Life changes.
Constantly.
Life has stages and, hopefully, progressions.
As you go through these steps the cost of life changes.
You get more responsibilities.
You gain dependants.
You clarify your sense of purpose.
You start school…
You start puberty…
You have you first long-term relationship…
You become sexually active…
You get your first job…
You finish high school…
You complete any higher education…
You learn how to drive…
You become a legal adult…
You gain a pet…
You progress in your profession…
You move out of home…
You get engaged…
You get married…
You buy a house…
You have kids…
You change professions…
You retire…
You become a grandparent…
Of course, this process then continues as your children grow…
They learn to walk…
They start school…
They start puberty…
They start dating…
So on and so on…
Life continues to get more expensive.
How do you know?
Because your mistakes mean more.
If you live at home, without anyone keeping you accountable, then life is fairly cheap.
You have few people depending on you.
You can, relatively, do as you please without major knock-on-effects.
But, then life gets more expensive.
The cost of your choices and, especially mistakes, increase.
Now, your mistakes take on a greater cost.
You hurt others.
You suffer greater financial consequences.
You live with the ramifications for a longer period of time.
As a parent, you also get to see the cost of another life increasing.
Their mistakes become more expensive.
And, thus, so does the cost of your life increase by proxy.
As my girls get older my cost of life increases as theirs does.
And, every time it does, the older I feel…
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