You know - I bought a piece of salmon the other day. A piece of Salmon, in Pittsburgh, in November, shipped from the Atlantic. It was $10.99/lb. Which is an in

You know - I bought a piece of salmon the other day. A piece of Salmon, in Pittsburgh, in November, shipped from the Atlantic. It was $10.99/lb. Which is an increase from $9.99 and felt “expensive”. Then I realized that my $9.99 is paying for the workers at the grocery store, the electricity to power the cooler, the refrigerator, the truck driver, the ice for shipping, the loading dock, the boat, the fishermen, and every other piece of work that went into getting me that fish, in Pittsburgh, in November. If I wanted to go catch a Salmon in the Atlantic, I could work for the next 5 years of my life and probably not be successful. I’m terrible at building boats, I wouldn’t know what bait to use, or where the fish would even be. I’d probably die at sea. I write all of that, because at the end of it all, ANY meat or fish for <$10 a pound is an incredible bargain and a testament to our society and specialization in the US. And I think we are living in an incredible time of abundance that is likely unsustainable. So! What’s the solution? I’m shifting to hobbies with a “buy once” view that may have a high up-front cost, but a low long term recurring cost (e.g. disc golf, guitar (except for string replacement).