I was talking to a person the other day who was mentioning that she didn’t like it when her son used the computer too much. She preferred it if he went out to say play a sport. I was then semi joking that she should think of it as a skill as when he gets older having a good grasp of computer technology and platforms can be extremely beneficial.

I was kind of surprised as she was so shocked as if she couldn’t see one thing on why it would be good. Speaking for myself, I was always told that knowing too much tech stuff would not be very useful when you grow older. Seems like the polar opposite from my experience as everyone runs to you for advice. Not to mention that you can save so much money by knowing how to do many things by yourself.

The same can go for almost any other items. Heck, even cooking will naturally give someone the edge when it comes to knowledge on the best things to get and how to do it yourself in order to save or make money. I just think we need to be a little more open minded when it comes to pre-judging how beneficial a skill that you directly learn from a hobby can be. They say you can make a career out of anything too. In some ways you can consider a hobby as another form of training too in those cases. Basically just don’t feel like a school.

I was reading an article today that talked about this pastry and how so many people are lining up early in the morning to buy it. Basically, it sounded like how people were going crazy over Krispy Kreme donuts before here. The article went on about how some people were willing to travel very far as well just to chow down on one. When you think about it, that is one expensive pastry one would be paying.

This article reminds me a lot when it comes to people’s hobbies and habits and the amount of money it costs to allow one to do so. I usually hear debates such as how some people think it is ridiculous to spend say $7 on a great drink that will last for maybe 2 minutes or some say it is such a waste of money to buy expensive things like a movie collection or video game.

In those cases, the debate is usually around how long you will actually use the product to classify something as being justifiable in spending money on it. For example, would you be able to justify paying $200 for a haircut knowing that it is great while at the same time realizing that it won’t last very long? I generally have a personal expectation myself in terms of the cost and result of something to justify spending money on it. It’s really interesting to see other people’s point scale systems too, so to speak.