Posts

Showing posts from January, 2019

What will it be like to drink coffee in 2019? It could make us wealthier, healthier, and happier...

Image
As we head into the first days of 2019, speeding along like a rush-hour Acela train, everyone I know is trying to frame the coming year, even as they are still processing 2018.   My main goal for the upcoming year is to become thriftier. I try hard, but I’ve certainly missed the mark more than I’d like to admit.   I found lots of inspiration on the internet.  In fact, since the beginning of written history wise people have extolled thrift as a competitive advantage. “Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?” ---Cicero "Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness, and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority." ---Marcus Aurelius But even virtues have their limits. For example, although I love coffee unconditionally, I JUST got a new coffeemaker after 13 years. That’s a long time that I relied on my Gevali