Consumer Confidence Plunges in March

The AP wire had this headline today, "Consumer confidence sinks to lowest level in five years." What they are talking about is the fact that the consumers stopped spending money, thus sending our economy on a very quick downfall. Meanwhile, President Bush had issued a $600 check to be sent along with the tax returns - for who ever qualifies, but in fact, in the above referenced article, that would be everyone. So what would happen is that you will receive a separate check in your name for six-hundred dollars, which you may deposit to your account and spend anyway you can. The government wants us to spend this money on buying you things and raising our economy in the process, but I bet that we will use this money pay off; partially pay off our over inflated credit card balances and try to reduce the amount of debt we are in.

You see, if this was my idea and I would want the consumers to spend more money, I would never send a check. I would simply send a VISA gift card, thus forcing consumers to spend and even though some would say that this is not fair, I say that desperate times call for for desperate measures.

Forgetfulness - One of The Deadly Sins

It has been quite a long time since my last Blog entry. Is it because I had nothing to say? Is it because I did not want to say anything? Or is it because I forgot? Yes, forgot. I always wondered how people could forget to take care of something important, something that seems impossible to neglect. Paying your bills, picking up your kid from school, going to an interview or getting legal help. How can you forget? It is only recently that I found my self in these forgetful situations.

My business takes up a large part of my life and I try to remember everything I need to do, which incidentally, includes this Blog. Everyday I remember the tasks I need to perform for the day, my calendar reminds me of important phone calls and appoints, my BlackBerry notifies me of an email and my girlfriend of our anniversary. These are the things I try to keep in my mind and not to forget, but how about the other things, the secondary things, why do we forget?

I wondered about that question for a good few days and realized that it is all a matter of prioritizing. Not to say that your kid is not important enough to pick up form school, but let's face it sometimes our priorities are misplaced. So when it comes to taking care of a recently served and received court summons most people's priorities are definitely misplaced. As a mater effect it is so bad, that most of the people do not even read the summons until it is too late to respond. I realize that getting legal help is not something we do everyday and it is not as easily replicated on regular bases as let's say brushing your teeth. However, I am still a firm believer that even though there is not a lot of places to get legal help in resolving your dispute the resources are out there.

I am going to stop here or otherwise I will go into all of the benefits of mediation which I talk about every time, but from this moment on I will try to make it a habit to blog more often and you should make it a habit to re -prioritize according to situations and remember to use all the resources available to you in dispute resolution - especially in our economy.