: About Me

I'm Joe Paskiewicz. I'm a mailman.

Thirty-five years ago, I thought about becoming a writer. I took "News reporting and writing" at the college level, and my instructor told me I was the most improved student in the class. (I had more room for improvement than all the others).....

Jump ahead 30 years, and I've written a Country Western song, "I Quit Dancing When I Quit Drinking'" and I'm working on a novel.

My passion is ...

teaching people the difference between making a living and creating wealth.

I know too much about ...

how little I know

My parents always told me ...

things that seemed so irrelevant at the time

My childhood ambition ...

I don't remember my childhood ambition. Maybe that's why I'm a mailman

Why I write ...

"I've got a head full of ideas that are driving me insane..."

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Success Secrets, by Jack Canfield, Pimsleur Russian III

My first job ...

Flipping Burgers at Hardee's

Personal Finance > Smart Spending The cost of convenience: A comparison between prices at convenience stores and other stores

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If necessity is the mother of invention, then convenience is the father. Necessity says to the farmer, "Build a machine that will pluck chickens for you." Convenience says, "Find someone who has butchered chickens, and buy them from him." Necessity says to the commuter, "You're going to be hungry, so get up early and make breakfast." Convenience says, "Go to the drive-thru and get something to eat on the way to work." In most cases, convenience will cost you more money, but that doesn't make it wrong. There is a place in our economy for convenience stores, but the question is much more tha...

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