The Campbell Academy Blog (107)

Too many pairs of socks

Historically, we made hay while the sun was shining in late summer and early autumn, and we stacked that hay away in the barn so that we could feed the animals over the winter when it was dark and wet and there was no hay.

When it was frozen, and the ground was solid, the animals had something to eat so that when we got to spring, when the grass started to grow again and the wheat started to grow, we had cows and animals ready to go again.

We got used to the changing of the seasons and the stacking of the hay and feeding the animals over the winter, knowing that spring would come.

And so, in the modern age, we get used to stacking our barns.

And so, we buy things in stockpiles and save money or objects or stuff in our lofts or garages full of things that we will probably never use.

But what happens is that we don't have a baron phase enough to get rid of all that stuff, and then we stack some more tough things on top of it.

Now, the equivalent of a cold, hard winter is taking a load of sh*t to the dump.

And so the next time you open your sock drawer at home, see how many pairs you have.

Once you've taken the time to roughly count how many pairs of socks you have, count how many feet you have and understand how many pairs of socks you usually use at any one time.

After COVID, the profession I work in had a massive boom for many different circumstances.

But the interest rates are about to go up again, and when you speak to people in the wider industry (for example, the guys who sell dental chairs or CT scanners or any of that stuff), they tell you that nobody is buying.

That could be because everybody feels poorer and isn't actually poorer, but there's no way that we can continue to raise mortgage rates and raise prices on and on without the pain starting to come.

At this point, the things that you put in your barn, what you decide to stockpile (goodwill, trust, money, health), it will be time to draw some of those down.

It will be time to use some of those to keep the wolves from the door and look after the people you care about and your wider circle.

Things could get tricky if you don't have anything in the barn.