Sometimes I indulge myself in reality shows. ( I particularly like Million Dollar Listing, Selling New York, and Selling LA.) These reality shows have an unnatural lure for me to want to buy gigantic homes while wearing high heels and tight skirts. A lot of the time I comment on how crazy the agents are or how terrible the buyers are, and pretty much every time I end up wanting to have more.
This week I had an interesting 'about face' when I finished an episode of Million Dollar Listing and then tackled the dishes. Dishes, laundry, and making meals used to feel like a tedious time waste for me, but now I often watch Netflix on a tablet device or listen to books on CD while working on these chores. I immediately found a documentary called I Am on Netflix. I remembered hearing an NPR interview with the documentary creator, Tom Shadyac. He is the famous director of movies like Ace Ventura, Bruce Almighty, and Nutty Professor. What I heard from the interview was that he sold his huge Hollywood mansion and now lives in a mobile home. I was curious why he did it, especially since I had just watched a show making me salivate for one of those Hollywood mega-houses.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!
Inspired by the message of what we can do to change the world, I completely flipped my thoughts from 2 hours earlier and wanted to start selling all my belongings, build my savings, and serve others. (Bonus- I also got the dishes done, bathroom clean, dinner made and floor swept.)
For our October FFC (Fiscally Fit Chicks) meeting we will be focusing on the concept of allowing media to shape our spending and saving habits. I think it will be a great discussion on how we can use the media technology for our financial gain, or our financial failure.
I invite you to explore your media emotions as well. It has been pretty eye-opening for me.
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