The blogs and sites I've read regarding saving money tend to focus only one aspect of money -- merely looking for discounts. The assumption is that if you spend less on something, your life will be better.
Life is much more complex. This site is a forum for intelligent cost savings ideas which reflect a serious regard for all facets of life, spiritual, artistic, material, etc...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Buying Music is a better value than buying DVDs
Its been my observation that money I spend on CDs iTunes, etc.. is better spent than in purchasing movies on DVDs. I listen to music constantly, while a movie or tv show is watched once or twice and then left to storage.
As you cut out DVD purchases, never forget the best source of all: your local public libraries. There's enough treasure on tap there, and in the CD and VHS collections there, that you won't miss anything good that required shelling out. It's like, why rush to act on a media tip toward what's hot and buzz-inspiring if you haven't seen, heard or read King Lear? Or War and Peace? Or Montaigne? And better to take the time to really deeply absorb a half-dozen well-chosen works of a lifetime, than a surface acquaintance with an undifferentiated mass, in the vain hope of "keeping up."
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As you cut out DVD purchases, never forget the best source of all: your local public libraries. There's enough treasure on tap there, and in the CD and VHS collections there, that you won't miss anything good that required shelling out. It's like, why rush to act on a media tip toward what's hot and buzz-inspiring if you haven't seen, heard or read King Lear? Or War and Peace? Or Montaigne? And better to take the time to really deeply absorb a half-dozen well-chosen works of a lifetime, than a surface acquaintance with an undifferentiated mass, in the vain hope of "keeping up."
I've got the complete works of Beethoven on 30 cds. Im going to load them to my ipod. If I never add anything else to it, I am still set for life.
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