Having it all

I recently read a biography from a senior executive  in my company, who said that she was a firm believer in "having it all".

I have a tremendous respect for that view.

I however, am a firm believer, in that you cannot have it all. Maybe she has found a way to have it all. I have not.

Not that I am missing out on anything big, but I do know that I have made conscious choices to ensure I maintain a balance that works for me. So the things that I do have, I have properly. And the things that I don't have, I have chosen not to prioritze.

I believe you have to set priorities and chose where you spend your time. You have to be willing to put thing aside temporarily, give up on something for a period of time, stop doing that one thing that brings you pleasure if something else is something else is more important.

So what's your belief?

Can you have it all?

A fact everyone knows

How do you say your own name backwards?

Go on what is yours?

I bet you knew it immediately.

Say it out loud. You haven't said it for years have you?  I bet you, you had even forgotten you knew it. But yet, as you think about it now, it's so engrained into your brain.

It's so deeply rooted into our childhood memories, that we can recall it without a seconds hesitation. It rolled off the tongue without any brain activity, didn't it?

Do you know your spouses name backwards? Go ask them. I guarantee they know theirs without thinking too.

Ha ha.

That's my silliness for the day.

Have fun with it!!

Fiscal sense

I was starting to grey, as I lost my hair. I was in my early thirties, so there was nothing really odd about that. The greying I mean, not the hairloss.

It was just a few gray hairs here and there, but enough for me to start "needing" to dye it. It was a pain and a generally unpleasant activity. Not forgetting the amount of towels I stained in the process.

I hear from family and friends that monthly colouring is required, when the greying kicks in.  Especially, if like me, you have (opps had) very dark hair. Some do it more, others less. So let's call it a chore that needs to be carried out every six weeks.

The hair can be coloured, streaked and/or cut. These hair interventions can also be done at different times, ie one week the cut, the next week the colouring, but this really adds on to the time involved.

So a rough calculation says that keeping your hair looking good, costs around 1000 euros, swissies or dollars a year. Am I anywhere close in that estimation ladies?

This does not include time, hair products or anything fancy. Like a sneaky blowdry or straightening for a night out with the girls.

Now the wigs I buy cost around 300 euros, swissies, dollars. Some closer to 400.

I need between 3-4 wigs a year.

Thus my calculation says that taking everything into consideration, wigs are cheaper. So for any of you out there looking to save money, not even considering the huge savings on general body hair elimination, it is cheaper to own false hair than have your own.

So for any of you out there on a budget or trying to save up.

I say get alopecia!!!

It makes fiscal sense.