Net Worth and Perspective

Have you ever been down to your last £2.76 in the bank?

Yeah, no, me neither.

If it were me, I’d be grateful that

• we have enough simple food storage to see us to payday.
• the bills are covered completely.
• it is +£2.76 and not -£2.76.
• there’s a couple of quid in the purse.
• the car has a full tank of petrol.
• the laundry is done because we’ve just run out of laundry detergent.
• the knowledge that this is temporary.
• the belief that net worth does not define my value as a person.
• the belief this is all for the greater good while we fight the good fight.
• the knowledge that things are this way because of what we are building.
• that in years to come we’d have some great stories and perspective.
• that our head is above water because you swim so damn good.
• that hopefully things will never be this lean again.
• that we still have a "laugh at the Universe" attitude. So what you're skint, so what!

You know, if it were me, which it isn’t.