast-off items to make them even more unique.

Suprisingly, I saved this quote way before his hobby started. Sort of fun.

Growing and Enjoying,
Lonnie