Quick Hits of the Week

• This was one of those posts that I needed to see this week. Honestly, I get worried that it’s too late to move to a new career. It’s too late for me to start a small business. I should just be thankful for the good things I’ve got and forget about the best things I could have. Just when those thoughts had worn me down, Jon Acuff reminds me that it’s never too late for the best that God is calling you to.

• I’m done with debt. Once our house is paid off, we’re done. No more car payments. No more mortgages. Definitely no more credit cards. You might not agree, though, and that’s alright. I didn’t always agree with me either. So, if you want to have a credit card, be smarter than I was and educate yourself about how they work and how to use them wisely. Let Jeremy Salvador start the ball rolling with the good and the bad of using credit cards. Don’t become another bad credit statistic.

• The fact that the author made this out to be a such a high risk activity that it could pose “a potentially fatal threat” is really impressive. I don’t think they needed to go there. In fact, it made the article less credible. Look, if you are over the age of two, you shouldn’t pee in the pool. You’re not going to kill anyone, but it’s gross. It’s like peeing on the seat. Stop it.

• Immigration is a powerful issue in this country. I lean towards having a more open system, and allowing people to come and go more freely. We need to really be aware of the unintended consequences of having a closed and complicated system for immigration. Tony Woodlief points out a good example when he writes, “the last thing I want to do is empower police officers to begin stopping and detaining people based on how they look, or their accent, or the condition of their papers.” It’s not that I want people to feel free to break the law to come to the US, but it doesn’t surprise me that they do given the lawful system that we have in place.

• Y’know I usually think I’m pretty good about following the tenth commandment. That’s the one about coveting other people’s stuff, by the way. I’m not usually a big covet-er. Then someone goes and builds themselves a giant Rubiks Cube coffee table and ME WANT. WANT SO BAD.

  …then I get over it.