I do try to enjoy myself and I don't wish for much more than I already have.
I must confess, though, that the ongoing Euro crisis and the uncertainty over how badly it might end is causing me to hold back a bit, or think twice about splashing out cash.
These recessionary times are likely to be with us for several more years; we're going through a super-bust with many similarities to the Great Depression. People might appreciate a bit of money behind them by the time the recession has finally passed because I fear that families will have to pull together to support the unfortunate members.
No government - nor the whole world's governments - is powerful enough to stop this once-in-a-generation super-bust; at best they can moderate the severity of the economic collapse, but at a price of prolonging the duration (i.e. we can have long and shallow on-off recession, or we can have short and very deep depression).
