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Month: February 2019

A True Friend I Want to Keep, Forever

Published by TheKuboKing on February 17, 2019
A nice homemade dinner with Kubo Queen.

Here is the thing about me — I don’t really have many friends. I do know quite a lot of people and they’re all quite nice, but, for me, it takes much more than knowing who someone is to consider them a good friend. I have very high standards when it comes to friendships. In fact, when it comes down to it, Kubo Queen is the only one who has always been a true friend to me. A friend who I can truly depend on, who I can admit my flaws to, who I’m willing to make sacrifices for, and who pushes me to be a better person. I came to the realization a long time ago that she is pretty much the only one I really need.

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Cars — Optional

Published by TheKuboQueen on February 11, 2019
Pike’s Place Market is an iconic tourist stop in Seattle, yet the pedestrian visitors still have to dodge traffic around it.

Why do Americans drive their cars everywhere? Unfortunately, many areas in our country are built for them, not built for the comfort of people. Large parts of cities are zoned for single-family houses, for instance, meaning businesses and transit hubs probably aren’t within walking distance of home. When businesses are within walking distance, the way there is likely to be along a busy road full of high-speed cars, and the store is probably surrounded by a large parking lot. To make matters worse, many motorists aren’t even looking out for pedestrians. I’ve been cut off while in the crosswalk more than once. Trying to bike anywhere in these types of cities carries similar inconvenience and risk.

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The Real Value of Money and a Kubo Rich Reason to Respect It

Published by TheKuboKing on February 2, 2019
The Seine River. Taken by me on our honeymoon to Paris.

For the longest time I had no clue what money was for. I just knew that to live in our society there are essential things we have to pay for. Things like food, shelter, utilities, and transportation. But then once those were taken care of, it wasn’t really clear what I was supposed to do with the money that was left. The prevailing thought, it seemed, was that money left over was supposed to be spent on things. Many economists and financial professionals call it disposable income after all. And I often heard people say something like what’s the point of saving so much? You can’t take your money with you when you die. There were people who mentioned the importance of saving, but they were few. And the advice often seemed more of an afterthought to the ever more important issue of which things you could afford to buy with your disposable income. So even though I avoided consumer debt in my younger years, I spent a lot of money on things I shouldn’t have. In hindsight, I just didn’t understand what money was and how it should be used.

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