Je pars pour Paris... six

I’m not a doctor or lawyer or financial expert. Not that anyone has the right to call his or her self a financial expert these days. Yesterday, a friend reminded me that it isn’t good to live above our means. Simply stated, we should make more than we take. But how do we insure that our lives are producing something of substance? So much of our daily routines—facebook and twitter and youtube—are about constant creation, but there’s a certain threshold where creation takes a backseat to narcissism or insecurity and constant reinforcement. Without sacrificing security for plans of future moral neutrality (and an eventually positive balance of Goodness), I need to start understanding that growing up means growing slowly, accruing knowledge and competencies and putting in the hard work that goes along with helping people. Yes, the goal is to learn about (and dare I say help) the places in this world that are worst-off, but I want to take the right steps, and I need to come to terms with my lack of experience…