The Road to Black: Using Cash Boldly

As a kid, I earned a cash allowance. Yet even so, I was conditioned against cash throughout my childhood. My mother always warned me about waving cash around where people could see it because they might try to steal it. And it was so easy to lose. Later, when I was a teenager, I was ashamed to make purchases with cash. It seemed so unsophisticated. I could not wait to have my own plastic or checks like an adult.

Now my fundamental view of cash has changed. You can't spend money you don't have with cash. No bounced checks. No credit card debt. If you can't afford it, you are incapable of buying if you use cash. It's both a method and a symbol of controlling one's spending.

But I realized I am still affected by my conditioning against cash. When I pull bills out of my envelopes to make a purchase, I tend to treat it like it's my underwear or something. I'm embarrassed that someone will actually see it.

My goal for the next week or two is to be bold when I use cash. Be obvious about it. Let people see it. Be proud of it. Using cash is counter cultural, and you can't be counter cultural if you are timid about it.

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artfulfrog · 853 weeks ago

I don't mind cash at all, in fact I prefer cash! I have two reasons why I prefer cash.
1-unlike checks, if its stolen it, your identity cannot not be stolen with it
2-you cannot go into debt with cash and you cannot overdraft with cash. Plus its just easier to keep up with what you spend and you cannot overspend what you do not have on you.

I find it sad, that most of our world doesn't like using cash. I dislike using debt cards!

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