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Somewhere I read that “twerk” means “to work.” Gosh, then I guess I twerk all the time. I drive twerk. I like twerk. My dad taught me twerk hard. I hope I can get my lawn mower twerk tonight. Or I’ll put some goats twerk. See Miley, you’re not the only one that can twerk!
I had pizza for dinner last night.
I had pizza for dinner last night because I love milk.
I’d been thinking about pizza since 3:30pm when I got hungry. I was hungry because I ate lunch at 11:00am. That’s because I skipped breakfast. I was out of milk. Drank the last glass the night before.
Recently met up with a few friends on a side of town I’m never on. This place was called Music City Tippler (I know, what?), and it turned out to be really cool. It’s only been open for a week or two. In the building itself, what stood out to me the most was the attention to detail. The bathroom had brick flooring. There was a lit chandelier made of old, clear soda bottles. Old paintings and murals hung from the ceiling. It was classy. Not to mention it’s the bottom floor of the condominium where Taylor Swift sometimes lives. So that should paint a picture for you.
There were guys with big mustaches and small tank tops. Girls that looked Asian but weren’t.
Parked out front was a classic, cherry Oldsmobile. And not more than 100 feet from that was a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera. The whole night was somewhat surreal and I mean that in the most positive way possible. I plan on going back there because, well, I left thinking… “So this is where everyone hangs out!”
I thought to myself, “Man, my car has nice bass!” Then I realized it was the car next to me.
When I’m in the car with the radio on around lunch time, I make a concerted effort to listen as Dave Ramsey (102.5 in Nashville) dishes out advice on how to live with money. It started years ago for me, because, well, first of all, I’m financially conservative (In college, I called it being cheap. In my 20s, I called it being frugal. Now I’m acting like an adult by calling it financially conservative). For the longest time, I felt guilty when it came to spending money. I didn’t like to do it. It wasn’t because I didn’t have it. It wasn’t because I had gigantic student loans, I guess I was sort of a hoarder. But wanting to save money felt wrong. So when I first heard Dave advising on being wise with money, not spending more than you have, and “living like no one else so that one day you can live like no one else,” it was so completely refreshing. It’s as if I finally had someone in my corner saying it’s OK to be thrifty. A weight was lifted off my shoulders and now I’m actually more proud of my conservative behavior. And surprisingly, I spend more, too. It’s awesome (and sometimes odd) what the feeling of freedom will do for a person.
Today, though, he said something that struck my pride; Always value relationships more than money. That’s something I can do better because many times I sacrifice an experience with a friend for the sake of saving money. That’s not a good way to be. I don’t like that about myself, so I’ll be working on it. But anyway, it’s nice to hear a wise financial guy like Dave Ramsey recommending ways of living within your means and knowing that I’m already there, and then some.
Out of the Wilderness 