The Paper Chase
Being the super hip awesome broad I am, I often use cool terms. Like, let’s say someone asks me to go to the mall. I’ll be like, “No dude, sorry. Can’t. I gotta work. I’m on the PAPER CHASE.” (Imagine me not pronouncing the last consonant in paper)
HAHA, just kidding. I actually just recently found out what this term mean. For those of you who are as lame as me and have never heard it before, it basically means “the pursuit of money.”
If you think about it, almost everyone you know is “on the paper chase.” They live their lives obsessed with money and the accumulation of it, constantly thinking about how to get it, and what to do with it once they have it. I’m no different. I’ve thought about money as a measure of success my entire life, and to be honest, I thought I would be a millionaire by now. Every single day, the thought dollar bills hovers in my mind, whether at the forefront or laying in my subconscious — it’s always there.
Lately though, I’ve been struggling with being self aware. The notion that much of my daily life in so consumed with wanting more than what I have makes me feel guilty. Does that make me a bad person? Why am I so obsessed with having more PAPER?????
Then, the other day, I sort of had an epiphany…
Andrew and I started talking about what we would do if we had a few million dollars. Well, we’d buy a house, but not a huge one, just enough for Andrew and I (and Tony), and with room for people to visit. We’d buy a car. It’d be a Tesla coupe, which is a plug-in electronic eco-friendly vehicle. Hmmm nothing too extravagant so far… What else would we spend our money on? Our friends and family. We agreed would love nothing more than to be able to take them out all the time—nice dinners, vacations, shows, whatever. It would be so great to do that for them so that they wouldn’t have to worry about the money and be able to enjoy things they deserve.
Once I realized that these are the real and tangible reasons why I want money, I started to feel ok about being so preoccupied with it. Haha, basically, as long as you have perspective, I say…
BRING ON THE PAP-Ah CHASE
