Big and Small

Perspective. What is major and what is minor? What matters and what doesn’t? What looms big in our life and yet what remains small? Do we react to each differently? Can we? Should we?

Some bits and pieces of life are small, transitory. We either experience them, do nothing about them, and go on. Unharmed in the main but maybe perturbed a bit. Mostly we get on with life and don’t think of the hiccup much.

Some small bits require more action and disruption to normal schedules, but we get past them. A small fraud was noted by my financial institution on their debit card. We agreed to cancel the card and replace it. That means providers being paid monthly for ongoing services rooted to the card will encounter a nonpayment situation. They will notify me (hopefully) so I can repair the delay. I received a nonpayment notice from my auto insurer. I called for possible quick solutions. I drove to a nearby Allstate office and paid by check. All is well. When the new card is received, I can update the account with that data at that same office.

I also had to visit Walgreens and pay cash for my 90-day prescription refills. Not convenient, but it worked.

Now to await the other little bomblets and fix them as they appear.

The bank told me the new card should be received in a few days but at this time of year it could be 2 or 3 weeks. We are one week into that experience so far.

Yes, this is a bother, but not a major issue. The rent increase of $125/month is a surprise and big issue. It likely will not cause us to move, but it raises the prospect of doing just that sooner than expected. We shall see. I have countered with a lower amount but don’t know how they will handle that. Until then, this remains a big thing.

Health is a big thing, too, but then we are inured eventually, and really quite soon. Yes, it is big if permanent, but still, we accommodate these realities.

Elections we endure as well even though they are quite irksome. Do they have an effect on our lives? Of course they do, but even so, we accommodate those changes in time.

Big or small, it appears timing is the major variable. Guess I will have to think more on this.

December 2, 2022

 

 

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