Monday, December 01, 2008

What am I Missing?

I spent the weekend, other than Friday, shopping (what kind of idiots enjoy shopping on Black Friday?) and I have to tell you...there are a lot of people out there spending lots of money. In every store we saw lines of people with loaded shopping carts; in the restaurants the tables were filled with smiling, laughing, over-eating families.

In the media, I read and hear of the financial crisis facing our nation...apparently no one has told the people. Today I heard retail spending was up over last year...duh! Just look around, people are out there living their lives.

I am not insensitive to the difficulties facing portions of our economy but, unless I'm missing something, it sure appears the majority of the people where I live are still working and spending.

I have just finished another website voiceover relating to the economy and people considering a business of their own...entrepreneurship seems to be at an all time high.

Whatever we face, I know we'll emerge stronger than we were on the other side of this (perspective is an advantage of having lived through three previous recessions) and my stocks will not only be back where they belong (hopefully I'll profit from the buys I'm making right now), but will reach new highs.

All we can do is keep on keeping on. I'll continue to do my voiceovers through www.smooth-male-voicover-talent.com and spend my money on living life (and we all know life's too short to buy cheap beer,wine, or bourbon). And when I hear the gloom and doom I'll continue to wonder, "What am I missing?"