The following is from his 1995 essay on commercial cruises entitled “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.” The quote’s not explicitly about money - more about choices in general - but it’s relevant all the same. And it’s gorgeous prose. (All you prose lovers out there: read the entire essay.) Here goes:
I am [...]
Tracking my expenses dollar by dollar, day by day. Here’s what I spent this week:
May 12: $0.50 on a pack of Ritz crackers with peanut butter at the little convenience store at work. The shop’s manager is a blind man, and he had to feel the crackers to verify what I was buying. That was [...]
So, I’m kind of a dork. I enjoy numbers and math and attempting to put my messy financial situation into a neat little box (well, a few boxes, AKA a spreadsheet) so I can plan, save and make myself aware of how much I can spend on going out for a drink if I also [...]