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My older daughter’s husband got laid off today from Disney. Our immediate reaction is “Oh No!” Next, the thoughts are that we are in this uncertain climate of life.

 

It seems they have prepared for this with planning because the movie industry climate has been volatile. On top of that he can’t work for another company for several months as part of this severance package. That means a few months of paid vacation!

 

Listening to Steven Bartlet interview Morgan Housel, financial journalist and author, the byline is “THE SAVINGS EXPERT” Housel goes on to say, “If food, clothing & shelter is all that is needed to be happy, the whole world would be happy right now, but we keep going because we want to be ‘seen’. We want a better house, car, clothes. Also we have different wants and experiences for different parts of our life.” He includes aspects of reaching “happy”, but understands getting to “contentment” like his grandma in her little house.

 

Raymond Cattell is credited with identifying and naming Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence, “Fluid intelligence is your ability to process new information, learn, and solve problems. Crystallized intelligence is your stored knowledge, accumulated over the years. The two types work together and are equally important. They both increase through childhood and appreciated in old age.”

 

Having gotten to my 86th year, I am finding contentment in my little room.  I leave the rest of my house to be managed by my younger daughter and her two girls as they remodel, bring home boyfriends, learn from mistakes and try again.

 

Like water springs on and around Mount Rainier in Washington State, where we live, they are a consistent temperature. They are cool and refreshing in summer and warm for nature in the winter.