I hate football. Unless I'm playing. I like tackling. And throwing the ball, but I don't like breaking my nails when I catch the ball. My favorite football game ever was with all the drama majors in college. I think we gave up on the ball and just did combat mime tackling.
I went to an Ohio State game once. The stadium seats over 100,000 people and each ticket goes for at least $65. I sat there doing the math and had a moment of horror. In case you can't do the math that fast, it's a lot of money.
I try not to get all judgmentally, but holy. Watching football just seems like a strange priority.I hear folks talk about not having enough time and money. I participate in the talk more than I like, but when I do a reality check it is a question of priorities.
One of the greatest lessons I ever had in money management came when I was a T.A. in seminary. I graded papers for $8 an hour and I could normally grade three or four papers an hour. Those weren't always the most entertaining hours.
What it did for me was helped me evaluate costs. If something cost $24, then it meant three hours of work and twelve papers. Was it worth twelve papers? I lived without a lot of things that year.
I worry about the burden of debt folks carry and what it does to our soul. I worry about our sense of time being so scarce. There are many social justice issues around people making a living wage and our long work week. I don't want to devalue that conversation, but I also think we need to be aware of our priorities around money and time.
Where and how do we spend time and money as individuals and as a society? It's well worth tracking yourself for a week to see. We vote with our money and choices way more than our whining in a blog.
And now I laugh at myself after buying a month of TV so I can watch the World Series. But baseball is completely different.
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