165 | $@&% Happens...or Does It?

When we reduce a financial misfortune to "Things happen" or the fruitier *$@&% happens", there's still a lingering feeling that you could have dodged it.

Look no further than the last time you saw someone else's misfortune and thought that you could have avoided it with better judgment or more will power.

But when we chalk it up to "The cost of doing life", there's a deeper acknowledgement that something was eventually going to happen regardless of the precautions taken.

Of course, the specific misfortune is going to be different for everyone, but misfortunes are guaranteed.

The most careful still have fender benders.

The most diligent still crack their phone screens.

The most organized overlook an expired passport.

Because when you’re busy living, it's inevitable that a bill is going to come due - an invisible bar tab that must be paid every so often so you can keep having fun.

It's just the cost of doing life.