Liberation

It is 4:20, Friday, April 6th 2007 and I have just finished the challenge of living on $2 a day. I feel as if a great weight has been lifted, and to be honest I don't really know what it is. Besides the obvious excitement of bathing like a normal person, I think the overwhelming burden is a matter of attitude; while living on $2 a day I had to severely monitor my lifestyle and to take strong measures not to act wastefully. As soon as 4:00 came around, it was as if this smothering blanket of scarcity or cautiousness was just torn off of me. But to be honest once more, I fear of my behavior this weekend. I don't want to go on a binge or anything like that because that would just make a mockery of my life this week and the lives of 2.8 billion people for whom this isn't just some project. I hope with the greatest fervor that this experience will innately change me for the better, and that it will make me spend more wisely, appreciate more profoundly, and live more conservatively.