The Cost of Living and my thoughts in brief. ( 1 A4 page).
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." - John F. Kennedy
I stumbled across a report recently saying that those in their 80s had it easier around our age and we have a slim chance of experiencing our late age in the same way as the elderly currently walking amongst us do.
See more about that here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21302065
The majority of young people do not seem to vote which gives politicians a slim incentive to do anything. As long we think that we are our powerless then we will find ourselves unempowered.
Getting anything out of politicians is a lot like trying to get anything out of life, you have to believe in yourself and in your cause...(your cause could be anything from seeing that your Nan is properly taken care of, to the RISING cost of energy bills, the shoddy state of the roads...perhaps you do not like how expensive houses will become? ) Whatever you cause may be I assure you that there will be others out there with similar concerns...and you need to talk with one another.
There has been a rising concern that a lot of young adults are experiencing loneliness:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24522691
This could be to do with the work hours a lot of young people face and the stress that customer services can place on people. It could be to do with the financial pressures that mount upon individuals when they leave the home (rent, energy bills, taxes, cost of owning a car/trying to get one, dealing with debts, if someone is managing their own business that could definitely place more pressure upon a young person and so on). I rarely go out because I am attempting to budget my money. This week I will be paid for my second month of employment (:D) and I need to investigate how to reclaim a chunk of the £400 tax that was taken from me the first time and even then I doubt that I will go out much because I despise the drinking culture. Plus I want to help my Mum change gas provider and that might have a cost but the long term savings would help.
I feel that moving out and gaining my own "independence" is a joke at the moment because social housing is like gold-dust, my mum would get hit with the bedroom tax the second I leave therefore my "independence" would result in my family getting punished on account of their failing to live in a smaller house which does not exist ¬___¬. Considering that my mum's health is far from fantastic I do not see how my moving away from home and effectively dumping a tonne of unwanted stress on her could be of any use to anyone. What with raising 5 kids single handedly and each one being successful thus far on account of the monumental support and love that my mother has given us I think that offering to help her is the least I can do.(Richard is training to be a teacher, Bill is training to be a builder, Evie is in Sixth Form and Natasha is 10 but she can draw really well and is interested in becoming an Art Teacher :D )
Plus after getting my own place all sorted out I would effectively have no money and my rent would be probably going to a landlord that is attempting to pay off the mortgage on the property that I would be living in. (That is why rent is so high in some parts of the country as 2nd homes are let out to other people...which is all well and good but how can you hope to save up and get your own mortgage if you are effectively paying off someone elses? Don't live there too long I guess but then where are you going to move to? There is little social housing because when it was sold off that money WAS NOT ALLOWED to be invested in the creation of more social housing!) I would also be lonely as hell because everyone else that I know living on their own (near where I live) has next to no money to really go out and enjoy things as it is swallowed up by rent, utilities and probably the cost of medication/alcohol for some but I prefer tea.
Are you beginning to see just how fucked our generation is?
I have not even discussed the NHS, public service wage freezes, the erosion of the welfare state, and the eradication of the justice system as we know it. Strong sentiments to write down on paper but I assure you that these will be covered when I have the time to write about them.
The JFK quote however helps me reflect upon all this and say: We can change this, WE must be the ones that change this for WE for the world has only ever given to those that help themselves and by Job have some folks been helping themselves. Let's deal with this =D
Thank you for reading, have a great week.
This was The Common Sense Eccentric...or do I just go by name on these blogs?
P.S I have been employed for over 2 months and I am enjoying my job.
I continue to write this blog however as I think think there are a lot of issues that we face and they need to be discussed and addressed.
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." - John F. Kennedy
I stumbled across a report recently saying that those in their 80s had it easier around our age and we have a slim chance of experiencing our late age in the same way as the elderly currently walking amongst us do.
See more about that here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21302065
The majority of young people do not seem to vote which gives politicians a slim incentive to do anything. As long we think that we are our powerless then we will find ourselves unempowered.
Getting anything out of politicians is a lot like trying to get anything out of life, you have to believe in yourself and in your cause...(your cause could be anything from seeing that your Nan is properly taken care of, to the RISING cost of energy bills, the shoddy state of the roads...perhaps you do not like how expensive houses will become? ) Whatever you cause may be I assure you that there will be others out there with similar concerns...and you need to talk with one another.
There has been a rising concern that a lot of young adults are experiencing loneliness:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24522691
This could be to do with the work hours a lot of young people face and the stress that customer services can place on people. It could be to do with the financial pressures that mount upon individuals when they leave the home (rent, energy bills, taxes, cost of owning a car/trying to get one, dealing with debts, if someone is managing their own business that could definitely place more pressure upon a young person and so on). I rarely go out because I am attempting to budget my money. This week I will be paid for my second month of employment (:D) and I need to investigate how to reclaim a chunk of the £400 tax that was taken from me the first time and even then I doubt that I will go out much because I despise the drinking culture. Plus I want to help my Mum change gas provider and that might have a cost but the long term savings would help.
I feel that moving out and gaining my own "independence" is a joke at the moment because social housing is like gold-dust, my mum would get hit with the bedroom tax the second I leave therefore my "independence" would result in my family getting punished on account of their failing to live in a smaller house which does not exist ¬___¬. Considering that my mum's health is far from fantastic I do not see how my moving away from home and effectively dumping a tonne of unwanted stress on her could be of any use to anyone. What with raising 5 kids single handedly and each one being successful thus far on account of the monumental support and love that my mother has given us I think that offering to help her is the least I can do.(Richard is training to be a teacher, Bill is training to be a builder, Evie is in Sixth Form and Natasha is 10 but she can draw really well and is interested in becoming an Art Teacher :D )
Plus after getting my own place all sorted out I would effectively have no money and my rent would be probably going to a landlord that is attempting to pay off the mortgage on the property that I would be living in. (That is why rent is so high in some parts of the country as 2nd homes are let out to other people...which is all well and good but how can you hope to save up and get your own mortgage if you are effectively paying off someone elses? Don't live there too long I guess but then where are you going to move to? There is little social housing because when it was sold off that money WAS NOT ALLOWED to be invested in the creation of more social housing!) I would also be lonely as hell because everyone else that I know living on their own (near where I live) has next to no money to really go out and enjoy things as it is swallowed up by rent, utilities and probably the cost of medication/alcohol for some but I prefer tea.
Are you beginning to see just how fucked our generation is?
I have not even discussed the NHS, public service wage freezes, the erosion of the welfare state, and the eradication of the justice system as we know it. Strong sentiments to write down on paper but I assure you that these will be covered when I have the time to write about them.
The JFK quote however helps me reflect upon all this and say: We can change this, WE must be the ones that change this for WE for the world has only ever given to those that help themselves and by Job have some folks been helping themselves. Let's deal with this =D
Thank you for reading, have a great week.
This was The Common Sense Eccentric...or do I just go by name on these blogs?
P.S I have been employed for over 2 months and I am enjoying my job.
I continue to write this blog however as I think think there are a lot of issues that we face and they need to be discussed and addressed.
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