My Utopia Does NOT Include Money.

When I was in high school I had to write this big deal paper explaining what my utopia would include...it had to be 20 pages long which, of course, was a huge deal in high school when we complained about 5-page papers being long.  As I experience being relatively right out of college and having chosen teaching (at a private school) as a vocation, I realize that I was a dumb dumb girl for not mentioning anywhere in those 20 pages that money should not be part of it. Simply put, money really really sucks. I hate it.

This afternoon I realized with great chagrin (I know, I know, wicked smaht...hopefully I used it right) that I am overdrawn. For probably the 3rd time at least since having my checking account. With my mom being a banker and my dad being obsessed with Quicken and keeping track of budgets and things of that genre in general, I think it's crazy that I've let this happen once again. I really hate keeping a budget, doing Quicken every month (which, since my old computer died on me, I've totally stopped doing), and filling out my checking account register. Oh wait, the last one I haven't been doing, hence the whole overdrawn-ness of my account. 

Money is stupid. It causes so much crap, whether one has none, or has more than enough.  I hate money.

Let's see if I've learned my lesson this time.  I should probably start getting better with money by NOT buying Starbucks drinks. But they're so PERFECT during this season! Boo.

So how would I change the 20-page paper I wrote in high school? Well I'd add a little ditty about the stupidity of money, and instead of exchanging money for goods and services...and coffee drinks, you would have to give hugs. Or high fives. Or both.  Just imagine...

Me: Hi, could I please have a grande peppermint mocha twist with non-fat milk?

Barista: Sure, would you like whipped cream with that?

Me: What the heck, whipped cream is one of those awesome things life.

Barista: Sure! That will be 4 hugs and 2 high fives.

(...And the love is spread here)

See where I'm going with this? We'd be killing 2 birds with one stone. We'd get rid of money and all the hatred slash overdrawn-ness it causes, and there would be more love and peace between all of us. And of course, instead of having killed those 2 birds, we'd sing a tune back to them and feed them some bird seed and in that way, love.