@jonsblond I did say my statement partly in jest, but I think the McD’s culture is a valid point. I really don’t consider myself lazy, because I work very hard and get great satisfaction from accomplishing tasks whether it be vacuuming my house or exceeding sales goals at work. It is not that I don’t want to lift a finger to do anything.
I think it has a lot to do with personality and interests. My husband is more of a “hunter.” He was raised with a lot more material things than me. He had everything he wanted handed to him, his family talks about how they never even looked at a price tag (things are different now, but that would be a different story) I can’t even imagine living like that. All of the kids had a new car every year when they were teenagers. My husband, is very ambitious, sets goals, does whatever is necessary to accomplish them, doesn’t expect things to drop in his lap. His siblings lean more towards wanting things to be easy. They consider my husband lucky, but the truth is he has worked much harder than they have towards his goals, it is not luck, but preparedness. They all were raised with the same opportunity, same parents. The difference seems to be that he knew from a fairly young age that he wanted to be independent from his parents, and his siblings didn’t come to this until much later in life more out of necessity than anything. My husband took the more difficult path, because culturally children were expected to live with their parents until married in his family. He was seen as being too American. But, interestingly, his father had done a similar thing, He was seen as an outsider to his family because he married outside of his religion, and eventually was completely separated from his family. My husband is not separated from his family, but he does not rely on them for advice or guidance.
My favorite state to live in is FL so if I were a vegetarian I could be growing food all year, and I guess you could can and pickle foods like they did back in the day. You would have grains that keep through the winter in the form of cereals, bread, pasta, etc. If you are Lacto-ova you would still have milk and eggs even in the cold states.