Naught to worry about
Time magazine recently proclaimed the decade from hell is over.
Such a claim makes me cringe. I'm just superstitious enough to think that now - because of those few words - what comes next will make what came before look like a picnic in the park.
Many cute writers are pointing out that the last decade - sometimes call "the aughts" were for naught. A New York Post article notes, "After starting out the decade with so much promise, the Dow Jones industrial average — up more than 300 percent in the Nineties — ended the 10-year period with a whimper, finishing off 9.3 percent and forcing investors and homeowners alike to question most every asset class held in their portfolio."
We all know 2000-2009 was not good to most Americans. Will the next decade push us once again into a time of flourishing prosperity? Perhaps. But for now, I'm just going to be glad for what I still have.
Because it is more than naught.
Such a claim makes me cringe. I'm just superstitious enough to think that now - because of those few words - what comes next will make what came before look like a picnic in the park.
Many cute writers are pointing out that the last decade - sometimes call "the aughts" were for naught. A New York Post article notes, "After starting out the decade with so much promise, the Dow Jones industrial average — up more than 300 percent in the Nineties — ended the 10-year period with a whimper, finishing off 9.3 percent and forcing investors and homeowners alike to question most every asset class held in their portfolio."
We all know 2000-2009 was not good to most Americans. Will the next decade push us once again into a time of flourishing prosperity? Perhaps. But for now, I'm just going to be glad for what I still have.
Because it is more than naught.
Posted by Anna at 1/8/2010 4:26 PM 
Categories: Business
Tags: naught 2009 2000s recession 2000 decade
Categories: Business
Tags: naught 2009 2000s recession 2000 decade
Amen!
We should always be thankful for what we have. Maybe the 00s were not the greatest, but I'm willing to be there are places in the world where people spent the 00s trying to survive, instead of worrying about their home values.
We have a problem in this greatest nation on the face of the world for often painting ourselves as having it rough. By and large, we don't.
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Thanks for the comment, Shane!
I heard a lawyer and activist on the radio this morning talking about how America is so focused on consuming and living in luxury that we've forgotten some of the basic tenets Washington, Jefferson, etc. worked so hard to shape into our Constitution. Perhaps a bit melodramatic but it does illustrate the point that no on in this world needs name-brand jeans, purses or sunglasses to be happy. As a marketer, I've helped to further that falsehood. That saddens me. As a mother, I hope to teach my children what contentment means - through actions, not through purchases.
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